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PRINCIPLES OF
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
r.a.s.Borja
What is GUIDANCE?
• “to direct” or “to point out”
• giving assistance or helping a person to solve certain concerns
• helping an individual in understanding one‘s strengths and limitations as well as directing self in solving problems and making decisions.
Guidance is also defined as:
• an activity in which many persons and organizations take part
• given individuals by their parents, relatives, and friends and by the community at large through various educational, industrial, social, religious, and political agencies and, particularly, through the press and broadcasting services
Guidance is also defined as:
• giving of information that enables others to increase the scope of their exploratory behavior
• providing information about a person’s own abilities and interests as determined by psychological tests or about educational opportunities and the requirements of various occupations
WHAT IS COUNSELING?
• Shertzer and Stone “a helping relationship”
• Gazda- “facilitating personal growth and problem solving through effective interpersonal communication”
Counseling
• Patterson:• 1- influencing voluntary behavior change on the
part of the client.• 2- providing conditions that facilitate voluntary
change• 3- a relationship with limits• 4- conditions facilitating behavior change are
provided through interviews• 5. Is private and confidential
Counseling is NOT
• Persuasion
• Discipline
• Giving Advice
• Giving information
COUNSELING • STRUCTURED AS TO TIME AND PLACE
• GOAL DIRECTED
• TIME LIMITED
• FOCUS ON CLIENT
• SYSTEMATIC-ORGANIZED AND PLANNED
• DISCUSS PSYCHOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES
• NON EVALUATIVE
• CONFIDENTIAL
COUNSELING vs PSYCHOTHERAPY
• Focus on less severe problems
• Shorter duration
• Preventive more than remedial
Guidance Programs Based on Basic Principles
• It is an integral part of the educational system– Provides holistic development of the
students– Education+guidance support=maximize– Administrative /faculty
understanding+guidance= success– Guidance staff have separate and distinct
tasks from discipline and teaching
• It is responsive to students’ needs– Addresses needs, unique to school culture,
continuous process
• It recognizes the student as an individual– Individuality (needs, capabilities)
• The program is in the hands of qualified personnel– Trained and a role model
Basic Principles for Community Agencies
• Understand the characteristics of the population and environment where agency is serving
• Data must be factual, not theoretical• Communicate to the staff and the
community any findings about the community/ activities
• Specify goals, established priorities and identify procedures to achieve goals
• Evaluate the program for improvements and public support
The Need for Guidance Services
• The Family Situation– The Disappearing Family– The Unready Family– The Pathological Family
• Increased Mobility of Filipinos– Increasing Course Options and Educational
Attainment– New Job Titles– Lack of Job Possibilities– New Trends in Permanency and Tenure– Increasing Financial Difficulty
• Increasing Possibilities of Experiencing Crisis– Calamities– Crimes– Learning and Other Disorders