An orientation material on the Guidance and Counseling Unit of Leyte National High School for SY. 2022 - 2023

1. ORIENTATION ON
GUIDANCE &
COUNSELING SERVICES
GENERAL PARENTS AND TEACHERS
ASSEMBLY
OCTOBER 1, 2022

2. THIS IS NOT YOUR
GUIDANCE
COUNSELOR.

3. THIS IS NOT A
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
They may look like this
pretty but never this moody.

4. TIME TO BREAK THAT
TRADITIONAL DESCRIPTION..

5. THIS IS YOUR
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.

6. WE LISTEN.
WE HELP.
WE GUIDE.
WE ARE A FRIEND.

7. WHAT IS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING?
-AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A WELL-FUNCTIONING INDIVIDUAL PRIMARILY BY
HELPING HIM/HER TO UTILIZE THEIR POTENTIALS TO
THE FULLEST AND PLAN THEIR HIS/HER PRESENT
AND FUTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS/HER
ABILITIES, INTERESTS & NEEDS. (R.A.9258 RULE 1
SEC.3)

8. WHO IS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR?
-HUMMS STRAND PREFERABLY (SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL)
-BACHELOR OF ARTS/SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
-18 UNITS OF EDUCATION
-MA IN EDUCATION MAJOR IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
-PASS THE LICENSURE EXAM FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
-A REGISTERED GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OR RGC (R.A. 9258)

9. AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS A CAREER SPECIALIST
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S
ROLES

10. WE ARE NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.
WE DO NOT
PRESCRIBED MEDICINES.

11. WE ARE NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST.
WE DO NOT
DIAGNOSE
MENTAL ILLNESS.

12. WE ARE
REGISTERED GUIDANCE
COUNSELORS.
WE DO A LOT OF THINGS
PROFESSIONALLY .
TO LISTEN
TO COUNSEL
TO GUIDE
AND HELP.

13. GUIDANCE SERVICES:
1-COUNSELLING
2-PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
3-INDIVIDUAL INVENTORY
4-CAREER GUIDANCE
5-PLACEMENT
6-RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
7-REFERRAL
8-INFORMATION
9-CONSULTATION
10-PREVENTION AND WELLNESS
11-FOLLOW UP

14. “COUNSELING”
-PEER PROBLEMS
-DEPRESSION
-ANXIETIES
-PANIC ATTACKS
-PERSONAL PROBLEMS
-ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES
-ADJUSTMENT IN SCHOOL
-CAREER CONCERNS
-FAMILY PROBLEMS
-LOVE LIFE PROBLEMS
YOU CAN TALK TO US, WE CAN HELP YOU TO
OVERCOME OBSTACLES AND PROBLEMS AND GUIDE
YOU WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS
THROUGH EXPLORING, UNDERSTANDING &
RELATING TO OUR SOCIETY AND CULTURAL
SETTINGS.

15. “INDIVIDUAL INVENTORY”
THE COLLECTIONOF EXTENSIVE
INFORMATION ABOUTTHE
INDIVIDUAL FOR PROPER
UNDERSTANDING, DECISION-
MAKING AND PLACEMENT
-PERSONAL-SOCIAL DATA,
ACADEMIC- EDUCATIONAL
DATAANDVOCATIONAL-
OCCUPATIONAL DATA.

16. “INFORMATION”
IT PROVIDESTHE
COMPREHENSIVEAND
SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION AND
DISSEMINATION OF
INFORMATION OUTSIDETHE
INDIVIDUALTHROUGH VARIOUS
METHODS OF PROGRAMSTO
ASSIST STUDENTS INTHEIR
PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL,AND
OCCUPATIONAL PLANNING.

17. “HOMEROOM GUIDANCE PROGRAM’’
A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES RATIONAL
THINKING, HEALTHY BEHAVIOR AND
POSITIVE DISPOSITION ANCHORED ON THE
ACADEMIC, CAREER AND PERSONAL-AND
SOCIAL NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
LEARNERS.

18. “CAREER GUIDANCE’’
A PROCESS OF HELPING AN
INDIVIDUAL TO COME UP
WITH A PERSONAL CAREER
PLAN BY COLLECTING,
COLLATING, AND
EVALUATING VARIOUS
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SELF & THE WORLD OF
WORK TO HELP THE CLIENT
MEET HIS/HER LIFE GOALS &
TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO
IMPLEMENT THEIR PLANS.

19. “CONSULTATION’’
TO DELIVER APPROPRIATE
INFORMATION AND
ASSISTANCE TO
PARENTS/GUARDIANS,
STUDENTS,
AND COLLEAGUES.

20. “PREVENTION &
WELLNESS”
MENTAL HEALTH &
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
IS A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES
THAT AIMS TO
PROTECT/PROMOTE
PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-
BEING OF INDIVIDUALS &
COMMUNITIES IN THEIR
AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT
AND OR PREVENT OR
TREAT MENTAL DISORDER.
-DEPED ORDER NO.14 S. 2020

21. “REFERRAL’’
IT IS A SERVICE FORTHE
PROVISIONOF TAPPING
OF AGENCIES ,
ORGANIZATIONS, OR
INDIVIDUALS, THAT MAY
BE OF BETTERASSISTANCE
INTHE COUNSELEE’S
RESOLUTION OF
PROBLEMSAND
ATTAINMENT OF GOAL.

22. “CHILD PROTECTION
COUNSELING’’
GIVE HELP AND COUNSEL TO
BOTH THE BULLY AND THE
BULLIED
SEXUALLY ABUSED
PHYSICALLY ABUSED
EMOTIONALLY &
PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSED

23. THANK YOU.