1.2 Pre-career Support systems (Psychosocial

• Meaning of a pre-career support system in the school and community
• Kinds of support: psychosocial, social, mentorship or coaching, spiritual, career
• People who help: teacher, parent or guardian, guidance counsellor, peer, chaplain or imam as appropriate
• Childline Kenya 116 for a child in distress; healthy help-seeking
• Stress of pathway choice as a normal load, not a medical diagnosis
• Challenges in existing support systems and practical solutions
• Pre-career mapping for individual growth

• explore and use support systems for pre-career and other needs
• analyze challenges arising from existing support systems for pre-career and other needs
• design solutions to challenges arising from support systems
• explain the significance of pre-career mapping for individual growth
• appreciate the value of the pre-career support systems

“Why does a learner need pre-career support?”

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1. Kinds of pre-career support
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   A support system is people and services that help you choose a pathway and stay steady: psychosocial, social, mentor, spiritual and career.
2. Using support: who to ask
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   Use a teacher, parent, counsellor, peer and chaplain or imam as appropriate. Dial 116 if a child is in distress. Asking for help is strength.
3. Stress of choice and weak support
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pathway stress is a normal load. This class does not diagnose. We analyse challenges in support systems: silence, gossip, stigma, missing adults.
4. Mapping yourself and repairing support
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Design practical repairs for weak support. Pre-career mapping grows the person: know yourself, name help, try a road, review.