Guidance and Counseling Tools

Detailed observation of one child is usually for the purpose of comparison with other data already at hand, and to determine the kinds of situations in which he has difficulty.

• The Diary Record Method

• Interview Technique

• The Cumulative Record

• Adjustment Inventory or Schedule

This is a means of keeping readily available permanent data about a child. These data in themselves are likely to aid the teacher in appraising the child’s assets and liabilities. The record can also serve as a source of new knowledge if an analysis of the meaningful relationships among the different items is made.

• The Cumulative Record

• Interview Technique

• Observation Technique

• Adjustment Inventory or Schedule

It is the most comprehensive of all methods of special inquiry for use with maladjusted children or with those who exhibit unusual but undeveloped abilities.

• Adjustment Inventory or Schedule

• The Cumulative Record

• Observation Method

• The Case Study

These are frequently called self-report blanks, adjustments questionnaires, or inventories. It is impossible to differentiate them clearly from ‘tests’ designed to measure such personality traits as introversion, self-confidence, etc., since most, if not all, aspects of personality are related to adjustment. The purpose of adjustment schedules is to estimate an individual’s degree of adjustment or maladjustment.

• Anecdotal Record

• Observation Method

• Adjustment Inventory or Schedule

• Case Study

Cumulative record has the following data except...

• Test

• Health

• Favorite color

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