Lesson 5.1 – 5.

3
Government Setting,
Private Sector Setting
and Civil Society Setting
Group 1 - Counselling

1
 Government Setting
• Counseling settings vary widely.
• The process methods and tools used
by counselors are very similar.
• Counseling professionals in
government setting work with the
various government agencies.

2
 Private Sector Setting
• Counselors range from independent
providers of services of work for:
–NGO’s or Specialized for Profit
Centers
–Organizations that renders a society
of counseling services

3
 Civil Society Setting
• Generally charities or non-
profit and issue based centers
or organizations.

4
 Lesson 5.4 – 5.5
School Setting and
Community Setting
Group 1 - Counselling

5
 School Setting
• The role of the counselor is more
complex in this setting.
• School counselors take different
responsibilities and tasks.

6
• Frank Parsons
“Father of Guidance and Counseling”
–Developed a vocational program
that matched an individual’s traits
with a vocation .
–Oriented school counseling to
vocational guidance.
7
 Multiple Roles of School
Counselors
• School counselors are also
assigned non-counseling roles.
• This roles can take a lot of time
and pull school counselors
away from counseling activities.
8
 American School Counselor
Association National Model
- Developed and was “preceded by
efforts at delineating the best
way to organize and manage
professional school counselors’
work”.

9
 Republic Act No. 9258
“Guidance and Counseling Act
of 2004”
• Roles of schools counselors
have been prescribed and
professionalized.

10
• A ratio of 250 students for every
counselor is recommended by ASCA
• While the CHED for the Philippines
recommends a ratio of 500
students or in a worst situation,
1000 for every counselor.

11
Strengthening School Counseling
• “Use data gathered on student
performance:
- To develop school counseling
programs.
- To help teachers customize
educational practices to meet
students’ individual needs.
12
 The Role of the Elementary School
Counselor
• School counselors include
development and implementation or
facilitation of:
- Classroom Guidance Activities
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Parent Education
- Parent and Teacher Consultation
13
 - Referrals to Professionals and Public
Agencies
- Crisis Intervention and
Management

Goal:
• To address and remediate the students’
problems early enough to increase the
chance of helping them successfully.
14
 The Role of the Junior High School
Counselor
• To provide guidance and counseling
in dealing with Peer Relationships
and Social Interactions.
• Includes work with students,
teachers, and parents in an attempt
to help each understand the other.

15
 The Role of the Senior High
School Counselor
• Provide guidance and counseling
pertaining to educational and
career decisions as well as
college placement counseling.

16
 The Role of the College Level
Counselor
• Roles of School Counselors in Collegiate
Level Include:
–Counseling –Research and
–Appraisal and Evaluation
Assessment –Follow-up
–Information –Student Activities
–Placement
17
 Community Setting
• Has the greatest and widest
application of counseling.
• The community setting creates a
crossroad for individual context
and group context.

18