MOD 1: INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING

Vocational guidance

evolved during the Industrial Revolution when the society started to realize that a movement is needed to guide the workforce who were displaced to become productive members of society.

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Frank Parsons

In the United States, the school counseling profession began as a vocational guidance movement. in 1908, ________________, "Father of Vocational Guidance"

Bureau of Vocational Guidance

Frank Parsons, "Father of Vocational Guidance" established the ____________________ to assist young people in making the transition from school to work.

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guidance

In the early part of the 20th century, vocational guidance counselors became increasingly dissatisfied with the word ____________ and its heavy emphasis on advice giving and morality.

Counseling

the word _____________ was adopted to indicate that vocational counselors, like the psychoanalysts who practiced psychotherapy, dealt with social and emotional issues

Guidance

The word __________ appeared around 1600 and was defined as "the process of guiding an individual".

Guiding

Early Guidance work involved individuals giving moralistic and direct advice. This definition continued until the twentieth century, when the vocational guidance counselors used the word to describe the act of "__________" an individual into a profession and offering suggestion for life skills.

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Counseling

falls under the umbrella term 'talking therapies' and allows people to discuss their problems and any difficult feelings they encounter in a safe, confidential environment.

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Counseling

it is a process people seek when they want to change something in their lives or simply explore their thoughts and feelings in more depth.

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Responsive Services

Addresses the immediate concerns of learners.

The purpose is prevention, intervention, and referral as needed.

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Counseling

This is a service where the counselor employs different methods, approaches or techniques to enhance the counselee's intrapersonal and interpersonal development and competencies.

Counseling

It aims to assist clients in gaining deeper self-understanding and awareness of one's problems and the effective use of the decision process by formulating alternatives and projecting consequences of each that allow clients to review critically what has taken place and makes provision for future meetings if they are needed.

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Peer Counseling

an interactive relationship between age groups to influence positive change

Referral services

Counselors use other professional resources of the school and community to refer to students when appropriate. These referral courses may include:

Mental Health Agencies

School services

Special school program

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Consultant Services

A major role of a counselor is being the expert on how to respond to needs and behaviors; for guidelines on how to deal with a person or situation:

Conduct deliberations

Conferences with parents

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CONFIDENTIALITY

The counselor must preserve and safeguard the ___________ of the clients

except:

When disclosure is required to prevent clear and imminent danger;

When legal requirements demand that confidential matter be revealed.

Individual Planning

Assists students in planning, monitoring, and managing their educational, personal/social, and career development goals

Homeroom Guidance

an organized segment of the school's guidance services,

which is given to a homeroom group usually a section or a class with a teacher-adviser as facilitator.

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Test Confidentiality

Counselors and the

Psychometricians have the responsibility to observe the principle of confidentiality in test administration and safekeeping.

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System Support

Includes program, staff, and school support activities and services.

The purpose is to provide leadership and support in program delivery

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Guidance Curriculum

Provides guidance content in a systematic way for the purpose of

skill development and application of skills learned.

Individual Planning

Assists students in planning, monitoring, and managing their

educational, personal/social, and career development goals.

System Support

Includes program, staff, and school support activities and services.

The purpose is to provide leadership and support in program

delivery