By way of supporting students socially and emotionally, the Psychological Counseling and Guidance Program aims to have them gain the skills that will enable them to meet the needs and expectations of the developing and evolving world.
Works carried out in this context are as follows:
Life Skills Program: It was created to improve students’ skills and competencies that address the challenges they may face throughout their lives. Activities within the scope of this program are categorized under nine main topics as Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution Skills, Rights and Responsibilities, Self-Awareness, Psychological Resilience, Objectivation of Information Tools, Future Planning, Protection from Neglect and Abuse, and Courtesy and Etiquette. The life skills program was created with a spiral progress approach; outcomes, goals, activities, and works were prepared accordingly. Additionally, integrity at each grade level was maintained. Cooperation with other disciplines is cared for in PCG activities.
Preventive Developmental Guidance: These activities aim to take certain precautions to prevent undesirable events or situations that may happen in the future and to conduct work to increase and boost the desired events and situations in the future.
- Boarding school orientation
- Needs-based orientation for all grade levels
- Promotion of PCG service and info sessions about the works of PCG program
- Individual and supportive consultancy sessions about their socio-emotional development
- Bulletin/e-bulletin
- Notice board
- Seminars
Educational Guidance: Educational guidance is another area of the PCG program. Activities within this scope are aimed at ensuring that students are more efficient in their academic studies throughout their education life. Group and individual activities are implemented accordingly.
Remedial Guidance: Activities in this field aim to reduce or eliminate the effects of unwanted situations with which individuals have difficulty coping by way of intervening in the situation. In addition to individual sessions, group counseling work is also performed to solve common problems identified.
Vocational Guidance: These activities include works that enable students to recognize their interests and skills, obtain information about the professions they wish to pursue, and consider their interests and skills in relation to the occupational groups. Activities in this regard are performed in coordination with the Career Office.
Test and Inventory Activities: Tests and inventories are utilized to obtain objective data about students. These have been planned in consideration of the needs of each grade level. In addition to the tests and inventories applied to all students, tailor-made exercises are also possible according to individual needs.
Behavior Improvement Program: The Behavior Improvement Program has been created in order to change students’ negative behaviors while reinforcing and encouraging their positive behaviors. Having been prepared based on “Darüşşafaka Values”, this program includes activities involving cooperation with different disciplines.
