guidance & counseling for elementary in the philippines
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M.Ed. GC – Batch 09
By: Jeel Christine C. de Egurrola
Guidance and Counseling for
Elementary Students
Maximizing students’ potentials
Understanding self and developing a positive self-image
Showing respect for the feelings of others
Understanding the decision-making process
Maintaining effective relationships with peers and adults
Developing effective study habits
Being prepared to make the transition to the intermediate school
With students and parents individually
With students and parents in small groups
Parental permission is obtained prior to any individual or group counseling.
…..when requested and deemed appropriate
How is elementary counseling conducted?
Benefits
Be successful in school
Establish effective study skills
Adjust to a new school
Develop positive feelings about
work, family and society
Build positive feelings toward self
and others
Develop skills in interacting and communicating
with others
Cope with change in themselves and their surroundings
Identify and accept their own and
other’s strengths and weaknesses
Recognizing the causes and effects
of their actions
Become responsible for
their own behavior
Receive crisis intervention when
necessaryfor Students
Understand their children’s progress in school
Select strategies to motivate their children
Develop realistic goals with their children
Become actively involved in their children’s school life
Parent education and discussion groups for child-related issues
Benefitsfor Parents
To identify students with special needs and abilities
Find other professionals within the school or community
A clearly defined curriculum provides information about the
program of the community
Benefitsfor the Community
• Provide students and groups with educational counseling
• Work with students, including those with academic and social development problems and those with special needs
• Help students evaluate their abilities, interests, talents, and personality characteristics
• Use interviews, counseling sessions, interest and aptitude assessment tests, and other methods
Duties and Functions of Counselor
• Provide play therapy and art therapy for students who cannot disclose in the counseling sessions
• Observe younger children during classroom and play activities
• Confer with teachers and parents to evaluate the children’s strengths, problems, or special needs
Duties and Functions of Counselor
• Regularly visits classrooms to teach students how to get along with others, following school rules, safety, and others
Classroom Guidance
• Invite students who share common concerns to meet for a few sessions
Small Group Counseling
• Available to talk with a student privately of the concern is very private and does not work well with groups or with a presence of a parent
Individual Counseling
• If children cannot express with words, they can express their thoughts and feelings through play and/or art session(s)
Art and/or Play Session
How does a counselor work with students?
Confidentiality
Minor students should be informed of the counselor’s general obligation to disclose information to acquiring parents prior to
forming the counseling relationship.
Guidance should be limited to the areas supported by school policy.
When working with minors, counselors should encourage family involvement when possible.
Parents of minors have the right for information in most circumstances.
Practical Considerations
Confidentiality
Legal counsel should be sought when a guidance counselor encounters a “grey area.”
The safety of students and the safety of the third parties should paramount in the counselor’s consideration.
Abuse will always be reported
Threats of injury to third parties will be reported.
Practical Considerations
Confidentiality
and Parents
Informs parents of the counselor’s role with the emphasis of the confidential nature of the counseling relationship between counselor
and counselee
Provides parents with accurate, comprehensive and relevant information in an objective and caring manner, as appropriate and
consistent with ethical responsibilities of the counselee
4. Maintenance of Records. Counselors maintain records in sufficient detail to track the sequence and nature of professional services rendered and consistent with any legal, regulatory, agency, or institutional requirement. They secure the safety of such records and, create, maintain, transfer, and dispose of them in a manner compliant with the requirements of confidentiality and other articles of this Code of Ethics.
Confidentiality
Source: Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (2006). Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Programs – Chapter II: Counseling Relationship.
2. Confidentiality. The counselor must preserve and safeguard the confidentiality of the clients except:
2.1 When disclosure is required to prevent clear and imminent danger to the client or others;
2.2 When legal requirements demand that confidential matter be revealed;
Confidentiality
Source: Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (2006). Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Programs – Chapter II: Counseling Relationship.
Confidentiality
Source: Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (2006). Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Programs – Chapter VII: Consulting and Private Practice.
References
• Tulio, D.D. (2008). A breakthrough in school: Guidance and Counseling. Mandaluyung City: National Bookstore.
• Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (2006). Code of Ethics for Counselors & The Counseling Programs. Retrieved from: http://counpsychphil.blogspot.com/2007/03/code-of-ethics-
for-counselors.html