Practitioner Resources

The resources contained on this page are intended to support you and learners / clients.

  • The most recent 10 resources uploaded (accross all areas of practice) are displayed below
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  • Many resources are provided in English AND Irish (GA indicates 'as Gaeilge')

FEATURE IMAGE COLOUR KEY: Blue: Post Primary - Purple: Further Education & Training - Green: European/International

A number of the resources provided are editable templates', after downloading you will need to have the appropriate software installed on your device in order to customise these resources.
For example MS Word, Adobe Acrobat, MS PowerPoint

If you have any queries about these resources please e-mail: ncgeinfo@ncge.ie

Understanding Gifted Children

This article outlines the needs of gifted children from the perspective of guidance counsellors.  This article allows guidance counsellors and educators to further their understanding of gifted children to better serve them within a school environment. Areas such as defining giftedness, how to identify a gifted student, problems that gifted students face and programmes for gifted students in Ireland will be covered.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'

 


Post Primary
23/04/2014

Colm O'Reilly

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Understanding-Gifted-Children-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Understanding-Gifted-Children-GA.pdf
Developing My Career Path, Developing My Learning, Developing Myself
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Best Practice, Ethical and Legal Considerations in Psychometric Testing for Guidance Counsellors

The effective management of the testing process ensures students can interpret psychometric test information and are effectively prepared for future encounters with psychometric testing. This article will explore 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.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
26/03/2014

Declan Fitzerald & Ciara Farrell

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Best-Practice-Ethical-Legal-Psychometric-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Best-Practice-Ethical-Legal-Psychometric-GA.pdf
Developing Myself
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Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas in Guidance Counselling

This article offers a practical tool to support guidance counsellors in their responsibility to manage ethical aspects of their work. That tool consists of a procedure to formalise the making of ethical decisions.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'

 


Post Primary
05/02/2014

Ronny Swain

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Ethical-Dilemmas-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Ethical-Dilemmas-GA.pdf
Developing Myself
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Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students: The role of Guidance Counsellors

The resource offers advice to guidance counsellors as they support LGBT students; address homophobic bullying and name-calling and contribute to creating and maintaining schools as safe, supportive and affirming places for all students regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
03/12/2013

NCGE / GLEN

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-GLEN-EN.PDF
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-GLEN-GA.pdf
Developing Myself
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The Four Pillars of Action: The Role of Guidance Counsellors in developing and implementing the Whole School Community Approach in Tackling Bullying, both Traditional and Cyber

This article discusses the need to have Guidance Counsellors central to the development and delivery of the Whole School Community Approach which has been endorsed by the Department of Education and Skills’ 2013 Action Plan on Bullying. This article was written before publication of the Whole School Guidance Framework (2017). However, the foundation of this approach to bullying involve many of the key concepts discussed in the framework document.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
12/11/2013

Mona O'Moore

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Four-Pillars-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Four-Pillars-GA.pdf
Developing Myself
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Towards a more playful and politicised practice of guidance counselling

A creative approach to research and counselling encourages the expression of multiple truths exposing knowledge as socially constructed (Eisner, 1988) and therefore open to reconstruction. This paper is in the form of a short narrative trail through ideas about identity and the power of discourse and language in constructing what we take to be real.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
12/11/2013

Dr. Grace O'Grady

  1. PDF icon NCGE-Playful-Politicised-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-Playful-Politicised-GA.pdf
Developing My Career Path, Developing Myself
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Positive Psychology in Guidance Counselling

The purpose of the article is to identify how rigorously-evaluated positive psychology interventions can be used by Guidance Counsellors to enhance students’ well-being, reduce depression and improve their school performance.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
08/11/2013

Jolanta Burke / Stephen James Minton

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Positive-Psychology-EN.pdf
Developing My Career Path, Developing My Learning, Developing Myself
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Video Role Play: The Accomplishment Interview

The Accomplishment Interview provides an opportunity to observe the Guidance Counsellor playing modelling how to play a central role in supporting students in exploring and identifying skill sets.

You can view video recordng on Vimeo by clicking the 'Resource Link' below.


Post Primary
18/09/2013

Dr.Spencer Niles and Kai Helmichk

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Accomplishment-Interview-EN.pdf
Developing My Career Path, Developing My Learning
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Helping students to concentrate while studying

The purpose of this article is to explore what we know about concentration from recent research on ‘cognitive psychology’ and the scientific study of mental processes such as thinking, paying attention and remembering.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
18/09/2013

Aidan Moran

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Helping-Concentrate-Study-PDF-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Helping-Concentrate-Study-PDF-GA.pdf
Developing My Learning, Developing Myself
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Supporting Refugee Students Transition to and Progress in Post-primary School

This article 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.

Note: This document was previously uploaded to the (old) 'NCGE School Guidance Handbook'


Post Primary
18/09/2013

Grainne Carley / Jessica Farnan

  1. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Supporting-Refugee-Students-EN.pdf
  2. PDF icon NCGE-PP-Supporting-Refugee-Students-CHECKLIST-EN.pdf
Developing Myself
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