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Services
- Career and Life Planning
- Career Development Program is a package of activities designed
to develop skills in self-exploration, values clarification,
career planning and decision-making, and life-goal setting.
See schedule of Career Symposia for year 2003-2004
- Counseling
- Counseling service is considered the core of the guidance program.
Through this service the student is assisted in understanding himself,
gaining deeper awareness of one's problems, making intelligent
decisions, and helping one grow to become a self-sufficient and
mature person.
- Phone Counseling
- Counseling service is offered even on the phone through
"Tawag Na!" tel. no. 523-1641 -a hotline for students' problems. This is especially convenient for
those who feel uneasy to meet their counselors face to face.
- Cross-cultural Counseling
- Cross-cultural counseling is the assistance provided
to new international students of UP Manila in facilitating better
adjustment to the university life taking into consideration the
cultural differences between their home countries and the Philippines.
- Freshmen Enhancement Program
- Freshmen Enhancement Program is package of activities for
freshmen designed to facilitate adjustment into college life,
enhance self-awareness and understanding, and develop the basic
skills in coping effectively with rigors of academic life
in UP Manila. The components of this program include psychological
testing and evaluation; study skills development; time management;
stress management; and group growth sessions.
- Orientation and Information
- Orientation and Information service consists of
accumulation and dissemination of information about the different
guidance activities, vocational opportunities, and educational
information for better adjustment and personal growth.
- Student Inventory
- Student Inventory is a continuous and cooperative process of
accumulating and recording of information on each student.
It provides data on the following: home and family background,
personal and social development, scholastic progress, mental
ability, vocational interests, aptitude, and personality profile
for guidance and counseling purposes.
- Referral
- Special cases, which require service beyond the scope of
guidance and counseling program, are referred to other agencies.
- Research
- The Guidance and Counseling Program conducts studies
along some areas such as student needs, student problems,
academic delinquency, academic achievement, and student-teacher
relations. Results of these studies serve as guideposts
for educational planning and improvement of services.
- Testing
- Testing service covers administering, scoring,
interpreting, and evaluating results of mental ability,
aptitude, interest and personality tests.
- Linkages
- The Guidance and Counseling Program also carry out
collaborative activities with school and community-based
organizations.
- Training/Workshops
- Various group of students (i.e. blocks, student organization, etc.)
are brought together by counselors to teach them skills in dealing
with development and life issues. These include but are not limited to:
stress management, study skills training, leadership training,
self-search, peer counseling, career and life planning, interpersonal
relationships, self-confidence building; team building; dealing with
homesickness; and conflict management.
- Extension Services
- GCP staff functions and responsibilities go beyond the students.
They extend themselves by helping others through training,
seminars/workshops, or conduct research as they are often invited
in occasions needing their skills and knowledge. In most instances,
they render the services for free.
- Career Information and Placement Service
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