assistance for rural youths, and the difficulty of getting people in 
     
     the Department of Labour to understand what is required in 
     
     guidance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As soon as the second "stream" of education became a 
     
     reality, the need for trained guidance counsellors became urgent. 
     
     Again Home and School recognized a need to inform the public 
     
     in the matter of guidance in schools. At the beginning of the 
     
     1964-65 school term, guidance kits prepared by the Nova Scotia 
     
     Federation were distributed to each local association, so that the 
     
     total membership could study the topic thoroughly before 
     
     entering into discussion of guidance needs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCHOOL GUIDANCE SERVICES 
     
    
   
   
    
     This brief was presented by the Provincial Federation of 
     
     Home and School Associations in 1966, with the support of 
     
     several other provincial organizations including the P.E.l. Teachers 
     
     Federation, Canadian Mental Health Association, Association for 
     
     Retarded Children, P.E.l. Association of Principals of Public 
     
     Schools, P.E.l. Women's Institute, and Catholic Women’s League, 
     
     among others. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The brief reviewed earlier presentations by the P.E.l. 
     
     Federation of Home and School Associations in 1962 and 1964 
     
     as well as similar requests made by other interested organizations 
     
     during the same time period. It stated that "this concern had 
     
     been repeatedly expressed to those in the Department of Educa- 
     
     tion and in public office, both on a formal and informal level, yet 
     
     no action had been taken by government." 
     
    
   
   
    
     The only guidance service available at the time was through 
     
     the provincial Mental Health Clinic. In 1966 some 500 children 
     
     referred to the Clinic by teachers could not be seen due to 
     
     shortage of staff. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pertinent comparative figures were cited on the develop 
     
     merit of guidance services in other provinces. While P.E.l. had no 
     
     such services, Nova Scotia had introduced a guidance program in 
     
     1942 and in 1966 had four department officials and 69 guidance 
     
     counsellors (full and part—time). New Brunswick had introduced 
     
     similar programs in 1963 and by 1966 had six department 
     
     officials and 13 guidance counsellors. 
     
    
   
   
    
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