Guidance Services Forms Types of Problems Covered

1. Guidance Services
Prepared by:
Erlison Lorenz M. Ognilla
Mrs Czarina Ann Alfonso
Professor

2. Guidance Services
Guidance- a more or less general term to
connote both systematic or unsystematic and
informal means toward assisting an individual.
Guidance Services- include only all systematic
and organized procedures and facilitates the
same end.
May be defined as a group of services to
individuals to assist them in securing
knowledge and skills needed in making plans
and devices, and in interpreting life.

3. SCOPE
Guidance services include the following:
1. Services rendered to an individual and his
needs
2. Services to staff members
3. Services pertaining to evaluation of services

4. HISTORY
Frank Parsons- Father of Vocational
Guidance Movement

5. HISTORY
Merril- made guidance more systematic
Adolf Meyer- focused attention on Mental
hygiene

6. Factors that led to the development of
Guidance Services:
1. Secondary Schools became less selective
2. Individual differences were recognized
3. Rise of Industrialism
4. Changing educational objectives

7. CHARACTERISTICS
1. Are identifiable aids to assist individuals,
2. Are involved in achieving goals of education,
3. Are supported by functional preparation of
teachers in guidance activities.
4. Provide for competent leadership
5. Are based on knowledge of the needs of pupils
and upon competencies of the staff members,
6. Are services made available to all,
7. Need the cooperation of parents and community.
8. Are more preventive than curative
9. Are founded on the concept of the totality of the
individual
10. Should be evaluated constantly

8. FORMS
There are Two Forms of Guidance
A. Group guidance
B. Individual guidance
Group Guidance
Is any group enterprise in which the
primary purpose is to assist each
individual in the group to solve his
problems and make adjustments.

9. Purposes of group guidance:
1. To discuss problems common to the group
and to develop awareness that problems are
also shared by others.
2. To enable each individual to understand how
others have met and solved the same problems
that confront him.
3. To broaden the horizons of pupils with
reference to occupations available to them.
Individual Guidance

10. Individual guidance aimed at the self-
development of the individual who
studies, plays and behaves in a group.
A better classification would be: guidance
in group situations if we mean group
guidance, and guidance in individual
situations if we mean individual guidance.

11. TYPES OF PROBLEMS COVERED BY
GUIDANCE
1. Health and physical development
2. Home and Family relationships
3. Leisure time
4. Personality
5. Religious life
6. School
7. Social (moral and civic)
8. Vocational

12. 1. Health and physical development
A. Physical defects
B. Inability to excel in athletics
C. Lack of physical coordination
D. Lack of Physical strength, vigor
E. Malnutrition
F. Physical unattractiveness
G. Illness
H. Oversize, undersize

13. 2. Home and Family relationships
A. Dominance of parents
B. Lack of control by parents
C. Lack of home fellowship
D. Broken homes
E. Home chores
F. Jealousy, friction among siblings
G. Unwholesome home conditions
H. Disapproving family
I. Lack of cooperation with school

14. 3. Leisure time
A. Lack of interest in, or over enthusiasm for,
sports, games, music and art.
B. Inability to engage in sports because of poor
health or physical handicaps
C. Limited means or excessive means
D. Lack of interest in reading
E. Lack of skill in handicrafts
4. Personality
A. Extreme sensitiveness
B. Shyness
C. Lack of aggressiveness
D. Strong aversions
E. Lack of self confidence

15. 4. Personality
F. Excessive conceit, or self confidence
G. Carelessness
H. Inability to get along with others
I. Delusions, illusions
K. Inferiority complex, superiority complex
L. Lack of social-mindedness, civic-mindedness
M. Emotional Instability
5. Religious Life
A. Religious doubts, conflicts
B. Extreme attitude of parents
C. Conversion
D. Excessive religious activity
E. Conflict between science and religion

16. 6. School
A. Ineffective study and health habits
B. Defective budgeting of time
C. Lack of independence
D. Too muchlittle help from teacher
E. Lack of interest in school
F. Inability to see the value of some
subjects
G. Fear of failure
H. Unwillingness to exert more effort.
I. Dislike for teacher or school
J. Too long assignments

17. 6. School
K. Impatience with slower pupils
L. Very rigid rules
M. Poor study conditions
N. Lack of adjustment of work for mental ability
of pupil
O. Excessive attention to athletics
P. Feeling of injustice
Q. Feeling of being left alone
R. Poor choice of school or subject
S. Choice of school
T. Planning work in preparation for college
U. Truancy

18. 7. Social (moral and civic)
A. Cheating, lying, stealing
B. Low Standards of morality
C. Lack of manners
D, Anti social activities
E. Bias
F. Excessive social life
G. Unwise use of leisure
H. Smoking and Drinking
I. Discourtesy
J. Rebellion against authority

19. 7. Social (moral and civic)
K. Intolerance of other’ beliefs and opinions
L. Unwise choice of friends of opposite sex
M. Flirting, necking, petting
N. Disappointment in love
O. Unreasonable restrictions on friendship with
boys, girls
P. Sex perversions
Q. Double standards of morality
R. Low ideals of civic responsibility
S. Unwillingness to assume duties of citizenship
T. Inability to choose leaders wisely
U. Unwillingness to follow leaders
V. Unwillingness to accept responsibility as leader

20. 8. Vocational
A. Insistence of parents
B. Inability to choose proper vocation
C. Unfitness to work
D. Uncertainty to choose the best preparation for
vocation
E. Lack of time and money to prepare self for
vocation
F. Lack of opportunities in the chosen vocation
G. Difficulty in adjusting to the conditions of the
job
H. Poor public relations