Information Service 

Intended focus on the ff.

major area
- Is an activity whereby descriptive a. Self awareness,
materials and media are understanding and
accumulated, organized, and development
disseminated through counseling, b. Social awareness and
group activities, or postings, and other-orientation
announcement. c. Career awareness and
planning
Kinds of information and methods of
d. Leadership and
dissemination
citizenship
1. Personal-social 4. Seminars, symposia, conferences
 This has to do with how one 5. Programs for significant others
can improve oneself or how a. For parents
one can improve one’s b. For teachers/ administrators
relationship with others Personnel involved
2. Academic-educational
 This information concerns 1. Guidance director and counselors
the educational setting that 2. Librarian
one is in or might consider 3. Teachers
4. Clinic staff
3. Vocational-occupational
 This covers vocational- Consultation
occupational opportunities
-one of the major roles of a counselor s that
the students can pursue after
of a consultant.
high school or college.
- an expert on responding to need and
Target Audience
behaviors they may be south out for
- Students/ employees guidelines on how to deal with a person or
- Faculty situation
- Parents
Consultant
- Administrators
- Support and maintenance staff - is an individual with a special
expertise, knowledge, and skill in a
Major vehicle of information
specific are
dissemination
- is the helper in a triad that includes
1. Printed information material the:
2. Small group guidance activity a. consultee
3. Homeroom guidance or classroom b. the person who consults
guidance activities c. indentified client
- the consultation requires the
consultant to act as an adviser or
enhancer
Nature and Purpose
Consultation
-is the activity engaged in by the individual
when their expertise is requested by
another party or organization, usually to
enable the latter to assist another – a third
party or an organization.
Stages in the consultation process
- It is the consultant who recognizes a
persisting problem; gathers,
analyzes, and synthesizes existing
information; defines the problem;
decides on the most appropriate
intervention; then calls together the
persons who have direct contact
with the problem and have great
potential to influence desired
change.

1. establish consulting relationship Possible Consultant Recommendations

2. clarify the problem situation (school admin)
3. determine the desired outcome
4. developing ideas and strategies 1. Modification of rules
5. develop a plan 2. Revision of procedures
6. specify the plan 3. Dialogue for communicating plans
7. confirm the consulting relationship 4. Introduction of programs

Consultation Models Steps for effective parent-counselor

conferences
1. Provision model
- Is used when a potential consultee 1. Initial contact
encounters a problem which, 2. Perception check
because of lack of time, interest, and 3. Information delivery
competence he/she cannot define 4. Reception check
5. Assess the family dynamics
objectively and or implement and
evaluate a problem-solving strategy. 6. Education and strategy
implementation
- the consultant provides direct
service to a third party that calls for
Individual inventory
no further intervention from the
consultee. - The individual inventory services
2. Prescriptive model (IIS) or individual analysis
- Is used when a consultee is - Consists of all the information
motivated to solve a problem directly gathered about each individual in
lacks the confidence in their own school.
strategy or may not have the - Information is usually stored in a
knowledge and skills needed to cumulative folder which are kept
carry out a problem solving plan. while the student is still at the school
3. Collaborative Model and up to a few years after
- The consultant’s goal is to facilitate - Some schools store the info in
the consultee’s self-direction and electronic files
innate capacity to solve problems - Part and parcel of many guidance
4. Mediation model programs.
- Part of comprehensive guidance Focal information and data gathering
programs tools
- Carl rogersand fritz perls were firm
believers of here and now Anecdotal reports

Nature and purpose -these are descriptions of a client’s

unusual or unexpected behavior in a
- Collects, evaluates and interprets given situation event
- Proper diagnoses, predicting
progress and behaviors, accurate Anecdotal record
placement and program evaluation - summary of anecdotal reports that
Inventory helps… facilitate the discovery of patterns
which aid in diagnosis and
1. Client treatment.
2. Counselor
3. Administrator and faculty Rating scales
4. Parents and guardians - enables the rater to observe
Cumulative record contents individual systematically and
objectively in a given situation.
1. Personal information
a. Personal data Checklist
b. Age - designed to focus on observable
c. Family background and home personality traits and characteristics.
environment
d. Hobbies, interests, goals and Peer perception
values
e. Personal strengths and a. guess who game
personality traits and b. guess who instrument
characteristics c. sociometric techniques
f. Problems and needs
Other school provided date
2. Educational data
a. School attended a. class work
b. Grades b. interview with others
c. Co-curricular and extra-curricular c. disciplinary decision
activities
d. Courses taken Contribution of technology
3. Health data
a. blogs
4. Social data
b. facebook/instagram
5. Sample forms
c. twitter
6. Personal information sheet
Standardized tests

1. intelligence test
2. multiple intelligence test
3. emotional intelligence test
4. aptitude test
5. scholastic aptitude
6. achievement
7. interests tests
8. study habits rating
9. personality test