Post on 25-Dec-2015
WHAT IS GUIDANCE
GUIDANCE involves personal help given by
someone …..it does not solve the problems for the person but helps him to solve them. the focus is the individual not the problem ;its purpose is to promote the growth of the individual in self direction- JONES
• GUIDANCE is assistance made available by personally qualified and adequately trained men /women to an individual of any age to help him manage his own lif e activities,to develop his own point of view, make his own decisions and carry his own burdens
-CROW AND CROW
• It involves assistance to those who need help• It focusses on the individual and not the problem• It leads to identification of ability and potential of
the person seeking help• It promotes self development and self direction• It helps the individual to progress towards success• It develops the individuals ability to take decisions
and plan• It fosters problem solving skills• Its a continuous process
NATURE
Assumptions
• Assistance is a universal need and is needed throughout life and in different settings
• Human nature is basically good• Each individual is unique and has a strong urge to achieve
in life and has the potentialities to do so• All individuals deserve respect and have dignity• All individuals need freedom of choice to take their own
decisions and the need should be respected by others• All individuls have capabilities to adjust and can change
their behaviour for this purpose• It is a collective responsibility of home , school, society to
help the individual realize his potential
Goals of guidanceSelf realizationSelf direction
Self acceptanceSelf understanding
Individual
SelfInner resources
ProblemsNeeds
situationFamilySchool
Peer groupcommunity
GUIDANCE
PROCESS
Objectives of
guidance
Self understanding
Adustment to
environmentorientation
Development of potentialities
abilities and capabilities
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GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING• Both focus on rendering help• Both require a trained professional but Guidance focusses on utilization of one’s
potential and counselling is concerned with change in personality i.e. therapy is its goal
• Guidance focuses on psychology of development and individual differences and counselling focuses on psychopathology and psychology of adjustment
• Both involve information giving but counselling is therapeutic
• Broadly guidance services are provided in education sector whereas counselling services extend to various fields like hospitals and industry
Basic Principles
• Guidance aiming at desirable adjustment in an area must take into account the all round development of the individual
• Individual differences must be recognized and considered while providing guidance services
• Function of guidancevis to 1)formulate and accept worthwhile and attainable goals if behaviour2)apply these objectives in the conduct of his affairs
• Guidance should be seen as a continous process needed fron young childhood to adolescent
• It should be extended to to all persons of all ages
• Guidance services pertain to an individuals physical and mental heath interferes with his adjustment to home , school , vocational social aspects of life
• Specific guidance problems of any age level should be referred to trained professional in that are only specific to that area only
Guidance process
Dimensions EducationalCareerPersonal-social
ContentMethod technique
FocusAppraisal
self understands
ingAdjustmentdevelopmen
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Stages of education
ElementarySecondarySenior -secondary
Educational guidance
• It facilitates active involvement of the child in the learning process
• It enables individual to acquire skills for learning
• It motivates the child to ttain maximum scholastic development as per his potentialities
Vocational guidance
• It is the process of helping a person to develop and accept an integrated and adequate picture of himself and of his role in the world of work……
• It includes assistance in Career planning, decision making and adjustment
Personal guidance
• Here, the focus is on personal/social needs of an individual which can be developmental and adjustive