1. GUIDANCE AN INTRODUCTION Lecture by M/s Nandini Lecturer
D.A.V College for Girls
Yamuna Nagar
Haryana.

2. 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

3. 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

4. NATURE 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

5. 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

6. Individual Goals of guidance Self realization Self direction
Self acceptance
Self understanding
Self
Inner resources
Problems
Needs
situation
Family
School
Peer group
community G U I D A N C E
PROCESS
Individual

7. Objectives of guidance
Self understanding
Objectives of guidance
Adustment to environment
orientation
Development of potentialities abilities and capabilities
By MATHEWSON

8. 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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Need for guidance Personal need Social need Educational need National
International need

14. Individual’s need for guidance
development
Emotional/social /adjustment problems
School problems
Home problems
Economic problems
Special needs
Educational/vocational
Sex problems

15. Social need for guidance
Use of human resources
Better family life
Good citizenship
Employment of women
Bridging gap between school and home

16. Educational need for guidance
Curriculum choice
Co-curricular activities choice
Adjustment in school
Guidance for physically /mentally challenged
Awareness of courses and trainings

17. National need for guidance
Democratic citizenship
Feeling& resolving national problems
Feeling of oneness

18. International need for guidance
Ecological imbalance
Environmental pollution
Population explosion
General health/nutrition problems
Eradication of diseases like aids, cancer etc

19. Scope of guidance Area/ Educational Vocational Person Stages of life
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Old age
Section of society
Family
Women
Orphans
Married people
Gifted/creative
Patientss
special persons
Economiocally backward
Sc/st

20. Guidance services in school
Orientation of students
Pupil appraisal
Educational and career infornmation
placement
Reseach and evaluation
counselling
referral

21. Appraisal self understandsing
Guidance process
Focus
Appraisal self understandsing
Adjustment
development
Stages of education
Elementary
Secondary
Senior -secondary
Dimensions
EducationalCareer
Personal-social
Content
Method
technique

22. 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

23. 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

24. Personal guidance
Here, the focus is on personal/social needs of an individual which can be developmental and adjustive

25. Guidance Group Individual techniques Class talks Group discussion
Career exhibition
Career weeks
Group counselling
role play
Career talks
Career conference
Films

26. Organization of a guidance program
Deternmining the need
To know the common problems shared by the group
Questionnaires, checklists can be used
Detremining that group guidance is the most appropriate
Group guidance should work for everyone
Stress mgt.,career day are eg’s
Determining the characteristics of the group
Size, homogenity of the group length and number of sessions are decided

27. Establishing the group Characteristics of the group are identified
Members may be selected who may volunteer ,format purpose are conveyed by thev leader
Monitoring the ongoing activity
Counsellor facilitates the group by keeping them on track
Counselors role depends on his/her theoretical orientation
Evaluating outcomes
Goal should be stated in clear objective& measurable terms
Criteria for measuring goal achievement must be identified and stated for evaluation

28. 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