ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELING
By:

Jessie Christian C. Jumuad

It is childcentered,
preventive and
developmental.
It encourages
pupils social,
emotional and
personal growth
at each stage of
development.

COUNSELORS ASSIST PUPILS

IN
1. Understanding and developing

a positive self-image
2. Showing respect for feelings of
others
3. Understanding the decisionmaking process
4. Developing effective study
skills

COUNSELORS ASSISST PUPILS

IN
5. Being prepared to make

transition to the
intermediate school
6. Gaining an understanding
of the world of work
7. Maintaining effective
relationships with peers
and adults

HOW
DOES
THE
COUSELO
R WORK?

Paren
ts
Stude
nts

Short
term
Counse
lors
Volun
tary

Teach
ers
Conf
denti
al

Group counseling
for pupils
a. Building selfesteem
b. Learning how to
make or keep
friends
c. Preparing for
intermediate
school
d. Coping with
changing family
situations

Group conseling
for parents
a. child-rearing
concerns
b. Child
development
c. Methods
parents may
use to help
pupils
experience
healthy
development
and success in

BENEFITS COUNSELING FOR

STUDENTS
Successful in
school

Establish
Study habits

Identify/acce
pt strengths
and
weaknesses

Develop
positive
feelings

Adjust to a
new school

Cope with
change

Enhance
communicati
ng skills

Recognize
cause and
effects of
their actions

Responsible

Receive
crisis
intervention
when
necessary

BENEFITS COUNSELING FOR

PARENTS
Understand
pupils progress

Select
strategies to
motivate
children

Becomes actively involve in the

pupils life

Develop
realistic goals

Understand
educational
program

1. Counselor consults with parents to identify pupils

with special disability
2. Counselor may lead parent education discuss
child-related issues

BENEFITS OF COUNSELING
FOR THE COMMUNITY
All students are
served

Industry etc.
can participate
actively in the
program

Provides
information
about the
program to the
community

A potential work force is

provided with decisionmaking skills and preemployment skills

C
O
U
N
S
E
L
O
R

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

Provides group/individuals with career and educational
counseling
Aid pupils with academic and social development problems
and those with special needs

Help pupils evaluate their abilities, talents, interests and

personality characteristics so as to develop realistic career
and academic goals
Operate career information centers and career educational
programs

Help pupils develop job search skills resume writing and

interviewing techniques
Elementary counselors observe younger children during
classroom and playtime activates evaluate pupils
strength, problems or special needs

PREVENTIVE AND
DEVELOPMENTAL COUNSELORS
1. Employment counselors
Helping individuals with careers decisions
Explore and evaluate the clients education,
training, work history, interests skills and
personality traits to assists the client in making
career decision
To develop their job-search skills, and they
assist clients in locating and applying for jobs

2. Mental health counselors

Work with individuals, families, and groups to
address and treat mental and emotional
disorders and treat mental and emotional

3. Substance abuse and behavioral

disorder
Helps people who have problems with alcohol,
drugs, gambling and eating disorders

4. Marriage and family therapists

Apply principles, methods, therapeutic
strategies to individual, families, couples /
organizations in order to resolve emotional
conflicts

DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE
AND COUNSELING
PROGRAM
All can
beneft
To all
students
Crisis
counseling

Social &
emotional
developme
nt is a
process

Awareness
leads to
responsible
choices
Unique and
special

6. Gerontological counselors
Provides sercvices to elderly persons and
their families when they face changing
lifestyle as they grow older

7. Multicultural counselors
Helps employers adjust to an increasingly
diverse workforce

8. Genetic counselors
Provides information and support to families
who have members with birth defects /
genetic disorders

5. Rehabilitation counselors
Help people deal with personal, social, and vocational effects
of disabilities from birth, illness, accidents.

Interview both individuals with disablities and their families,

evaluate school and medical reports and confer and plan with
physiciams, psychologists, occupational therapists and
employers to determine the capabilities and skills or the
individual

Develop rehabilitaion program that often includes training to

help the person develop skills.

HOW DOES THE COUNSELOR

WORK WITH STUDENTS?
Classroom guidance
Individual counseling
Visits the classroom
Small group
1. Getting along with To talk with a
counseling
others
student privately; for
2. Following school
those who require in- Students with
common concerns
rules
depth assistance,
1. New student
3. Career education they are encourage
to fnd an outside
2.Peer relations
agency
3. Attendance issues

UNDERSTANDING
CONFIDENTIALITY
Are counselors warranted to disclose
confdentiality of the clients information to
other counselors?
Are counselors warranted to disclose
confdentiality of the clients information to the
clients parents?
Are counselors warranted to disclose
confdentiality of the clients information to a
team whose duty is to accurate assess and
respond to a board spectrum of students needs?

Ethical guidelines for counselors

and parents
Inform parents of the GCs role
with emphasis on the
confdentiality of the counseling
process
Provides parents with accurate,
comprehensive and relevant
information in an objective and
caring a manner

CIRCUMSTANCES
GIVING RISE TO DUTY
The duty to warn of
a threat of physical
violence

n
g
e
r
P

The duty to report

bullying

The duty to report

misconduct toward
student by school
personnel

The duty to report

a violation of the
safe schools act

y
c
n
a

The duty to report

suspect child abuse
The duty to report
threats of selfinflicted harm

COUNSELS WORK WITH

Students
Parents
Teachers
Administration

SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE
CHILDS ACADEMIC SKILLS
Show an
interest

Setting
for study

Reward

Dont
enable

Encourag
e

Schedule
for
homewor
k

Dont
rush

Set an
example

Praise

Space

Discoura
ge

Get
involved

Communica
te with the
teacher

Organizati
on

Work
frst

Review

GOALS OF THE GUIDANCE

COUNSELORS
Help learners understand themselves and
others
Prevent problems from developing

Help identify children with special

needs
Provide crisis intervention when
necessary
Coordinate parents, teachers and
administration

HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE

AND COUNSELING
By:

Jessie Christian C. Jumuad

High school years are full

of growth, promise,
excitement, frustration,
disappointment and hope.
It is the time when
students begin to discover
what the future holds for
them.

1.Improving academic self-

concept
2.Acquiring skills for
improving learning
3.Planning to achieve goals
4.Achieving school success
5.Improving learning
LEARNING IS
FOCUSED
ON

FIVE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOL COUNSELORS

1. Help students select

courses and programs that

will best ft the students
abilities and interests and
at the same time provide
him a learning challenge.

FIVE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOL COUNSELORS

2. Assists learners in pursuing

education
Identify colleges that ft

students needs
Scholarship
Assists in completing
applications

FIVE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOL COUNSELORS

3. Assists learners who

have personal problems

Teacher-student; student-

teacher
Student-student
Problems associated with
growing into adolescence

FIVE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOL COUNSELORS

4. Interpret and explain test

results to students and

their parents
Determine learners strength

and vocational areas in which

they excel

FIVE MAJOR
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
5. Assists students who

may be having difficulty

in their studies by
showing them best ways
to study

Guidance

counselors are
busy
educations
Collate valuable

information that
can help
learners to be
more successful
in school

Guidance

counselors can
provide
suggestions,
advice, and
assistance that
may well mean
the success and
failure of the
learners

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

1.Do the learners develop

greater understanding of
their abilities and interest?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

2. Are learners and their

parents fully aware of the

opportunities and
requirements for
education and careers?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

3. Do learners select

courses and achieve in

them in line with their
abilities, aptitudes,
interest and
opportunities?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

4. Do those who are able

to do so fnish
secondary school?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

5. Do those students who

are capable of doing so

continue education
beyond the secondary
school?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

6. Are those learners who

continue education
beyond secondary
education successful in
their pursuits?

IMPROVING CAREER GUIDANCE

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

7. Are signifcant numbers

of the especially able

students getting more
extensive background in
mathematics, science
and the foreign
languages?

LEARNERS DEVELOPMENTAL
NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
1. Separating from parents and

exploring and defning their

independence
2. Searching to a place where
they belong and rely on peer
acceptance and feedback

LEARNERS DEVELOPMENTAL
NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
3. Deal with academic pressures

as they face high-stakes

testing, the challenges of
scholarship
and
college
admissions,
the
fnancial aid
application process
and entrance
into competitive
job market

HOW ARE WE TO RESPOND?

Through the implementation of

the comprehensive,
developmental, and systematic
school-counseling
The ASCA Nationalprogram.
Standards in the
academic, career and
personal/social
domains are the
foundation for this

COUNSELING PROGRAM

1.Classroom guidance
2.Individual student

planning
3.Responsive services
system support

COUNSELING PROGRAM

4. Collaborate with
1. Parents
2. Students
3. Teachers
4. Administrators
5. Community

Welcome and thank you for

listening the Densing and
Jumuads Guidance and
Counseling Presentation!