Before 1925, guidance as movement, as it is now practiced and accepted, was unknown in

thePhilippines. It was only in 1932 when a Psychological Clinic was started by Dr. Sinforoso
Padilla and which concerned itself with cases of student discipline, as well as emotional,
academic and vocational problems.

Year
Personality/Event
1892
American Psychological Association
founded (150,000 members in 2006)
1905
Binet & Simon develop mental ability scale
1907
Jesse B. Davis,
the first person to set up a systematized guidance program in
the public schools,
suggested
that classroom teachers of English composition
teach their students a lesson in guidance once a week.
1908
Frank Parsons,
often called the founder of guidance,
founded
Boston’s
Vocational Bureau
, a major step in institutionalizing of vocational guidance
Clifford Beers publishes
A Mind That Found Itself
. Contributed to public
awareness of issues relating to mental disorders
1911
Education courses for counselors had begun at Harvard University
1913
Founding of the National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA), which
was the forerunner of the American Counseling Association. It established an
association offering guidance literature and united those with an interest in
vocational counseling for the first time.
1917
Development of the
Army Alpha and Beta test
1920
Education courses for counsellors almost exclusively emphasized vocational
guidance
Certification of counselors in Boston and New York
Freud’s ideas begin to influence mental health professionals
1924
State certification of guidance counselors begins
1927
Publication of new psychological instruments such as Edward Strong’s Strong
Vocational Interest Inventory (SVII), this instrument set the stage for future
directions for assessment in counselling
1929
Abraham and Hannah Stone’s establishment of the first marriage and family
counseling center in New York City.
1930
Broadening of counseling beyond occupational concerns. The seeds of this
development were sown in the 1920s, when Edward Thorndike began to
challenge the vocational orientation of the guidance movement
1932
John Brewer published a book titled Education as Guidance. He proposed that
every teacher be a counselor and that guidance be incorporated into the
school curriculum as a subject.
1938
Congress
passed
the
George-Dean Act that created the Vocational
Education Division of the U.S. Office of Education and an Occupational

Information and Guidance Service.

School counseling became more of a national phenomenon.
1939
The U.S. Employment Service published the first edition of the Dictionary of
Occupational Titles (DOT) which became a major source of career
information for guidance specialists working with students and the
unemployed, described known occupations in the United States and coded
them according to job titles.
Development of the first theory of counseling, “The Clinical Method of
Guidance”, which was formulated by E.
G.
Williamson and his colleagues
(including John Darley and Donald Paterson) at the University of Minnesota.
1942
Carl Rogers publishes Counseling & Psychotherapy and begins the era of
individual counseling
1945
Counseling becomes dominant school guidance service
1946
U.S. government further promoted counseling through the George- Barden
Act of 1946, which provided vocational education funds through the U.S.
Office of Education for counselor training institutes.
1952
The establishment of the American Personnel and Guidance Association
(APGA) with the purpose of formally organizing groups interested in
guidance, counseling, and personnel matters.
The Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of APA was formally
established. It was initially known as the Division of Counseling Psychology.
1953
The charting of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). It
joined APGA as its fifth member shortly thereafter.
The passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
1962
Gilbert Wrenn set the tone for the decade in his widely influential book, The
Counselor in a Changing World.
1981
The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational
Programs (CACREP) was formed as an affiliate organization of APGA.
1982
The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) was formed
1984
After considerable debate, the APGA changed its name to the American
Association for Counseling and Development (AACD)
1985
Chi Sigma Iota, an international academic and professional honor society, was
formed in 1985 by Thomas J. Sweeney to promote excellence in the
counseling profession.
1986
Establishment of the American Association of State Counseling Boards
(AASCB) by Ted Remley.
1987
CACREP achieved membership in the Council on Postsecondary

Accreditation (COPA), bringing it “into a position of accreditation power

parallel to” such specialty accreditation bodies as the APA
1992
AACD to modify its name and become the American Counseling Association
(ACA). The new name better reflected the membership and mission of the
organization.
2002
Counseling formally celebrated its 50th anniversary as a profession under the
umbrella of the ACA.
2003
Center for School Counseling Outcome Research was developed by Jay
Carey
2006
US congress officially declared Feb 6-10 as National School Counseling
We
ek
HISTORY OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN
PHILIPPINES
Year
Personality/Event
Pre-colonial
Counseling still shows
vestiges of indigenous help-seeking through
(a)superstition; (b) reliance on elders, faith
healers, and fortune tellers; and
(c)
belief in the supernatural

1913
Definite mention of vocational guidance from the report of the Director of
Education.
1925
Formal vocational guidance in the public school began.
1932
Psychological Clinic was established pioneered by Dr. Sinforoso Padilla,
which concerned itself with cases of student discipline, as well as emotional,
academic and vocational problems.
1940
Establishment of the first psychological clinic at the University of the
Philippines
1940-1960
Teachers and officials of the Bureau of Public Schools were sent abroad to
study and observe guidance and counselling practices
in the United States,
England and other European countries.
1941-1944
The growth of guidance and counseling was interrupted by the Japanese
occupation
1945
Guidance Association of the Philippines, the first formal organization of
Filipino counsellors had been established.
Foreign guidance experts like
Dr. Rey G. Bose
, and
George H. Bonnette
,
were invited to help in making leading Filipino School Administrators
“guidance conscious”.
Bonnette
 visited secondary schools, handled seminars all over the country,
served as consultant to the Bureau of Public Schools, while
Dr. Bose
offered
courses in some colleges.
First guidance Institute was held at the National Teachers College with U.S
Army Psychologists as resource person in November
1950
Interest in guidance as a significant component of education grew
More Filipinos either as government grantees, on private scholarships, or on
their own went abroad, mostly to the United States to specialize in guidance
and counseling.
Universities started offering counselor education programs to meet the
demand of trained personnel, (counselors).
1951
Congress proposed the establishment of a functional guidance and counseling
program to help students select their course, activities, occupations, friends,
future mates.
1952
Different public school superintendents, in a convention, approved ten
recommendations pertaining to the early development of guidance services in
the public schools.

1913
Definite mention of vocational guidance from the report of the Director of
Education.
1925
Formal vocational guidance in the public school began.
1932
Psychological Clinic was established pioneered by Dr. Sinforoso Padilla,
which concerned itself with cases of student discipline, as well as emotional,
academic and vocational problems.
1940
Establishment of the first psychological clinic at the University of the
Philippines
1940-1960
Teachers and officials of the Bureau of Public Schools were sent abroad to
study and observe guidance and counselling practices
in the United States,
England and other European countries.
1941-1944
The growth of guidance and counseling was interrupted by the Japanese
occupation
1945
Guidance Association of the Philippines, the first formal organization of
Filipino counsellors had been established.
Foreign guidance experts like
Dr. Rey G. Bose
, and
George H. Bonnette
,
were invited to help in making leading Filipino School Administrators
“guidance conscious”.
Bonnette
visited secondary schools, handled seminars all over the country,
served as consultant to the Bureau of Public Schools, while
Dr. Bose
offered
courses in some colleges.
First guidance Institute was held at the National Teachers College with U.S
Army Psychologists as resource person in November
1950
Interest in guidance as a significant component of education grew
More Filipinos either as government grantees, on private scholarships, or on
their own went abroad, mostly to the United States to specialize in guidance
and counseling.
Universities started offering counselor education programs to meet the
demand of trained personnel, (counselors).
1951
Congress proposed the establishment of a functional guidance and counseling
program to help students select their course, activities, occupations, friends,
future mates.
1952
Different public school superintendents, in a convention, approved ten
recommendations pertaining to the early development of guidance services in
the public schools.

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