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Supporting the management of ‘transitions’ through

Guidance (a virtual Academia experience)

A core element of the Euroguidance role, both nationally and in a European context, is to develop the com-
petence of guidance professionals in areas pertaining to lifelong guidance. One of the ways we achieve
this is through our participation in Academia - a European thematic study visit programme. This provided
opportunities for NCGE Euroguidance Ireland to introduce international guidance colleagues to the many
initiates that we have in Ireland. We also look forward to hearing how clients are supported in their respec-
tive countries.

Exploring the role of Guidance in supporting individ-
uals to effectively navigate key transitions across a
life span.

We heard from a variety of interesting speakers, including:

NCGE who gave an overview of our organisation
and its role in Guidance as well as the landscape of
Guidance in Ireland and how it supports all young
people in the Post Primary and those in FET (VET/
Adult Education), with an emphasis on the theme of
transitions.
CCR Brilliant Pathways (Ron Rix and Tara Smith)
who shared their insights on how we can ensure
successful transitions from School to College to the
Workforce for young people.

AHEAD’s CEO Dara Ryder and Research & Policy
The most recent Irish exchange was the first of 13 Ac- Officer, Dr Richard Healy who shared key find-
ademia study visits that took place in Spring 2022. We ings from their ‘Learning from Home’ Research,
decided to offer a virtual programme. This provided us highlighting the need for flexibility and choice and
the opportunity to facilitate the participation of more inviting an interactive discussion and reflections on
Guidance colleagues from across Europe (and the UDL considerations for guidance.
globe), ensuring an interesting range of experiences
and insights into our differing guidance practices and Dr Nuala Whelan, NUI Maynooth who introduced
approaches, in a sustainable way. the Model of Enabling Employment Guidance
(MEEG) to support those transitioning from Unem-
More than 30 guidance colleagues took part, from near- ployment to Employment
ly 20 countries across Europe and beyond - Germany, Barry Owens, IASIO who gave us an insight into
Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Den- the model of guidance provided to people with crim-
mark, Sweden, Ukraine, Malta, Kosovo, USA, Ireland inal convictions in Ireland
(from Syria), the UK, North Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria
and Hungary. Aisling Fleming, Assistant Professor and Chair of
the Guidance Counselling programmes, DCU, who
The theme we chose to explore for this year’s virtual gave an overview on Guidance Counsellor Training
3-day exchange was: in Ireland, focusing on a ‘transitions support’ model.

Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 2/2022