Educational Guidance And Counselling

PREFACE

Students are challenged daily to make decisions in an environment fraught with tension and uncertainty. Faced with social, economic, and cultural issues to a degree not experienced by previous generations, students must have proactive choices to nurture the potential they each have to become successful learners. Guidance and counselling programmes, as educational programmes, creates options for students to develop and emphasise strategies which enhance this potential.

Guidance and counselling programmes are integral part of each school’s total educational program. It is developmental by design and includes sequential activities organised and implemented by certified school counsellors with the support of teachers, administrators, students, and parents. Generally a guidance and counselling programme include guidance curriculum, individual planning, responsive services and system support. Through counselling individuals may be facilitated in working towards living a more satisfying and enjoyable life.

The present book provides a vivid and in-depth description of all fundamental aspects related with educational guidance and counselling. The nature, purpose, techniques, procedures and scope of educational guidance and counselling programmes are covered comprehensively. The skills needed by counsellors, significance of carrier development, techniques of counselling students with special needs etc., are also described in detail. This book will assist guidance counsellors, guidance supervisors, teachers and parents.

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