This document discusses various guidance services including follow-up, research, referral, and ethical considerations for referrals. It describes follow-up as determining how clients are doing after receiving assistance and what additional help they may need. Research is presented as important for justifying guidance programs and learning more about issues affecting clients. Referral involves connecting clients with specialists outside the guidance program for issues like legal concerns or drug abuse. Ethical referral considers the client's consent and agreement between counselors and external consultants.
3. FOLLOW - UP
•Commonly over-looked
service in the
Philippines
•Helps determine the
status of the person who
received assistance and
what other assistance
must be rendered so that
the service is complete
and holistic.
4. PERSONAL FOLLOW - UP
• It can be extended to
individuals who have been
counseled, referred and
placed.
• Since counseling sessions
tend to be one-shot affairs,
there is no time found to
determine whether decisions
made where ever implemented,
how the client is doing, and
what additional assistance is
needed. (many clients do not
5. PERSONAL FOLLOW - UP
•It is good to check on
those who had been
referred to a consultant.
But it is still the
responsibility of the
referring person to
determine whether the
referred party is
receiving appropriate and
adequate help. Some
clients have ways of
6. FOLLOW UP STUDIES–
Placement-related follow-up
studies can take the form of
research and/or evaluation
when they are conducted to
determine:
1.where graduates went after
leaving school
2.where dropouts/ school
leavers went
3.reasons for dropping out or
leaving the school
7. FOLLOW UP STUDIES–
6.how long graduate stay in
their jobs
7.adjustment difficulties and
concerns of graduates and
school leavers/dropouts
8.additional knowledge and
skills required by the job
which formal studies did not
offer
9.employer satisfaction with
graduates
10.percentage of high school
8. FOLLOW UP–
• These concerns would fall on what
the administrators should work on
to improve its offerings. But the
counselor must ensure that all
aspects that contribute to this
effect are explored and maximized.
The counselor needs to attend all
matters that affect the students’
holistic development. These could
pertain to bridging the gap between
the world of school and the world
of work.
• When individual responses to the
follow-up studies are considered,
10. RESEARCH
• Guidance and Counseling
programs have not been
accorded much respect and
primacy in many
institutions because the
evidence of their
contributions is not
immediately or directly
visible. These services
are not a priority among
school administrators.
11. RESEARCH
• Research is a service-
oriented activity
conducted to discover new
knowledge, to advance
current knowledge, and to
substantiate theory.
• Filipino counselors seem
to shy away from this.
Many still can’t see its
relevance to their work,
because they are eager to
12. WHY DO RESEARCH?
• It is an organized scientific
effort for discovering new
material, unearthing what is
hidden, finding explanations
for current situations, and,
corroborating or debunking
theoretical assumptions,
claims, or practices through
systematic study (Gibson ad
Mitchell, 2003)
• Its benefits include the
deepening of insights into the
clientele, the self and the
13. WHY DO RESEARCH?
• It shall stimulate the
counselors to widen their
horizons and discover
unexplored areas relevant to
the profession.
• It is indispensable for
personal and professional
growth.
• It is tangible evidence that
the Guidance office is doing
something useful.
• It can help the institution
attain its goals and
14. Researches on the following
can lead to growth and development:
1. Non-intellective factors that
affect academic achievement
2. Teacher responses to student
misbehavior
3. Student expectations of teachers:
impact on motivation
4. The effective teacher: students’
perspectives and responses
5. The effects of matching teaching
strategies with learner modalities
and intelligences
6. Leisure and free time activities
7. On-line usage/cyberspace addiction
8. Dating habits of high school/
college students
15. Researches on the following
can lead to growth and development:
12.Husband-wife relationships: impact on
children
13.Family mottos and myths: children’s
responses
14.Role models and heroes
15.Abuses experienced at home
16.Decision-making processes
17.Effectiveness of specific counseling
approaches (Solution-Focused Therapy,
Strategic Family Therapy, Structural
Family Therapy, Cognitive Therapy,
etc.) in resolving family issues
18.Effectiveness of certain training
programs (Stress Management, Burnout
17. REFERRAL
• Is usually understood as the
action taken by persons within
the institution who see that a
particular person needs
counselor assistance.
• It also refers to the
assistance rendered to clients
or their significant others in
obtaining services from other
people or agencies that might
be more effective in helping
them. These are specialists who
might be in a better position
to respond to the peculiar
18. EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS
• Medical-Dental Assistance – the
counselor may coordinate to the
medical-dental doctors.
• Spiritual-Moral issues in
question – the counselor may
coordinate the Campus ministry
or its religious organizations.
• Children with special needs,
like learning disabilities or
pervasive developmental
disorders – the counselor may
refer to developmental
pediatricians or to respective
associations and societies for
19. EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS
• Legal attention – as in the case
of physically and sexually abused,
the wrongfully accused, the
counselor may identify lawyers who
specialize in the legal issues or
psychologists as expert
weaknesses.
• Speech problem – Speech
therapists/Pathologists or the
client may be sent to a speech
school.
• Drug Abuse – the client may be
referred to a reputable hospitals
which conduct drug testing.
20. EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS
• Marital Problems – generic
counseling training may not
necessarily be experts in this
area.
• Crisis Counseling – also needs
someone qualified, more dangers
can arise when crises are not met
appropriately.
• Clients may be referred to a
psychiatrist if it is believed
that they have and emotional
disturbance or behavioral
disorders that require the use of
medication.
21. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
The counselor…
• has valid reason for
deciding on a referral
• knows the specific area of
concern requiring the
referral
• is familiar with.. where &
what services are
available, who renders
them and how much would it
22. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
•the client has agreed
to the referral and
its terms
•the external
consultant knows what
the referral is for
and has accepted the
referral
•the counselor and the
23. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
The counselor…
• introduces the referred party to
the external consultant
• follows up to ensure that the
referred party gets the
assistance needed
• gives feedback to and receives
feedback from the external
consultant regarding the
progress of the client so that
intervention can target what
needs attention
