Guidance Lessons

School Counseling Program 

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions (CASEL, 2018). 

The purpose of the guidance curriculum is to help students develop basic life skills.  It is the foundation of a school counseling program.  The developmental guidance curriculum has a scope and sequence for student competency development.  The curriculum is taught in small or classroom-sized groups of students by counselors.  The curriculum is designed for the use of a variety of materials and other resources.  As members of instructional teams, school counselors help to determine how they guidance curriculum is integrated with other instructional objectives.