18NCGE NEWS Winter 2011Post PrimaryHave Your SayThe re-development of the Guidance Counsellor's HandbookWhat you saidThe information below provides a summary of the feedback (the most popular responses to each question are indicated) received to date from 34 guidance counsellors.At the Higher Options exhibition held this autumn NCGE advised guidance counsellors that the Centre would be inviting guidance counsellors, working in the post primary and Colleges of Further Education (CFE) sectors, to complete a survey on the re-development of the Guidance Counsellor's Handbook. The survey was distributed to guidance counsellors electronically through the Qualifax mailing list in September and followed up again with a reminder circulated in October. The aim of the survey is to inform the re-development of the Handbook through feedback received from guidance counsellors. 1. What do you like about the current Guidance Counsellor's Handbook? 2. What do you not like? . The information provided in the Handbook. The format ie. a hard-copy resource which is easily accessible. The layout and structure. The Handbook is too large and bulky. The information provided needs to be updated. Lack of clear information and guidelines. The design - needs to be made more attractive

193. What areas (include content) of your guidance practice would you like to see addressed by the new Handbook? 4. The current Handbook consists of the following sections: Section 1 - Counselling, Section 2 - Assessment, Section 3 - Information, Section 4 - Classroom, Section 5 - Organisation, Section 6 - Parents and Guidance, Section 7 - Euroguidance, Section 8 - Guidance Planning, Section 9 - DES Documentation, Section 10 - Reference Materials How would you structure the new Handbook, would you include the sections above for instance? What would make sense for you?Post PrimaryHave Your Say continuedNCGE NEWS Winter 2011. Studying abroad - Europe, US, Australia and New Zealand. Referral agencies. Counselling - mental health, adolescent development, managing challenging behaviour, . Progression routes to Higher Education. Factsheets on Higher Education course requirements eg. foundation maths, higher maths. Psychometric Testing. Whole School Guidance Planning - the Handbook to be structured as a folder of templates on which to base the Whole School Guidance plan, the guidance plan . Special Educational Needs. Keep the current sections. Cross reference materials to relevant sections. Electronic and downloadable resource. Organise into personal, educational and career guidance sections. New content: a careers information section, CAO and UCAS section, a section on the US, working with students in crisis