Chapter 5: GUIDANCE SERVICES

 COUNSELING SERVICES

- Designed to facilitate self-understanding and development through dyadic or small group services.

- Considered as the “heart and soul” of the guidance program.


Different approaches, skills and theories are implemented by counselors because people and situations are different. Sometimes one or the other is the best and sometimes the combination of techniques produces the most benefit. These counseling services are the following:

 Individual counseling
 Group counseling
 Family counseling
 Counseling special cases
 TESTING/ASSESSMENT SERVICES

- Designed to collect, analyze and use a variety of objective and subjective personal, psychological and social data about each pupil.

- Its purpose is to help the individual to better understand herself.


- In many educational institutions as well as employment offices, tests are probably the most widely used specialized techniques in guidance. Tests will be useful as a guidance tool if combined with appropriate planning for individual development. Test provides “information in meaningful terms through quantitative description.”


These services cove the administration, scoring, interpreting and evaluating results of selected tests such as:

 Admission tests
 Intelligence tests
 Individual Intelligence tests
 Group Intelligence tests
 Aptitude tests
 Interest tests
 Personality tests
 Projective tests
 Special tests

INFORMATION SERVICE

- Designed to provide accurate and current information in order that the students may make an intelligence choice of an educational program, an occupation, or a social activity.

- Orientation and Information Service consists of accumulation and dissemination of information about the different guidance activities, vocational opportunities and educational information for better adjustment and personal growth.

 STUDENT INVENTORY RECORD

- This is a continuous process of accumulating, recording and utilizing information on each student for guidance and counseling purposes and for obtaining a complete picture of the individual.


 TRAINING/SEMINAR/FORUM- There are programs designed to help students discover their innate ability and talents as well as develop their emotional intelligence.

Symposium and Forum are organized as information to tackle important life issues like Love, Dating and Marriage; Natural Family Planning; Abortion and Contraceptive Methods; Gender Issues and other relevant topics affecting life of a person.


 PLACEMENT AND CAREER SERVICES
- The school assist the student in selecting and utilizing opportunities with the school and in the outside labor market. Counselors assist students in making appropriate choices of courses of study and in making transitions from one school level to another, one school to another, and from school to employment.

Placement hereby involves pupil assessment, informational services and counseling assistance appropriate to the pupil’s choices of school subjects, co-curricular activities, and employment.

Follow-up is concerned with the development of a systematic plan for maintaining contact with the former students.


 RESEARCH SERVICES


 CAREER AND LIFE PLANNING

- Package of activities designed to develop skills in self-exploration, values clarification, career planning, decision making and life goal setting.


 FRESHMEN ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM- Package of activities for freshmen designed to facilitate adjustment into college life, enhance self-awareness and understanding and develop the basic skills in coping effectively with rigors of academic life.


 REFERRAL
- Special cases, which require service beyond the scope of guidance and counseling program, are referred to other agencies.


 LINKAGES- The Guidance and Counseling Program also carry out collaborative activities with school and community-based organizations.

 EXTENSION SERVICES- Guidance staff functions and responsibilities go beyond the students. They extend themselves by helping others through training, seminars/workshops, or conduct research as they are often invited in occasion needing their skills and knowledge. In most instances, their render their services for free.

 PEER FACILITATION
- Peer facilitators are trained to help the staff in the delivery of the guidance services, as well as extension services.