Guidance

Services
by: Lera Mie

Ramirez

Definition
The systematic and organized
procedures, tools and facilities to assist an
individual in securing knowledge and skills
needed in making plans and services, and
in interpreting life.
These services provide comprehensive
information about opportunities,
personality development, effective
studying and learning.

Purposes
Help students recognize, accept and develop
their potential, adjust to the school, and
develop the skills needed to cope with the
problems
they meet.
Help young
people come to know and accept
themselves, their aptitudes and interests.
Teach pupils/students learn to use their
interests and capabilities.
Teach pupils/students develop the
skills to cope with the problems they
meet both inside and outside the

Scop
e

1. Services rendered to an individual and his needs

inventory of each pupil, information regarding
opportunities, counseling for all pupils, follow-up on
studies, placement, and assisting teachers in case
studies.
2. Services to staff members in providing for leadership, in
securing cooperation of the staff members, in
assisting
teachers in utilizing information, in organizing and
conducting in-service training.
3. Services pertaining to evaluation of services follow-up
making results available, surveys, securing cooperation of
parents and community, and conducting research to further
improve guidance services.
.

Characteristics of a
Good Guidance Service:
1. Identifiable aids to assist individuals.
2. Involved in achieving goals of education.
3. Provide for competent leadership.
4. Supported by functional preparations for teachers in guidance
services.
5. Based on the knowledge of the needs of the pupils and upon
competencies of the staff members.
6. Services made available to all.
7. Needs the cooperation of parents and community.
8. More preventive than curative.
9. Founded on the concept of the totality of the individual.
10. Should be evaluated constantly.

Basic Guidance
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. INFORMATION SERVICES

The intentional and purposive delivery of

information to students; the primary purpose of which
is to enable students to use said information to
reasonably guide their choices and actions inside and
outside of the school.
This service makes available to learners certain kinds
information not ordinarily provided through the
instructional program or during the regular period of
instruction.

Types of Information and

Guidance Service Used:
1. Educational Information
- valid and usable data about present and probable future
educational requirements.

Examples:
Plan and lay-out of school plan
Policies governing school attendance, uniform, tardiness, etc
History and traditions of the school
Use of the library and other school services

Guidance Activities:

Campus Tour/Open House before school starts.

Early level: Guidance personnel will work with parents
and children in the discussion of informing children
about how the school operates.

Grade six:

Seminars informing students what lies

ahead in high school, if they go into one.

High School level:

Advise students of extracurricular activities

of the school joining in sports
fests, friendly Quiz Bees
and other competitions.

Providing printed materials

like pocket-sized
school map,
summary of the schools policy,
vision/mission, list of contact
numbers for the schools
student personnel, etc.

Types of Information and

Guidance Service Used:
1. Occupational Information
- valid and useful data about positions, jobs, and
occupations.

Examples:
Conditions for work
Duties & requirements for work applications
Rewards offered
Existing or predicted supply of/demand for workers.
Advancement/Promotion patterns

Guidance Activities:
Classroom Discussions
Guidance personnel forums to get a general
understanding about the world of work. Learners can be
helped if they come to understand that there are many
reasons for working, and that money is JUST one of them.

One-on-One Interview/Consultation
Guidance officers can reach out to students and
schedule interviews with them before graduation and are
asked these questions:
What job you want to take?
How much money you want to make?
How long would you be willing to work?

Dissemination of job vacancies and

opportunities through
bulletin board,
posters
and
Mock
Jobflyers.
Fair or Mock

Types of Information and Guidance

Service Used:
3. Personal-Social Information
- valid and usable data about the opportunities and influences
of the human being which will help learners to understand
themselves better and improve their relationship with others.

Examples:
Boy-girl relationships
Personal appearance
Home and family relationships
Leisure-time activities
Social skills

Manners and etiquette

Way of living (health)

Guidance Activities:
Home visits
One-on-One Consultation
Seminar-Orientation
Team Building

Basic Guidance
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2. Individual Inventory Services
The process of accumulating and analyzing information
about an individual through the use of an Inventory Form and
through routine interview. Data may be used to check for
students who may need counseling or specialized guidance
services.
Provides a synthesis of information about the
individual which can be used to gain understanding of
themselves as a person their potential strengths and
weaknesses, abilities, interests and needs.
Covers the collection, organization and
interpretation of the data about pupils/students.

Information Obtained (for Individual Inventory Services)

1. Individual Identification Data

Pupils complete name, address, birthdate, gender.
Familial background names of parents and siblings, their
birthdates and birthplaces, parents religion and
occupation, their hobbies and interests.

2. Cumulative Record
information concerned with learners appraisal and should cover the
entire span of their academic career past and present school
performance.

3. Test Records
Provides information on the learners mental ability, aptitudes and
interests.

4. Interest Inventories
Indicative of the learners likes and dislikes thus can indirectly
guide the counselor in determining how the learner choose their
goals and purposes.

Information Obtained (for Individual Inventory Services)

5. Personalities Inventory
- designed to measure emotional adjustment, social relations and the
motivational aspects of behaviour. Assess the elusive non-intellective
aspects of an individuals psychological makeup.

. Non-Test/Self Evaluation Reports

- information that are obtained through non-test techniques, like
autobiographies and essays about an important experience.

Guidance Activities: (for Individual Inventory Services)

Asking applicants to fill out Questionnaires

Entrance exams
Screening Interviews
Weekly Homeroom Guidance Class

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3. Placement Services
- a continuous program which helps determine the
manner (how) to assign a student based on his/her
personal and social adjustment.
Types of Placement Services:

1. Educational Placement
- related to practically all areas of the educational program
such as academic courses, attendance, work experience,
electives, part-time work, and extra-curricular activities.
Through Placement Services, students are placed in grade
levels, classes and activities suitable to their needs,
interests, abilities, and if applicable - schedules.

Guidance Activities (for Educational Placement):

College Admission Tests
Dissemination of Printed Communications listing colleges,
universities
anddesigned
trade schools
with a summary
of their
particular
area of
Surveys/Tests
to determine
the students
suitable
specialization
specializations.

Vocational Placement

- also known as job placement. Graduates receive

appropriate training and preparation to ensure them that
they can land in a stable job after school/graduation.

Guidance Activities

(for Vocational Placement):

OJT/Internship
students are sent to external businesses and
agencies to familiarize them on the actual working
environment.

Guidance Activities

(continuation for Vocational Placement):

Posters and Printouts for Job Opportunities

- posted in bulletin boards.

Linkages with schools, industries and agencies for job placements.

Job Fair - allows students to choose a job which fits
academic preparation, needs, abilities and
interests.

Series of Symposia

- where professionals and vocation animators are

invited to discuss their job requirements and
activities.

Field trips

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4. Counseling Services

- core of the guidance program that is a form of

intervention that leads to a more effective behaviour. This
is done where there is a pressing need to talk to the
student or pupil urgently.

Types of Placement Services:

1. Group Counseling
- a group activity aimed to assist EACH INDIVIDUAL
member of the group to solve his/her problem and make
adjustments on how he/she behaves in the group.

Guidance Activities (for Group Counseling):

Organizing Home Room Organizations

- earliest form to bring about group guidance activities.
- students/pupils are grouped into committees
assigned for a particular task. Most of the time, a
leader is chosen to spear head the activity.
- usual groups/assignments:
Sweepers of the Day; Front yard Cleaners.

ectures, conferences, programs, parties and convocations.

2. Individual Counseling
- the counseling service is now more focused to
one individual how he/studies, plays or behaves in
a group.

Guidance Activities: (for Individual Counseling)

Consultation one-on-one scheduled guidance talk
between the client and the guidance
councillor.
Voluntary Counseling/Walk-in Counseling
when an individual
seeks the help of counselor to aid him/her in a
difficult or challenging situation.
Referral Counseling
a parent, faculty, counselor or other
students recommends a consultation/appointment
between the student and guidance counselor.

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5. Vocational/Career Services
- set of services specifically designed to assist students in
their career and planning choices. It creates awareness and
appreciation of the different stages of life and professional
careers.
- Cultivates proper attitude towards work decision and
choice settings.

Guidance Activities:

Career Education
Example: seminars or seminar-workshops on writing an effective
resume, application letter, cover letter,
biodata etc.

Career Information
Example: Job posting and dissemination
Career PlacementExample: Job Fair (as discussed thoroughly
in the Job Placement Services earlier)

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6. Remedial and Enrichment Services

- practical measures adapted to enrich students

especially those that need more attention to cope up with
regular classes. Mostly made available to students or
individuals with reading, speech or any other form of
learning difficulties.

Guidance Activities:

Remedial Classes/Periods
Tutorial sessions

Organizing specialized groups for specific subjects

like Math Club, Science Club, etc.

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7. Special
Guidance Services
a. Developmental Learning Services
-Seminars or workshops facilitated by counselors or invited resource
persons on topics not covered by the information service and personality
education
classes.
- The
aim of such program is to facilitate the learning experience of
students on a wide variety of topics that could help them in their adjustment in
school and life in general.

b. Psycho-therapeutic Intervention Program

- programs specifically planned, designed, and implemented to
meet the need of a particular group of students (i.e. athletes, singlemothers).
- the aim of such program is to promote psychological wellness and
prevent future incidents of maladjustments or to remedy an already existing
case of maladjustments among students belonging to special target groups.

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8. Research and Evaluation
Research

is a guidance function where the counselor develops and

implements research plans that would generate empirical data about students and student
life that could be used to inform policy and decision-making in the school, especially on
matters relevant to student welfare and development, and to inform the direction and
suitability of the various guidance services, as well as of the other student services and
programs provided.

Evaluation, on the other hand, is a guidance function where the counselor

develop and implement assessment and evaluation plans that would provide soft and hard
data on the quality, results, and impact of the various student services and programs.
Evaluation data can be used as basis for enhancement of existing programs and
development of new programs.

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9. Follow-up Services

- intended to secure information about former

students and provide continuing services for
students after they leave school. This technique for
evaluating the appropriateness and adequacy of the
instructional program.

Types of Follow-up Service

a. In-School Follow-up - help diminish the number of
drop-outs by knowing the causes/reasons why
students leave school. Also helps students
adjust to student life.
Guidance Activities:

One-on-One Consultation and Monitoring

A test is given, results are kept and are communicated to the student concerned.
Counselors continue to monitor the childs behaviour every now and then.

Parent Conference
Counselors coordinate and gets in touch with the parents so the childs
behaviour is still observed even at home.

Types of Follow-up Service

(continuation)

b. Out-of-school Follow-up
- applies to services extended even to the graduates to instill
in them
a sense of belongingness. It also helps the school
analyse its effectiveness.
Guidance Activities:

Organizing alumni homecoming parties

Organizing alumni associations
Interviews with former students
Interviews with employers
Questionnaires for former students
Questionnaires for employers
Feedback from employers

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