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Guidance and Counseling

Notes These services are usually provided by specialised personnel, professionally trained in various fields,
rather than by the teacher. A teacher may, however, be exposed to some of these programmes to
help him rearrange his schedules and manipulate classroom instructional environment in a general
way.
(1) As a process: Guidance does not occupy independent place. The chief aim of this process is to
assist in the development of an individual keeping in view the social needs.
(2) A Continuous Process: Guidance is a process. Here, it is important to point out that the process
of guidance never ceases. It remains dynamic. In this process, an individual understands himself,
learns to use maximum his own capacities interests and other abilities. He continues his struggle
for adjustment in different situations. He develops his capacity of decision-making. Hence, we
see that it is a non-stop process.
(3) Related with life: The process of guidance is related to life. This guidance contributes formally
or informally to life because life experiences both formal and in-formal occasions. A person
gets informal guidance from his friends and relatives while formal guidance is sought from
organised school guidance services and other organised guidance services.
(4) Development of Capacities: During the process of guidance the individual is assisted in such
a way that he makes himself enabled to develop his capacities maximum from all angles.
Hence, guidance stresses the complete development of possibilities present in an individual.
An individual becomes familiar with his real image. Hence, guidance is helpful in self-
realization.
(5) Task of Trained Persons: Providing guidance is not the function of all persons because various
techniques and skill are to be used in it. Everybody does not possess the knowledge of the
same. For this task, trained persons, psychologists and counselors are required. Hence, guidance
is a skill-involved process.
(6) Helpful in Adjustment: Guidance helps the person in his adjustment different situations. This
process allows to learn to adjust with different types of problems. In this way, the main
characteristic of the nature of the guidance is to provide new energy to the demoralised person
by adjusting himself in the problematic situation through the process of guidance.
(7) Helpful in Developing the Ability of Self-guidance: The nature of guidance also includes the
characteristic of developing self-guidance in a person with help of guidance process. This
enables him in achieving self-dependence by searching out the solution of problems of life.
(8) No Imposition of One’s View Point: It is also the main characteristic of guidance not to impose
one’/s viewpoint on others. It depends upon the wish of an individual how he acquires benefit
by accepting the decision of the guidance worker. It he wishes, he may deny to accept such
decisions of the guidance workers. Hence, it is not a process of imposing the decisions.
(9) Helpful in Preparing for Future: The process of guidance is helpful in preparing a person for
his future. Hence, a person can succeed in preparing himself for future activities. In this way,
guidance is a well-wisher of an individual’s future.
(10) Guidance as an Educational Service: The nature of guidance also includes educational touch.
It has been defined as educational service. The meaning of guidance is explained in the context
of problems occurring in the field of education and in the context of adjustment in the school
environment.
(11) Client Centred : Guidance has been accepted as a specialized service. In this form, this process
is more client centred. In other words, it is based upon developmental approach.

How is “Guidance” a continuous process ?

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