The Meaning, Bases, and

Foundations of Guidance
Jennilyn I. Flores
Melanie Cruz

What is
GUIDANCE?

Dictionary
says:
the act or function of guiding; leadership;
direction.

supervised care or assistance, especially

therapeutic help in the treatment of minor
emotional disturbances.

According to Ruth
Strang
Guidance is the process of helping every individual,
through his own efforts, to discover and develop his
potentialities for his personal happiness and social
usefulness.

According to Lester and Alice

Crow
Guidance is assistance made available by
personally qualified and adequately trained men
or women to an individual of any age to help him
manage his own life activities, develop his own
points of view, make his own decisions and carry
his own burdens.

TYPES OF GUIDANCE
Personal Guidance

Educational Guidance

Vocational Guidance

TYPES OF GUIDANCE
Personal Guidance
This type of guidance is provided to
students in order to control:
anger
anxiety
addiction
depression
eating disorders

TYPES OF GUIDANCE
Educational Guidance
Educational guidance is a cooperation
that counselor offers to students in
improving their life view point, decision
making and taking responsibility.

TYPES OF GUIDANCE
Vocational Guidance
A guidance service based on
psychologist tests and interviews to
find out what career or occupation may
best suit a person.

CHARACTERIST
ICS OF
GUIDANCE

It help individual to recognize and use his inner resources

(a) to set goals
(b) to make plans
(c) to work out his own problems of development
Choice and problem points are distinctive concerns.
Assistance to the individual in the process of development rather
than the direction of the development.
Generalized and specialized service
Guidance is centered around the needs and aspirations of students.