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16 GURU-DAKSHTA Faculty Induction Programme (FIP)
Module 5: Personal-Emotional Development and Counselling

Objectives :
To enable participants to attain basic skills in personal – emotional development and counselling.

Expected Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the participants will be able to:
3 understand and deal effectively with different types of personality

3 act in consonance with the diverse world of learners
3 learn to deal and manage stress among the learners

3 counsel the learners effectively
Focus areas/themes:
3 Personality and its defining characteristics, Assessment of personality

3 Nature and types of adjustment problems: academic, emotional and social
3 Understanding the Student Diversity: Students with Learning Difficulties, Exceptional
students, Gifted students, students with divergent Socio-Cultural Background
3 Understanding stress and its impact at different levels, Managing Stress and time management,
Consequences of a work-life imbalance among teachers, Ways for improved-life balance;
Emotional intelligence in work as well as other areas of life

3 Counselling strategies for better personal and class adjustment- Freud’s Psychoanalytic,
Behavioristic, Gestalt; Directive, non-directive, eclectic, Individual and group counselling,
Ethical and moral codes of counselling

Activities:
Preparation and maintenance of self-appraisal reports, collecting case history of learners,
Conduct guidance and counselling programme, Organising a job fair/career fate, Preparation
and administration of any two tools: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire etc. with respect to
counselling services. Role play based practicals and group activities.

Assessments:
Learning outcomes may be assessed through assignment, objective tests, Peer assessment.

Suggested Readings: (this is not an exhaustive list)
1. Arbucle, D. S. (1965). Counselling: Philosophy, theory and practice, Boston: Allyn and
Bacon

2. Blocher, D. H. (1987). The professional counsellor New York: Macmillan
3. Govt. of India (1972). Handbook in vocational guidance, New Delhi: Central Institute for
Research and Training in Employment Service (C.E.D.G.E. & T), Ministry of Labor and
Rehabilitation

4. Corey, G. (2008). Group counselliing, New Delhi: Cengage Learning Pvt. Ltd.
5. Drydn, W. & Filenthaman C. (1994). Developing counsellortraining, London: Sage

6. Franklin, S. Freeman (1962). Theory and practices in psychological testing, New Delhi:
Oxford