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Guidance and Counseling

Notes • The following steps are involved in a personal guidance programme.
(1) Collection of all the Information or Data: First of all, the essential information or data
concerning the individual, who needs personal or psychological guidance, should be collected.
(2) Diagnosis of the causes of the problems: The causes lying within the individual or his
environment are detected.
(3) Thinking about the Remedial Measures: The Guidance worker now thinks about the
personal guidance that may be provided for the individual in gelling rid of his trouble.
(4) Rendering Personal Guidance: By establishing proper rapport, the Guidance personnel
makes the individual realize the main cause of-his difficulty or trouble sometimes, on this
bases he is made to realise or even think about the possible change in his behavior or attitude.
(5) Follow-up Service: After rendering personal guidance to an individual, it is essential to
evaluate the progress, or outcome of such guidance through personal interview, contact or
any other suitable technique.
9.9 Keywords

Personal : Only connected with individual people.
Guidance : Help or advice that is given to somebody by somebody with more experience.
Elementary : Most basic
Preparatory : Done is order to prepare for something

9.10 Review Questions
1. What are fundamental needs of students at elementary and secondary school level.
2. Explain the aims of personal guidance at school level.
3. Discuss the different guidance Services.
4. How does personal guidance helps students according to their attitudes and interests ?
5. Write the different steps of personal guidance at school level.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i)T (ii)F (iii)T (iv)F
2. (i) Personal data collecting (ii) Placement services
(iii) follow up services (iv) Elementary school

9.11 Further Readings

1. Guidance & Counseling: S. Nageshwara Rao, Discovery Publishing House
2. Guidance & Counselince: B.G. Barki, B.Kukh, Opadhyay, Sterling Publishers Pvt.
Ltd.
3. Guidance & Counseling : Suzanne E. Wade. Pam Schuctz, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.

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