1. CASE STUDY: TOOL FOR
EFFECTIVE COUNSELING
Presented by:
JAYSON S. HERNANDEZ
Guidance Counselor I
San Miguel National High School

2. DEFINITION OF CASE STUDY
 An analysis and write up of the data collected in a
case history.
 Is a report on an interview investigation of many
important aspects of some unit - a person, a group,
a community, an institution or the like. (All available
data about an individual are surveyed and the significant
items are assembled, organized and studied in order that
the nature and the causes of difficulties maybe discovered
and the treatment designed to remove the difficulties
maybe planned and carried out).

3.  It is a detailed study of an individual
conducted for the purpose of bringing
about better adjustment of the person who
is the subject of the investigation.
 All information gathered about an
individual.

4. PURPOSE OF CASE STUDY
 Provide increased understanding of the
student.

5. RELIABLE SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
 Cumulative Records
 Observations
 Interviews
 Autobiographies
 Self-reports
 Tests
 Teacher Reactions
 School Records

6. ASSEMBLING AND ORGANIZING
DATA
 To collect for the school records all
important information pertaining to the
student.
 Interview those who have contact with the
student including subject teachers, class
adviser, librarian, friends and possibly
parents.

7.  To interview the student himself and
perhaps to give him additional tests. When
a complete data about the student have
been collected, the case should be written
and a tentative diagnosis and plan of
treatment should be formulated.

8. PLANNING THE CASE STUDY
 If possible, choose a student from one of
your classes who you feel needs attention
and help, and who will cooperate with you.
 Select a case in which you are interested,
both for the standpoint of the nature of the
case and the personality of the individual
concerned.

9.  When considering various students, give
some thought to the shy, quiet and retiring
student. Students of this type are
sometimes interesting subjects for case
study than students whose difficulties or
behavior cause them to be notices.
 Plan only as much as you feel that you can
accomplish.

10.  Plan only as much as you feel that
you can accomplish

11. PRINCIPLES TO BE OBSERVED IN
WRITING THE CASE
 Write objectively, simply and with
directedness – the description of the case
should be as objective and the interpretation
should be as impersonal as possible.

12.  Use both general statements and
specific illustrations.
 Eliminate irrelevant items, confine
the case report to a few type written
pages.

13. SUGGESTIONS TO CLARIFY PROBLEMS IN
APPLYING AND EVALUATING TREATMENT
 A case investigator should not attempt to
apply treatment for difficulties that are
entirely outside his experience. If the
problem is one of the reading or study
difficulty, he should be able to offer the
student valuable help in learning.

14.  During the period of treatment, the case
investigator should keep a careful journal
record of the progress of treatment. He should
depend upon his memory but keep a record of
his interview.

15.  If the case is the kind that leads itself to
measurement, comparable tests should be
administered at the beginning and the end of
the treatment.
 After the case has been released from
treatment, it should be followed up and the
individual under observation for a few months
to make sure that a relapse does not take
place.

16. ADVANTAGES OF CASE STUDY
 It permits the person to be understood and
treated as an individual.
 It also provides a basis for more complete
understanding and gives a more accurate
evaluation of events, thus preventing
superficiality and quick judgments.

17.  It can reduce the number of errors in
diagnosis by ensuring that the individual
thoroughly studies the facts of the clients’
presents.

18. SUGGESTED OUTLINE FOR CASE
STUDY
 Statement of the Problem
 Analysis of Data
 Synthesis of the Problem
 Diagnosis
 Counseling Techniques
 Prognosis
 Follow-up

19. THANK YOU
&
HAVE A NICE
DAY!