Elementary Guidance and Counselling

Contents
1. Guidance The Concept and Need
What is Guidance?
Need for Guidance
Objectives of Guidance
Principles of Guidance
Scope of Guidance
Guidance and Education
Guidance and Counselling
2. Areas Requiring Guidance at Primary Level
Educational Guidance
Vocational Guidance
Personal and Social Guidance
Types of Problems of Students
Functions of the Guidance Worker
How to Identify Problems
Group
Group Guidance
3. Group Guidance Concept and Techniques
4. Individual Guidance (Counselling) Concept and Technique
Objectives
Features of Counselling
Approaches to Counselling
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Specific Skills Required in Counselling
Importance of Interview in Counselling
How to Conduct Interviews in Counselling
5. Testing and Non-testing Techniques of Guidance
• Testing Techniques (Psychological Tests)
Elementary Guidance and Coming
Objectives of Using Psychological Tests in a Guidence Programme
Classification of Tests
Characteristics of a Good Test
Non-Testing Techniques of Guidance
6. Guidance of Children with Special Needs
Types of Children with Special Needs
Role of Guidance Worker
Some Major Problems of Disabled
How to Identify Children with Special Needs
Role of Teacher in Dealing with Children with Special Nreds
Curriculum Adjustment and Adaptation
Components of Curriculum Adaptation
Classroom Management • Teaching Strategies
8. Guidance Services in School
Orientation Services
Pupil Information Services
Inventory Services
Educational and Occupational Guidance Services
Group Guidance Services
Counselling Services
Support Services Placement Services
Follow-up Services
9. Maintenance of Records
• Records Needed
10. Role of Counsellor in Schools
Characteristics of a Counsellor
Establishment of Career Resource Center by Counsellor
The Budget for Guidance to be Prepared by Counsellor
Planning of a Good Guidance Programme by Counsellor
Resources a Guidance Counsellor must know
Practical Work
Annexure : Websites Information