Guidance services at 12-14 years must particularly address:
Emotional regulation and peer relations
The age group of twelve to fourteen years marks early adolescence, a period of significant social and emotional change.
At this stage, learners experience heightened emotional sensitivity and increasingly rely on peer groups for identity and social belonging.
Motor skills, career finalization, and reflexes are either already established earlier or not yet developmentally relevant at this stage, unlike the pressing social-emotional needs of early adolescence.
Therefore, guidance services at twelve to fourteen years must particularly address emotional regulation and peer relations.
Peer mentoring in adolescence enhances :
During early adolescence, identity formation is strongly influenced by: