An effective Comprehensive Developmental
  Guidance & Counseling Program benefits everyone:
  students, parents, teachers, administrators, school
  boards, business and guidance personnel.  It benefits:

• students by guaranteeing services to all students, providing a developmental approach of planned, sequenced guidance activities, and increasing the opportunity for students to interact with counselors.

• parents by providing support for their child's development, providing a system of long-term planning, and increasing opportunities for parents to interact with counselors.

• teachers through the use of calendared activities, and a supportive working relationship that gives teachers greater accessibility to the counselor as a class presenter and resource person.

• administrators by creating a structured program with specific guidance content, a measure of effectiveness, and an enhanced image of guidance services in the community.

• school boards by providing a rationale for including guidance & counseling services as part of the total educational program provided by the school system, and by current data regarding student competencies obtained through the guidance program.

• business by helping prepare a potential work force with decision-making skills, pre-employment skills, and increased worker maturity.

• guidance personnel by providing counselors with a clear, educationally-based role & function, professional identity, and tools for program management & accountability.
  
  A Comprehensive, Proactive, Developmental Guidance & Counseling Program Benefits Everyone.....

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