Guidance Services in Schools
Chapter 30 Guidance Services in Schools The Chapter at a Glance Keeping pupils’ progress record. The child guidance clinic. An integral part of a school. The most important duty of any progressive school is the adequate provision of guidance services for its students. A school that fails to provide such services impairs the mental and physical health and efficiency of the students very seriously. A school may provide guidance to its students through the teachers or through a child guidance clinic. The teacher's guidance procedures are mainly dependent upon the keeping of pupil's progress records. The clinic, however, employs specialized guidance techniques. In an ideal school situation both work in collaboration with each other. Keeping Pupil's Progress Records One of the most common forms of providing guidance to students is through the teachers who keep regular records of their scholastic, athletic, medic