GUIDANCE

AN INTRODUCTION

Lecture byM/s NandiniLecturerD.A.V College for GirlsYamuna NagarHaryana.

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

By MATHEWSO

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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

Guidance is broader than counselling and includes Counselling as one of its services (TOLBERT,1959)

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

Need for guidance

Individual’s need for guidance

Social need for guidance

Educational need for guidance

National need for guidance

International need for guidance

Scope of guidance

Guidance services in school

counselling

referral

Guidance process

Dimensions EducationalCareerPersonal-social

ContentMethod technique

FocusAppraisal

self understands

ingAdjustmentdevelopmen

t

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

Guidance Individual Group

techniques

Organization of a guidance program

Thus ,guidance is needed by all, by young and old and through its

developmental, preventive and curative focus it can be of help for all

types of problems