The document outlines 14 principles of guidance: 1. Guidance is a continuous process and activities should be specifically planned. 2. Guidance is fundamentally the responsibility of parents and teachers and should be extended to all, not just a few. 3. Guidance is education but not all education is guidance, and it is a learning process that helps clients understand themselves based on their true concepts.

1. MARITES A. BALOT
Faculty, Philippine Normal University-North Luzon
PRINCIPLES OF
GUIDANCE

2. 1. Guidance is a
continuous process.

3. 2. Guidance activities are
specifically planned and
developed to ensure
program effectiveness.

4. 3. Guidance should not
be limited to few.

5. 4. Guidance is
fundamentally the
responsibility of the
parents in the home and
of teachers in school.

6. 5. Guidance is
education but not all
education is guidance.

7. 6. Guidance is a
learning process.

8. 7. Guidance is helping
the client understand
himself.

9. 8. Guidance is based on
the true concept of the
client.

10. 9. The guidance program
should be flexible in
terms of individual and
community needs or else
it will lose its value.

11. 10. The function of
guidance is to help a
person formulate goals
of behavior which can
be achieved.

12. 11. The responsibility
for the administration of
the guidance program
should be centered on a
qualified, trained head.

13. 12. Continuous or
periodic appraisals
should be made.

14. 13. Guidance is based
upon individual needs
i.e. freedom, respect,
dignity.

15. 14. Each individual is different from
every other individual. Each
individual is the combination of
characteristics which provides
uniqueness to each person. Similarly
human beings have an immense
potential. The dignity of the individual
is supreme.

16. GUIDANCE IS PREMISED ON THE FOLLOWING:
1. Every individual has needs that must be
attended to.
2. Guidance should be extended to all.
3. Every individual is unique and possesses
worth and dignity.
4. Human beings can develop their own
insights.
5. All individuals have the right and capability
to make decisions and plans.

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