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fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks
he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are
hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit
of desiring more of it than they already have.
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o Subject/ Course Overview
DAGODOG
o Learning Content
o Subject Requirements
o References
o Grading System
o Online Class Schedule
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SUBJECT/ COURSE OVERVIEW
This course introduces some Applied Social Sciences, namely, Counseling, Social
Work, and Communication, which draw their foundation from the theories and principles of
Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and other Social Sciences. The course highlights the
seamless interconnectivity of the different applied social science disciplines while focusing
on the processes and applications of these applied disciplines in critical development areas.
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate competencies in interacting and
relating with other individuals, groups, and communities; apply social sciences principles,
practices, and tools in addressing the development areas identified by the class; and
analyze how processes in these applied disciplines work in specific life situations.
THE MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES
FIRST QUARTER
1. Clarify the relationships and differences between social sciences and applied social
sciences
2. Identify the goals and scope of counseling
3. Explain the principles of counseling
4. Discuss roles and functions of counselors
5. Identify specific work areas in which counselors work
6. Value rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of counselors
7. Distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among counselors
8. Describe the clientele of counseling 9. Illustrate the different processes and methods
involved in counseling
10. Distinguish the needs of individuals, groups, organizations, and communities
11. Identify the goals and scope of social work
12. Explain the principles and core values of social work
13. Explain the roles and functions of social workers
14. Identify specific work areas in which social workers work
15. Value rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities
16. Distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among practitioners
SECOND QUARTER
1. Describe the clientele of social work
2. Distinguish the needs of individuals, groups, organizations and communities
3. Illustrate the different processes and methods involved in undertaking social work
4. Identify the goals and scope of communication
5. Explain the principles of communication
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6. Describe the elements and levels of the communication processes

7. Explain the roles and functions of communicators and journalists
8. Identify specific work areas in which communicators and journalists work
9. Explain the rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities
10. Distinguish between ethical and unethical behaviors among practitioners
11. Describe the clientele and audience of communication
12. Distinguish the needs of individuals, week 9 groups, organizations, and communities
14. Illustrate the different processes and methods involved in undertaking communication
15. Distinguish the appropriate communication media channel(s) to use in different
settings and situations
16. Explain each of the functions of applied social sciences
17. Identify situations that would require or necessitate the performance of the various
functions in local /Philippine settings
18. Analyze the effects of applied social sciences processes on individuals, groups, and
society
19. Evaluate the effects of certain program or projects on knowledge, attitude, and behavior
of individuals, groups, and society
20. Synthesize the learning from the course and its applications to the learner
SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate competencies in interacting and
relating with other individuals, groups, and communities; apply social sciences principles,
practices, and tools in addressing the development areas identified by the class; and
analyze how processes in these applied disciplines work in specific life situations.
REFERENCES
- https://www.academia.edu/40832115/DISCIPLINES_AND_IDEAS_IN_THE_APPLIED
SOCIAL_SCIENCES?email_work_card=title
- https://www.academia.edu/37131995/DISCIPLINES_AND_IDEAS_IN_THE_APPLIED
_SOCIAL_SCIENCES?email_work_card=title
- https://slideplayer.com/slide/12815666/
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PERIODICAL EXAM — 40%
QUIZZES/ASSIGNMENT — 30%
PROJECT — 30%
TOTAL: 100%
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What is SOCIAL SCIENCE?

Social Sciences – is made of several disciplines and these include history, political science, sociology,
psychology, economics, geography, demography, anthropology and linguistics. As a body of scientific
knowledge, the social sciences provide diverse set of lenses that help us understand and explain the different
facets of human society. The varieties of lens that social sciences study refer to the different fields of the social
sciences that investigate human society.
Social Science
Social Science
• relating to human society and how it is • the study of the physical and natural world and
organized. phenomena, especially by using systematic
observation and experiment.
The study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around
us.
8 Major Disciplines
1. Anthropology*
2. Political Science*
3. Geography*
4. Sociology*
5. Psychology*
6. Economics*
Anthropology is the scientific study of humans and their cultures in
the past and present time. 7. History*
Anthropologist are trained in the different areas: 8.Demography*
• Cultural anthropology studies the development of
human culture based on ethnologic, linguistic, social, and psychological data analysis. It explains how
people in other societies live and affects their environments to their respective lives.
• Physical anthropology studies human biological nature, particularly its beginning, evolution, and
variation in prehistory
• Archeology studies human life in the past through the examination of things left behind by the people.
Political Science primarily studies human behavior in relation to political systems, governments, laws, and 2
international relations.
Political has several fields of study:
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• Domestic politics studies public opinion, elections, national and local governments.

• Comparative politics studies politics within countries and analyzes the similarities and differences
between among countries
• International Relations focuses on the study of political relationship and interaction between and
among countries
• Public administration studies national and local governance and bureaucracy
• Public law examines legal systems, civil rights, and criminal justice.
Geography is the study of interaction between people and their environments.
Geography subfields:
• Physical geography studies the natural features of the earth, including land, water, and atmosphere
• Human geography studies how people create cultures in their natural environments.
Sociology a systematic study of people’s behavior in groups
Sociology subfields:
• Applied sociology focus on the use and proper application of sociological theories, 4
methods and skills to examine data, solve problems and communicate research to the public.
• Urban sociology studies societal life interactions in urban areas through the application of sociological
methods like statistical analysis and ethnographies
• Cultural sociology analyzes the development of social institutions, norms and practices.
• Rural sociology studies the social life of people in rural areas
• Medical sociology examines the societal aspects of health and medicine of people
•Sociology of education analyzes how social forces and institutions like politics, economic systems, and
culture affects school and educational systems.
• Political sociology examines how social structure affects and influences politics.
• Military sociology is a sociological study of the military organization, the different civilian and
military relationships, war experiences, and the use and control of force
Psychology studies how the human mind works in consonance with the body to produce thoughts that lead to
individual actions. 5
Psychology subfields:
• Experimental psychology studies of humans and animals examines how and why learning takes
place
• Developmental psychology studies the ways people change and behave as they go through their life
• Personality psychology studies human nature and differences among people
• Environmental psychology studies the effects of surroundings on a person’s attitude and
behavior
Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources and the production and exchange of goods and 6
services in society.
Economics has different subfields:
• Environmental economics- studies the allocation of natural resources
• Labor economics-focuses on the study of the decision making and behaviors of employees and the
relationships between employers and their employees.
• Business economics- examines the behavior of companies and firms by studying the factors that result
in profit maximization, price setting, production goals, and the role of incentives.
• Monetary economics- on the other hand, studies the nation’s production, inflation, income, interest
rates, and monetary policies.
History is systematic study of human past events in order to understand the meaning, dynamics, and
relationship of the cause and effects of events in the development of societies.
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History has several subfields:

• Political history studies history of political institutions
• Economic history studies the development of economic institutions and other economic factors.
• Social history studies the history of ordinary lives of people like women, children, ethnic groups, and
the different sectors of society from historical point of view.
• Environmental history looks into the history of the interaction of humans with the environment
• History of medicine and public health examines the history of public health and human medicine
• Business history studies the history of the development of businesses, companies, and industries
• Biographies studies the history of great persons in history
Demography according to the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (2016) demography is 8
the scientific study of human populations across time.
Major subfield:
• Population studies or social demography analyze demographic data to define, explain, and foresee
social phenomena. It also studies social – status composition and population distribution.
What is APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE?

Defining the Applied Social Sciences-branch of study that applies the different concepts, theoretical models,
and theories of the social science disciplines to help understand society and the different problems and issues.
The applied social sciences are utilized to provide alternative solutions to the diverse problem of the society.
Applied Social Science Social Science
The study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world around us.
The study of the society we live in and the relationships people have within that society.
COUNSELING SOCIAL WORK COMMUNICATION
Counseling is one of the fields of applied social sciences as an

application of the social sciences, counseling provides guidance, help, and support to
individuals who are distraught by a diverse set of problems in their lives.
Counseling can be done by the following
• Guidance counselor and life coaching are applications of the social sciences and these
professions, expert help is given to individuals who needed guidance or advice
pertaining to their business successes, general conditions and personal life transitions,
relationships and career.
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• Life coach analyzes the present condition of the client, discovers different obstacles or challenges that a client
faces, and provides a certain course of action to make the client’s life better.
• Career counseling is needed by people who are in the process of entering the job market, searching for
possible career change, or those wanting career advancements.
• Personal growth counseling concentrates on the evaluation of different aspects of a client’s life.
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Social work practitioners help individuals, families, and groups,

communities to improve their individual and collective well-being.
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Communication Studies- Applied social science provide adequate
training for careers in the field of journalism and mass communication
because of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills that graduates learn
from social
sciences.
COUNSELING
Nystul (2003) defined coins eking a basically an art and science wherein you endeavor to weigh the
objective and subjective facets of the counseling process.
AS AN ART
- It is the subjective meaning of counseling.
- It upholds a flexible and creative process whereby the counselor modifies the approach to meet
the developing needs of the clients.
AS A SCIENCE
- The objective definition of counseling.
- It is about counselors who are discerning and possesses skills to formulate objective observations
and inferences.
Guidance and Counseling is the profession that implicates the application of an integrated approach to
the development of a well-functioning individual” through the provision of support that aids and individual to
use his /her potentials to the fullest in accord with his/her interests, needs and abilities. -Guidance and
Counseling Act of 2004
Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families and groups to
accomplish mental health, wellness, education and career goals. -American Counseling Association (ACA)
Conference
GOALS OF COUNSELING
Detailed and expansive counseling goals have been identified by Gibson and Mitchel (2003)
Development Goals
-assist in meeting or advancing the client’s human growth and development including social,
personal, emotional, cognitive, and physical wellness
Exploratory Goals
-examining options, testing of skills, trying new and different activities.
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Preventive Goals
-helps the client avoid some undesired outcome.
Psychological Goals
-aids in developing good social interaction skills, learning emotional control, and developing
positive self-concept.
Enhancement Goals
-enhance special skills and abilities
Reinforcement Goals
-helps client in recognizing that what they are thinking and doing is fine.
Remedial Goals
-assisting the client to
overcome and treat an undesirable development
Cognitive Goals
-Involves acquiring the basic foundation of learning and cognitive skills.
Physiological Goals
-Involves acquiring the basic understanding and habits for good health.
COUNSELING GOALS FOR COUNSELORS
GOAL DESCRIPTION
INSIGHT Understanding of the origins and development of emotional difficulties, leading to an

increased capacity to take rational control over feelings and actions
Relating with others Becoming better able to form and maintain meaningful and satisfying relationships with
other people: for example, within the family or workplace
Self- awareness Becoming more aware of thoughts and feelings that had been blocked off or denied, or
developing a more accurate sense of how self is perceived by others.
Self- acceptance The development of a positive attitude toward self, marked by an ability to acknowledge
areas of experience that had been the subject of self- criticism and rejection
Self – actualization Moving in the direction of fulfilling potential or achieving an integration of previously
conflicting parts of self.
Enlightenment Assisting the client to arrive at a higher state of spiritual awakening
Problem- Solving Finding a solution to a specific problem that the client had not been able to resolve alone.
Acquiring a general competence in problem – solving
Psychological Enabling the client to acquire ideas and techniques with which to understand and control
education behavior
Acquisition of Social Learning and mastering social and interpersonal skills such as maintenance of eye
Skills contact, turn taking in conversations, assertive, or anger control
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GOAL DESCRIPTION
Cognitive change The modification or replacement of irrational beliefs or mal adaptive thought patterns
associated with self- destructive behavior
Behavior change The modification or replacement of maladaptive or self- destructive patterns of behavior.
Systematic change Introducing change into the way in that social systems operate
Empowerment Working on skills, awareness, and knowledge that will enable to client to take control of
his or her own life
Restitution Helping the client to make amends for previous destructive behavior
Generality Inspiring in the person a desire and capacity to care for others and pass on knowledge and
to contribute to the collective good through political engagement
SCOPE OF COUNSELING
The wide ranges of human problems create a widened scope and field of counseling. Broadly, the scope
of counseling includes individual counseling, marital and premarital counseling, family counseling, and
community counseling.
Individual Counseling
depression, sexual abuse, anxiety, gender, relationships, spirituality, ideology, adolescent issues
loss, anxiety, anger, stress, vocation, studies, and others
Family Counseling
Divorce, family dynamics, transitions in life, miscommunication, Jealousy, money matters,
parenting, remarriage
ETHICAL PRINCIPLE
Ethical principles place emphasis on ethical responsibilities, with counsellors being accountable for any
decisions. Ethical principles include:
❖Fidelity (i.e., being trustworthy) – this is fundamental to understanding and resolving incongruence.
❖Autonomy – this principle emphasizes the importance of respecting and developing the client’s ability
to be self-directing.
❖Beneficence – acting in the best interests of the client, based on professional assessment and working
within one’s limits of competence.
❖non-maleficence – the responsibility to mitigate any harm to clients.
❖Justice – consideration of any legal requirements and obligations, and conflicts between legal and
ethical obligations.
❖Self-respect – working towards self-awareness and taking care of the self. In other words, counsellors
need to apply all of the above principles to themselves as well as their clients.
• Core Values- is a key component of an organization. It has significant influence on other organizational
components, more specifically, to its members. It serves as standards that shape the members behavior in their
interaction with their clients and other people.
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• According to Mcleod (2003), the founders of humanistic psychology, including Maslow’s and Rogers,
highlighted the importance of values. Ethical Principles of counseling which are follows
• Ethical Principles
These are the ideas that underpin both personal and professional codes.
1. AUTONOMY OF INDIVIDUALS
❖ based on the right to freedom of action and freedom of choice in so far as the pursuit of these
freedom does not interfere with the freedom of others; counseling cannot happen unless the client has
made a free choice to participate.
2. PRINCIPLE OF NONMALIFICENCE
❖ refers to the instructions to all helpers or healers that they must, above all, do no harm;
3. PRINICIPLE OF JUSTICE
❖ concerned with the fair distribution of resources and services, unless there is some acceptable
reason for treating them differently
❖ commitment to be fair goes beyond that of the ordinary person; in view of the agreement to
promote worth and dignity of each individual, counselors are required to be concerned with equal
treatment for all individuals.
4. PRINCIPLE OF FIDELITY
❖ shares to the presence of loyalty, reliability, dependability and actions in good faith;
❖ the rule of confidentiality reveals the importance of fidelity; entering into a contract means to
stay with the client and give the case his/her efforts.
• GENERAL MORAL THEORIES

The BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice, drawing on virtues perspective also identified
a set of personal qualities that all practitioners should possess: empathy, sincerity, integrity, resilience,
respect, humility, competence, fairness, wisdom and courage
❑Empathy – being able to understand the clients experience from their frame of reference.
❑Sincerity – a personal commitment to consistency between what is done and what is professed.
❑Integrity – honest and coherent service provision.
❑Resilience – being capable of working with client concerns without being personally
diminished.
❑Humility – accurate assessment and acknowledge of one’s own strengths and weaknesses.
❑Competence – effective deployment of the skills and knowledge needed to be an ethical
counsellor.
Roles and Functions of Counselors

According to Gibson and Mitchell (2003) a helping profession is composed of members “who are
especially trained and licensed to perform a unique and service for fellow human beings”.
Individual Assessment
- Seeks to identify the characteristics and potential of every client; promotes the client’s self-
understanding and assisting counselors to understand the client better
Individual Counseling
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- Considers as the core activity through which other activities become meaningful. It is a client
–centered process that demand confidentiality. Relationship is established between
counselor and client.
Group Counseling and Guidance
- Groups are means of providing organized and planned assistance to individuals for an array
of needs. Counselor provides assistance through group counseling and group guidance.
Career Assistance
- Counselors are called on to provide career planning and adjustment assistance to clients.
Placements and Follow -Up
- A service of school counseling programs with emphasis on educational placements in course
and programs.
Referral
- It is the practice of helping the clients find needed expert assistance that the referring
counselor cannot provide.
Consultation
- It is the process of helping a client through a third party or helping system improve its
service to its clientele.
Research
- It is to advance the profession of counseling; it can provide empirically based data relevant
to the ultimate goal of implementing effective counseling.
Evaluation and Accountability
- Evaluation is a means of assessing the effectiveness of counselor’s activities.
- Accountability is an outgrowth of demand that schools and other tax-supported institutions
be held accountable for their actions.
Prevention
- This includes promotion of mental health through primary prevention using a social –
psychological perspective.
Competencies of Counselors
Seven distinct competence areas of counselors. There might be other areas but we will focus on the input
of McLeod (2003).
Interpersonal Skills
–counselors who are competent display ability to listen, communicate; empathize; be present; aware of
nonverbal communication; sensitive to voice quality, responsive to expressions of emotion, turn taking,
structure of time and use of language.
Personal beliefs and Attitude
- counselors have the capacity to accept others, belief in potential of change, awareness of ethical and
moral choices and sensitive to values held by client and self.
Conceptual ability C
– counselors have the ability to understand and assess client’s problem; to anticipate future problems;
make sense of immediate process in terms of wider conceptual scheme to remember information about
the client.
Personal Soundness
– counselors must have no irrational beliefs that are destructive to counseling relationships, self-
confidence, capacity to tolerate strong of uncomfortable feelings in relation to the clients, secure
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personal boundaries, ability to be a client; must carry no social prejudice, ethnocentrism and
authoritarianism.
Mastery of Techniques
– counselors must have a knowledge of when and how to carry out specific interventions, ability to
assess effectiveness of the interventions, understanding the rationale behind techniques, possession of
wide repertoire of intervention
Ability to understand and work within social system
– this would be compromise of awareness of family and work relationships of client the impact of
agency on the clients, the capacity to use support networks and supervision; sensitivity to client from different
gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or age group.
Openness to learning and inquiry
– counselors must have the capacity to be curious about client’s backgrounds and problems; being open
to new knowledge
Career Opportunities and Areas of Specialization of Counselors

Marriage and Family Counseling Child and Adolescent Counseling
• refers to the efforts to establish an encouraging relationship with couple or family and appreciate the
complications in the family system.
• is a developing area of expertise in counseling profession. The counseling strategies focus on helping
children and adolescents acquire coping skills through promotion of resiliency, positive attachment relationship,
emotional and intellectual intelligence, and other qualities that promote optional development.
Group Counseling
• is the dynamic field in the counseling profession. Group counseling as a practice can be located in
most counseling programs and became the essential part of counselor’s system. Group counseling offers the
following: opportunities to members to learn from observing other group members; can functions as helpers and
helps; opportunities to discover that your others have similar concerns; members are encouraged to offer help to
others; opportunities to enhance interpersonal skills; the therapeutic climate created similar as the client’s
family origin.
Career Counseling
•is an evolving and challenging counseling field. This type of counseling aids individual on decisions
and planning concerning their career. The counseling approach includes integrating theory and practice.
Adopted Savickas (1996) as cited Nystul (20003) adopted the model of Wagner (1971) on structural analysis of
personality to the realm of vocational psychology. The model consists of vocational career services,
occupational placement, vocational guidance, career counseling, career education, career therapy, and position
coaching.
School Counseling
• - refers to the process of reaching out students with concerns on drugs, family and peers or gang
involvement. The job requires sensitivity to individual differences and considers diversity in enhancing
educational perspective. The job requires skills on consultation, counseling’s exceptional students and with the
ability to handle problems such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, divorced or single parents, dropping out of
school.
Mental Health Counseling
• is manifested in the challenges posed by its clientele with mental disorders. Mental disorders include
serious depression, schizophrenia, and substance abuse. Mental health counselors have to be inventive, and
creative to address these problems. The job requires patience, humility, kindness and compassion.
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Activity 1.
Answer the following questions. Write your answer in a short bond paper. Do not write in the back.
Only in FRONT of your answer sheets. Write your name and your track.
I. Identification Test
1. Is made of several disciplines and these include history, political science, sociology, psychology,
economics, geography, demography, anthropology and linguistics.
2. Branch of study that applies the different concepts, theoretical models, and theories of the social
science disciplines to help understand society and the different problems and issues.
3. Studies the allocation of scarce resources and the production and exchange of goods and services in
society.
4. One of the political fields of study in which focuses on the study of political relationship and
interaction between and among countries
5. Sub-fields of Sociology EXCEPT: urban sociology, sociology of education, political science.
6. Applied social science provide adequate training for careers in the field of journalism and mass
communication because of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills that graduates learn from social
sciences.
7. What is social history?
8. Monetary economics is ________
9. What do developmental psychology study of?
10. My teacher in the Filipino subject wants us to research the life of the first President to the present.
What should I want to study?
11. What should I study about the demand and supply of the product?
12. This quote "The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you
encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact", refer to what studies?
13. Is a sociological study of the military organization, the different civilian and military relationships,
war experiences, and the use and control of force?
14. Practitioners help individuals, families, and groups, communities to improve their individual and
collective well-being
15. “As we encounter each other, we see our diversity — of background, race, ethnicity, belief – and
how we handle that diversity will have much to say about whether we will in the end be able to rise
successfully to the great challenges we face today.” ― Dan Smith, The State of the World Atlas.
These quotes refer to___.
16. Defined it as basically an art and a science wherein you endeavor to weigh the objective and
subjective facets of the counseling process.
17. Is a key component of an organization.
18. Helps the client avoid some undesired outcome.
19. Aids in developing good social interaction skills, learning emotional control, and developing positive
self – concept.
20. Examining options, testing of skills, trying new and different activities, etc.
21. Assist in meeting or advancing the clients human growth and development including social,
personal, emotional, cognitive, and physical wellness
22. Understanding of the origins and development of emotional difficulties, leading to an increased
capacity to take rational control over feelings and actions
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23. Finding a solution to a specific problem that the client had not been able to resolve alone. Acquiring
a general competence in problem – solving
24. Enabling the client to acquire ideas and techniques with which to understand and control behavior
25. Working on skills, awareness, and knowledge that will enable to client to take control of his or her
own life
26. Is based on the right to freedom of action and freedom of choice in so far as the pursuit of these
freedom does not interfere with the freedom of others; counseling cannot happen unless the client
has made a free choice to participate
27. This refers to instruction to all helpers or healers that they must, above all, do no harm; Beneficence
refers to the order to promote human welfare
28. The BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice, drawing on virtues perspective also identified a
set of personal qualities that all practitioners should possess: empathy, sincerity, integrity, resilience,
respect, humility, competence, fairness, wisdom and courage
29. Inspiring in the person a desire and capacity to care for others and pass on knowledge and to
contribute to the collective good through political engagement
30. This is (11) points question.
I Need Help, Where Will I Go?
If something is bothering about life matters: academics, relationships, family, identity, and financial concerns,
with whom do you share your problem? Will you pursue formal help or a non-formal help? Why or why not?
Explain your answer.
Activity 2
I. SURVEY
To be able to appreciate better the counseling profession. You are required to interview a
(1 counselor) from any counselor’s work settings: school, mental hospital, private agencies, community,
and government. Use the interview questionnaire below.
How to do it:
1. You can have it individual or group (no limit).
2. As a group submits it one by one. Each member has all the data of the interviewee.
3. Ask permission from the interviewee.
4. Ask a question using the questionnaire.
5. Record using a voice recorder or write it down.
How to submit:
1. Copy the recorded materials.
2. Each one of you has the data of the counselor.
3. Submit it one-by-one
4. If voice record then submits it using messenger.
5. Message to the teacher privately.
6. If it is documented then submit it together with activity 1
Counselors Interview Questionnaire

Full Name: Age: Sex
Questions and Details:

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1. When did you start working as a counselor in the institution?
2. What programs do you handle?
3. What are responsibilities?
4. What skills, values must a counselor possess?
5. How do you see yourself as a counselor?
6. What do you enjoy doing?
7. What do you avoid doing?
8. What challenges do you encounter as a counselor?
9. What helps you in your work?
10. What education and training do you need to enhance your work?
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