EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND THE PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES AND SCOPE DURING THE COVID HEALTH EMERGENCY

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Abstract: The COVID pandemic generated an educational crisis reflected in the deterioration of learning and wreaking havoc on the physical and emotional health of students. The purpose of this communication is to present the results of a qualitative research, using the participatory action-research design, with 18 students of the Bachelor's Degree in Educational Psychology from the National Pedagogical University (UPN) in Mexico, with the aim of training them from the beginning. field of educational guidance and with emphasis on emotional support. In the methodological strategy, three actions were proposed for the intervention: professional practices, social service and degree by thesis. The results obtained indicated that the implemented strategy made it possible to build an adequate training alternative to face the psychological and learning havoc brought by the pandemic. It is concluded that this intervention carried out in precarious conditions made it possible to develop institutional structures and processes, even in the midst of the pandemic crisis, in support of the university community.