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COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM

A Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program is an essential component that provides all students the opportunity for optimum development.

The Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program Model is designed to assist all school districts and communities with the planning, development, personal, social, educational, and career development for all students.

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This program model is intended for the following professionals.

• Counselors

• Teachers

• Principals

• District Administrators

• Board of Education

• Counselor Educators

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PHILOSOPHY

• All Children are unique and should be treated with respect and dignity

• Every student can succeed

• Learning is a lifelong process

• Fostering a positive self-image is the collaborative effort of the school, home, and community that leads to responsible and productive citizenship.

• The diverse needs of all students must be addressed at all educational levels through the guidance and counseling program.

• Every student needs appropriate personal and social skills to achieve optimum benefits from the educational program.

• A comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program is not a support service but an integral part of the total education program.

• A developmentally appropriate guidance and counseling program provides important benefits to individual students by addressing their intellectual, emotional, social, and psychological needs.

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• Guidance Curriculum

• Individual Planning

• Responsive Services

• System Support

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Older Brother: “Hooray! I’m free! I’m Free!

Younger Brother: “So what? I’m four!”

Why was Jon walking backwards on the first day of school?

Answer:

Why didn’t the little girl want to leave nursery school?

Answer:

GUIDANCE CURRICULUM

Classroom Activities:

Group Activities:

Suggested Time Allocations:

Elementary School 35% - 45%

Middle School 25% - 35%

High School 15% - 25%

INDIVIDUAL PLANNING

Individual Appraisal

Individual Advisement

Placement

Suggested Time Allocations:

Elementary School 5% - 10%

Middle School 15% - 25%

High School 25% - 35%

RESPONSIVE SERVICES

Consultation

Personal Counseling

Crisis Counseling

Referral

SYSTEM SUPPORT

Professional Development

Staff and Community Relations

Consultation with Teachers

Advisory Councils

Community Outreach

Program Management and Operations

Research, Development, and Accountability

BENEFITS OF THE GUIDANCE/COUNSELING PROGRAM

• STUDENTS

• PARENTS

• ADMINISTRATORS

• TEACHERS

• LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION

• BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, AND LABOR

• COUNSELING PERSONNEL

SCHOOL JOKES

Who is always their best friend? Your Princi-pal

At school, I saw my principal walking around in a daze, I asked him what happened and he looked at me and said, “I’ve lost my Faculties!”