Individual guidance is advice, strategy or planning designed for a singular person or thing and their unique situation. This is in contrast to general guidance which is frequently based on demographic information such as age or income or meant for the general population.
Children and Students
The most common reference to individual guidance is in reference to children or students. This is ideally the role of guidance, educational or career counselors.
Individual guidance can be used to refer to any advice, usually professional advice, given to a person based on their unique circumstances. This could include legal services, career counseling, financial planning, medical or psychological advice or a number of other areas where a trained professional is looked to for direction in a given area.
In rare cases, individual guidance can be used to describe systems or methods that do not relate to humans. Examples of this include individual guidance systems for airplanes.