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This section hosts guidance resources previously available through the National Centre for Guidance in Education website.

 

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An ABC of Digitalised Guidance & Links with Pedagogy

  • A webinar looking at having to move towards digitised guidance during the Covid-19 lockdown

Action-Oriented Hope-Centered Career Development

  • Research shows that strengthening hope-action competencies is useful in career planning and managing. This presentation introduces the action-oriented hope-entered career development model to guidance counsellors

Alternative Visions of Employability - the Role of Critical Pedagogy

  • Article focusing on the learner’s ‘career’ and its potential to be placed under academic scrutiny via the reflexive exploration of theory, demonstrating how this pedagogical approach can provide a means toward critical career understanding and how this influences future student career enactment

Anger Management in the Classroom

  • Seeks to explore the reasons and motivations behind inappropriate expressions of anger, and how these can be successfully addressed

Anxiety and Stress

  • A resource for guidance counsellors to use when dealing with anxious and stressed students

Applying For Jobs

  • A resource for guidance counsellors to use with students who to apply for a job

Applying to Higher Education from Further Education

Applying to UK and other European Colleges

  • Presentation to guidance counsellors on the college application process in UK and Europe

Apprenticeships

  • A webinar describing the apprenticeship landscape in Ireland

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Bereavement: How Guidance Counsellors Can Support the Grieving Student

  • Provides a review of the salient information that is useful to a Guidance Counsellor in their planning to provide immediate and ongoing support

Best Practice, Ethical and Legal Considerations in Psychometric Testing for Guidance Counsellors

  • Explores best practice standards within an international context and highlight potential ethical and legal considerations, pertinent to the use of psychometric tests in Irish post-primary schools

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Career Guidance Policy and Practice in the Pandemic

  • A report of a joint international survey, designed to provide a snapshot of how career guidance policies, systems and services were adapting and coping, following the declaration of the world Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 (CEDEFOP)

Career Matters: Evidence and Implications for Gender and Equality

  • A webinar presented Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Director, DMH & Associates Ltd

Career Sailboat Model As a Tool for the Guidance Counsellor

  • Introduces the Career Sailboat Model (CSM) and discusses how guidance counsellors can use this model in their work with post-primary school students.

A Checklist for Guidance Counsellors: Transitioning Back to School

  • This resource gives Guidance Counsellors ideas for how to ‘transition back’ and ‘settle in’ to school for academic year 2021-2022

Countering Bully/Victim Problems in Schools: Supporting the Guidance Counsellor

  • Aims to equip Guidance Counsellors with the requisite classic and contemporary knowledge to understand and plan to address the many manifestations of bully/victim problems encountered among students and the wider school community

 

 

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Data protection for the Guidance Counsellor (GDPR)

  • Offers a brief overview of GDPR, as well as setting the day-to-day activities of Guidance Counsellors within that context.

Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas in Guidance Counselling

  • Offers a practical tool to support guidance counsellors in their responsibility to manage ethical
    aspects of their work

Dear Me in August 2021

  • A to-do list of items for guidance councillors at the start of a new school year 

Developing a Mindful Approach in Guidance Counselling: Care for Self and Others

  • Webinar aiming to introduce mindfulness to guidance councillors and show how they can use it for themselves and in their work

Developing a Policy on Assessment in Post Primary Schools

DFHERIS Adult Literacy For Life 10 Year Strategy in FET Guidance Practice

  • Presentation to Further Education and Training guidance councillors that considers the implications of the Govt of Ireland’s Adult Literacy for Life strategy in the wide variety of FET guidance settings.

A Different Approach for a Different Brain – Guiding Students with Asperger’s Syndrome towards Achievable Goals

  • Intended to aid Guidance counsellors working with students with Asperger’s Syndrome/ASD Level 1.

Digitalised Guidance Planning (template)

  • Outlines initial content which may be added to/ included in a schools' whole school guidance plan where the provision of digitalised guidance in schools is required.

Dyslexia - How the Guidance Counsellor Can Support the Student With Dyslexia

  • Looks at how the guidance counsellor can support the student with dyslexia in Irish post-primary schools

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Effective Study

  • A resource to help guidance counsellors to deal with many of the issues presented by students who wish to improve their study skills and habits

Ethical Research in Guidance Counselling

Exam Taking Skills

A resource to help guidance counsellors to deal with many of the issues presented by students who wish to improve their approach to examinations

External Resources for Guidance Counsellors

  •  Information on some external resources for Guidance Counsellors in support of students

External Resources for Guidance Counsellors: March 2022

  • Index of external resources available to Guidance Counsellors as summarised in an External Resources for Guidance Counsellors webinar, March 2022

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Future Focus Form

  • A set of questions to help 6th year students think about the future after school

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GDPR Considerations AEGI AGMS

  • Presentation from a webinar looking developments & challenges regarding AEGI AGMS Data Gathering and GDPR


Generation Apprenticeship: Accelerating Real-Life Learning

  • Article presenting the benefits of taking the apprenticeship route and with the expansion of Generation Apprenticeship in Ireland, aims to position apprenticeship as a first choice option for people starting out on a career, upskilling or changing careers


Guidance and Wellbeing

  • Webinar discussing 'wellbeing' in post-primary schools and reflecting on how it fits/links with Guidance (and how Guidance fits with it).

 


Guidance for Deaf People: Starting a Positive Conversation

  • A webinar focusing on Guidance and the value the Guidance community can offer Deaf people.

Guidelines on Provision of AEGS to 16-17 year olds

  • The provision of guidance to young people, who have left school, with low or no formal qualifications, requires specific guidance interventions. The guidelines presented here aim to support the provision of quality AEGS guidance and information services
    to those young people aged 16 and 17 years of age.

A Guide to Law for Post Primary School Students

  • Offers an insight into the law in Ireland, and the different pathways that can be followed in order to pursue a profession in it

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Helping Adolescents Cope with Depression

Presents an overview of how guidance counsellors can help adolescents cope with depression, using cognitive behavioural principles and mindfulness,

Helping students to concentrate while studying

  • This article addresses three main questions. Firstly, what exactly is ‘concentration’? Secondly, how does our concentration system work?
    Finally, what practical techniques can help students to concentrate more effectively when studying?

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An Introduction to Technology Enhanced Guidance

  • A webinar about using information technology as part of the guidance process

 

Immigration and Residency in Ireland: An Overview for Education Providers

  • Provides an overview for guidance counsellors and school management on the rights and entitlements of Ireland's student population

Improving Career Interventions with Cognitive Information Processing Theory

  • A webinar on Cognitive Information Processing theory and how it links to guidance initiatives in Ireland

Investing in Career Guidance

  • A booklet on the importance of investing in career guidance created as a joint effort by six international organisations

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LawEd Student Internship Guide (2021)

  • Guide aiming to prepare students for what to expect once they decide law is the career for them and give a better insight into the experience of law with legitimate feedback from past students

Legalities of Digitalised Guidance Counselling

  • Presentation looking at legal aspects of non-face-to-face guidance counselling (post-primary)

Legalities of Digitalised Guidance in FET (ETB AEGS)

  • Presentation looking at legal aspects of non-face-to-face guidance counselling (FET)

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Mobility in Europe & ‘Access Europe’ Resources

  • Webinar giving an overview of  mobility opportunities available to students and guidance counsellors and where to access
    more information about them as well as providing information on tools and organisations in Ireland supporting mobility

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National CPD Experience: Funded Opportunities for Guidance Counsellors

  • Provides an overview of the landscape of funded opportunities available throughout Europe for Guidance Counsellors.

NCGE FET & Careers Portal MyFutures+ Final Report

  • MyFuture+ was an innovative and new career learning and development resource that aimed to assist individuals to explore themselves in relation to career, education and employment opportunities

 

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Overarching Research on the Adult Educational Guidance Initiative 2000-2006

  • An overarching evaluation of the Adult Educational Guidance Initiative (AEGI)1 2000-2006. It is based on a review of existing evaluations,
    reviews, quarterly returns, annual reports, etc. and statistical data relevant to the research complemented by fieldwork and stakeholder consultations

Overarching Research on Data Gathered in DES-SOLAS-NCGE Adult Guidance Management System of the Adult Educational Guidance Initiative 2004-2018

  • Aims to provide a final report of the data within the current AGMS and inform future data gathering policies and practice
    for guidance services across the education and training sector

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Positive Psychology in Guidance Counselling

  • Introduces some of the most effective positive psychology interventions Guidance Counsellors can use to supplement their work with students

Presentation for New AEGS Staff

  • Provides an overview of record keeping, database management and GDPR considerations for new staff using the AEGS

Principles of Adult Education Guidance Initiative (AEGI) Delivery in ETB Adult Education Guidance Services (AEGS)

  • Provides information that informs several specific principles of service delivery for ETB Adult Education Guidance Service staff

Psychological First Aid (PFA): Supporting Students Leaving Certificate 2020

  • Webinar Presentation introducing the rationale and format of PFA as it can be a useful tool for those offering support in times of crisis

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Record Templates for Guidance Counselling

  • Designed and provided by the National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE) for direct use by individual school Guidance Counsellors with students. Information provided on this form is NOT recorded, transferred to or held by NCGE.
    • One-to-One Meetings with Students - Educational/Careers
    • One-to-One Meetings with Students - Personal Guidance Counselling

Resilience, Character Building and Identity

  • Webinar fro Terri Morrisey, CEO of the Psychologicl Society Ireland on psychological resiliiance, character buildinfg anhd identity

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Salespulse Guide on Anonymising Client Data on the AGMS

  • A guide to anonymising data on the AGMS in cases where a client has not been in touch with a service for 7+ years

Self-Care and Mental Health issues for Adult Education Guidance Services

  • Presentation on maintaining good mental health

Self-Care for the Guidance Counsellor

Webinar presentation offering some tips for a happier and healthier life

Self-Care-Some Prescriptions for Calm Living

  • An article on stress-management and what you can do about stress and stressors in your life

Setting the Scene - Lights Camera Action – an ABC of Online Guidance delivery

  • A self-reflection checklist for Guidance Counsellors to consider and check if they are ready to begin to provide Guidance online and highlight any areas that require more planning or practice.

Setting up a Network of Support

  • Webinar highlighting supports (school based, local, national and international) for Guidance Counsellors to to create a comprehensive network of support

Social Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities

Striving for Social Justice: Towards Emancipatory Guidance Practices

  • An interview with Professor Ronald Sultana of the University of Malta


Support for Guidance Counsellors and Schools around Student Disclosures of Suicide and or Self Harm

  • Intended to help those professionals (designated school staff, such as guidance counsellors or chaplains) most immediately available to students expressing self harm or suicide ideation


Supporting and Including Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children in Education

Provides a brief overview of the current refugee crisis in Europe; the experiences of child refugees and subsequent impacts on their lives and education

Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students: The role of Guidance Counsellors

  • Offering advice to guidance counsellors as they support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students

Supporting Refugee Students Transition to and Progress in Post-primary School

  • Explores the various issues which affect Separated Children when they move into an Irish post-primary school and the strategies that schools can employ to help students overcome these barriers

Supporting Refugees from Ukraine

  • Offer the current understandings (2022) regarding the education, training and career opportunities and services relevant to the provision of
    adult guidance counselling to Ukrainian Refugees in Ireland

Supports for Students Returning to School

  •  Identifies the key people and supports available to students in school, at home or in the community who they can turn to for support

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Taking Stock-Questionnaire for 6th Year students

  • A questionnaire to distribute to 6th Year students to see how they are coping and to help Guidance Counsellors to support them


Telephone and Remote Platform Approaches to Career Development

  • A webinar on providing guidance and support over the telephone


Towards a More Playful and Politicised Practice of Guidance Counselling

  • Ideas about identity and the power of discourse and language in constructing what we take to be real 

Towards European Standards for Monitoring and Evaluation for Lifelong Guidance System and Services Vol. 1

  •  The result of a call for papers in which experts in the field were asked to provide insights and critical reviews on the current position, with a focus on the methodological options available for monitoring and evaluation in adult career guidance and career development services

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Understanding all aspects of QQI

  • A webinar explaining the functions, roles and responsibilities of Quality Qualifications Ireland (QQI)


Understanding Gifted Children

  • Outlines the needs of gifted children from the perspective of guidance counsellors

Universal Design for Learning in FET Guidance Provision

  • A webinar on applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in FET guidance

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Video: Role Play - Provision of Feedback on Psychometric Test Results

  • A shot video giving a role-playing example of how guidance counsellors should provide feedback on psychometric test results


Video: Role Play - The Accomplishment Interview

  • The Guidance Counsellor often plays a central role in supporting students in exploring and identifying skill sets. The Accomplishment Interview provides an opportunity to observe Kai Helmichk’s and Dr. Spencer Niles modelling this process

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Whole School Guidance During the Covid19 Pandemic

  • A webinar discussing Guidance for the current 6th year cohort – focusing on careers and education classes, group work and one-to-one sessions.

Whole School Guidance – Focus on Transitions, Pathways and Opportunities

  • The slides from a webinar looking at: 

    • how transitions/pathways and opportunities:are linked
    • the role of the Guidance Counsellor (and others supporting Whole School Guidance) in supporting students with identifying opportunities / selecting pathways and backup pathways
    • the role of 'Guidance' in supporting individuals to effectively navigate key transitions
  • Template for incorporating webinar content into a post-primary Guidance plan. 

  • Video


Working with Students with Intellectual Disabilities

  • The slides from a webinar looking at how to develops an awareness and understanding of guidance / ‘transition planning’ for students with an ID in mainstream and special schools as part of a Whole School Approach to guidance
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