This is a presentation made to fulfill one of my requirement in one of our subject. It could be helpful especially for students taking up SpEd 18 also known as Guidance and Counseling

1. In your opinion, what is the
meaning of the word…

4. Guidance, the result
of scientific study
Guidance is an outgrowth of
several movements which are
centered on human behavior
patterns. First in psychology, there
appeared a movement – an increased
interest in the essence of man and in
life expressions. Psychology, which
originally meant study of the mind,
was therefore introduced.

5. Early in the 20th century, educational
psychology – the science of psychology that
deals with the development of an individual as
he progresses from birth to old age – was
added to the teacher-training
curriculum. Further research end
experiments in this field aroused
interest in the welfare of human
beings in all ages and therefore
in the need for guidance, guidance
programs, and guidance
techniques.

6. The Present Status of Guidance
The progress of guidance has been slow
because of lack of trained personnel and
sympathetic administrations, lack of funds, and
misconceptions about guidance. But guidance is
quite definite, and the problems can be hurdled. As
a newer field of educational psychology, guidance
has come to stay. The guidance movement has
spread in some countries, including the
Philippines.

7. Frank Parsons
Early part of the 20th century, the first
organized guidance movement – the move
to assist young people – was started by a
civic-minded leader in Boston,
Massachusetts. He is rightfully called the
“father” of the vocational guidance
movement and of the guidance movement.

8. Stressed the scientific approach to
selecting a career in selecting a vocation:

9. In 1934, there were thirty-five branches
of the National Vocational Guidance
Association. Guidance became national in
scope when the United States Office of
Education established the Occupational
Information and Guidance Service with
Harry A. Jaeger as director. The United
States Government also made federal funds
available to the different states.

10. The guidance program was
administered by the Guidance Pupil
Personnel Service of the Office of
Education. The United States
Employment Service was set up by
virtue of the Wagner-Peyser Act of
195.

12. During World War II, guidance suffered a
setback when young men were drafted into the
military service and to job opportunities in war
industries, thus causing a considerable decrease
in high school enrolment. There was also a
shortage of guidance workers. Later, new and
better aptitude tests were administered to
measure and appraise men for the different of
military service.

13. After the war, the Vocational
Rehabilitation Act provided for the
training and employment of disabled
veterans, and the Service men’s
Readjustment Act for the education and
training of veterans.

19. Thank you for
listening and
participating! 
- Sheena