Dulay, Alyssandra Ysabel H.
July 21, 2020
BS PSY 2-5 N Prof. Christ Michael Entienza
Final Requirements for Assessment:
Having identified issues encountered by individuals in different populations: Come up with a
program of activities to support School Counseling for:
- Elementary
- Secondary
- College/Graduate Level
In research studies you will find recommendations. Include its objectives and support your
reasons for such activities with at least 10 researches as source.
Elementary Level
(Bennett, 1986) Elementary education is an enterprise of vast proportions in this nation; and for
each child it is an experience of unsurpassed importance. After the family, elementary school is
the most influential institution in children's lives: helping to shape first and lasting views of
themselves, molding aspirations and skills, introducing them to their country, their culture, to the
universe itself. Elementary education is everything that children learn, for good or for ill, before
reaching adolescence . It includes not only formal schooling but also the combined influences of
home, family, neighborhood, peers, and media. (Harris, 1976) demonstrated a counseling
program’s positive effects on thinking skills among fifth and sixth graders. (Deutsch & Wolleat,
1981; Quatrano & Bergland, 1974) have found positive effects of elementary school counseling
on children’s cognitive skills in career-related areas. With this being stated, Counseling
programs and activities can positively influence interpersonal, mental, and social aspects of
children.
WRITE WHAT YOU WISH I KNEW..
Elementary education aims to help students grow and develop to their fullest potential.
Influences of the school, home, the church, and the community are considered one of
the major factors responsible for the education and development of the children. To
understand a child, one must try to understand his/her ways of growth at different stages
of development. In view of societal changes, teachers and principals require guidance
and direction in organizing programs and instructions in order to serve the needs of
children. This activity lets the students know that you care about them by giving them a
space to share their stories, to let you know what they feel, and what they wish you
understood about their lives. It supports teachers in connecting with their students on a
personal level and to be connected to the learning community.
● Goal:
To teach children how to express themselves.
● Objectives:
○ For educators: to get to know their students
○ To maintain a meaningful connection with students
○ To build strong relationships
○ Educators, students and their families tools to build safe and productive learning
environments.
● Materials:
A pen and a piece of paper
Implementation Steps
1. Choose a sheet of paper
2. Write or draw what a student wishes his/her teacher knew.
3. If it helps, let students decide if they want to write their name on submissions.
4. The teacher can also extend the lesson to have students share what they wish their
classmates knew.
5. Fold the paper in half and put it in the box.
PLASTIC EGG FACES IDENTIFIERS
Research shows that there is a strong relationship between social-emotional learning
and cognitive development. Students must be taught social and emotional skills at a
young age so they can easily identify and distinguish what they are feeling. As children
grow and develop, they go through phases that will seem brawl to understand why they
feel a certain way. Being able to identify different feelings, express them (through
words/pictures) and process the difficult emotions enables children to be healthy
emotionally and psychologically. Emotional development plays a vital role in helping
children grow into well adjusted adults. This activity is a tool for parents, teachers, and
therapists to help the children learn more about emotions in a fun and interesting way
that they will surely enjoy.
● Goal:
To have self-awareness and social-awareness
● Objectives:
○ Children will develop their language, literacy, and social/emotional skills
○ identifying different feelings and emotions.
● Materials:
Plastic eggs, color paint, permanent marker, and modelling clay
Implementation Steps:
1. Began drawing a variety of facial expressions on each plastic egg. Emotions may be
demonstrated by being happy, sad, angry, confused as places to start.
2. Modelling clay in the base of each egg is used to keep them standing upright, making it
look like they are bobbling
3. Students may use their creativity by using the color paint to make their own character of
egg faces - Hair, beard, make up, clothes, etc.
Secondary Level
Secondary Education is an important segment in every person’s life. Guidance and counseling
programs in secondary levels bring students an increased understanding of the educational,
vocational, social, and mental aspects needed to make wise choices. As students reach their
teenage years, this can be a time of both discovery and disorientation. It is a transitional period
that can bring up curiosity, self identity and independence issues. This is also the time where
teens approach puberty where it brings both mental and physical changes to a teenager. As
stated in American Psychological Association, Professionals can play an important role in
shifting perceptions of adolescents to the positive. The truth is that adolescents, despite
occasional or numerous protests, need adults and want them to be part of their lives,
recognizing that they can nurture, teach, guide, and protect them on the journey to adulthood.
SEX EDUCATION: CONDOM PARAMOUNT
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and
School Health (DASH), Quality sexual health education (SHE) provides students with the
knowledge and skills to help them be healthy and avoid human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and unintended pregnancy. A survey found
that teenage pregnancy is the most important problem of today and has noted an
alarming rise in teens in secondary level. The essence of incorporating guidance and
counseling into the school system was to eliminate overwhelming ignorance of many
young people about sexual education. This program is a learning activity for young men
in secondary level to be given basic information about condoms and other birth control
methods.
● Goal:
to help young people gain the information, skills and motivation to make healthy
decisions about sex and sexuality throughout their lives.
● Objectives:
○ To establish a group norm that using condoms is the recommended choice for
sexually active youth
○ Demonstrate their understanding of the steps to correct condom use
○ Describe the steps to putting on a condom correctly
● Materials:
Condoms, Lubricant, banana (may be borrowed from local health districts), water
Implementation Steps: Banana Split
● Preparation: Be sure to confirm your school’s policy on condom demonstrations.
The instructor will give each one a condom from the Sexual Health Clinic that will
demonstrate the activity for this program.
1. Instruct participants to put a condom on a banana by;
2. Make sure the condom will go on the right way (a crease can be seen
between the condom and the roll) and use the lubricant to reduce friction
3. Gently pinch the tip of the condom to get air out
4. Unroll the condom down to the base of the banana
5. Take condom off carefully and tie in a knot
Implementation Steps: Water Bomb
● Preparation: Be sure to confirm your school’s policy on condom demonstrations.
The instructor will give each one a condom from the Sexual Health Clinic that will
demonstrate the activity for this program.
1. Have them fill a condom up with water and tie a knot in it
2. Observe how long they can throw it back and forward without breaking it.
College/Graduate Level
College and Graduate level are the places where most go to further their education. It created
an opportunity for citizens to improve the quality of life, and provide opportunities for all citizens
to fulfill their dream to have a career and to be a responsible citizen in society. College and
graduate level hold bigger responsibility, thus, The need to provide counseling for such a broad
range of students and issues—including multicultural and gender issues, career and
developmental needs, life transitions, stress, violence, and serious psychological problems—is
one of the major challenges facing college counseling centers, a challenge that can be
“daunting” at times (Archer & Cooper, 1998, p. 13). Transitioning to a young adult means
independence, maturity, responsibility, accountability, excellence, and future opportunities.
COLLEGE BUCKET LIST
As college/graduate level is at the peak of becoming an adult, goals and plans
are their aspirations. When we set a goal, we create an aim for a set of behaviors
(Latham and Locke, 2002). Psychologists have found that goal setting exercises
are most effective when the final aim is specific and measurable (Locke and
Latham, 1991, Latham, Winter and Locke, 1994, Latham and Locke, 2002). This
activity is a tool for setting goals by listing down goals, experiences, and
achievements that one wants to have during their journey in college. Students
must keep track of their goals and to take steps to achieving these goals in order
to maximize the incredible experiences in life.
● Goals:
To help trigger new behaviors, guide your focus, help you sustain that momentum in life,
and promote a sense of self-mastery.
● Objectives:
○ To visualize what you want
○ To keep you motivated, focused, and driven
○ Make a commitment
● Materials
Pen and paper
Implementation Steps:
1. Brainstorm goals and plans
2. Write down the goals on the bucket list and hang it up somewhere where you can
see it often
3. Review your list frequently.
References:
● Bennett, W. J. (1986). First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America.
U.S. Government Printing Office.
● Gerler, E. (1985). Elementary school counseling research and the classroom learning
environment. Elementary School Guidance & Counseling, 20(1), 39-48. Retrieved July
22, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42868701
● American Psychological Association. (2002). Developing Adolescents: A Reference for
Professionals. Developing Adolescents: A Reference for Professionals, 1–7.
https://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/develop.pdf
● http://pro.playsafe.health.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/S3_ACTIVITY_COND
OM-GAMES_April2018_v1_final.pdf
● Planned Parenthood. (n.d.). Goals of Sex Education for Teenagers | Youth Health
Services. Retrieved July 20, 2021, from
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/what-are-goals-sex-education-yo
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● CDC. PS18-1807 Program Guidance: Guidance for School-Based HIV/STD Prevention
(Component 2) Recipients of PS18-1807 pdf icon[PDF – 120 pages]. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services; 2019.
● Kitzrow, M. A. (2003). The Mental Health Needs of Today’s College Students:
Challenges and Recommendations.
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.930.8512&rep=rep1&type=p
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