The exploratory study focused on First Nation students and First Nation education counsellors within Ontario. Using an interpretative approach, the research sought to determine the relevance of the counsellors as a potentially influencing factor in the students’ post-secondary program choices. The ability of First Nation education counsellors to be influential is a consequence of their role since they administer Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) funding. A report evaluating the program completed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in 2005 found that many First Nation students would not have been able to achieve post-secondary educational levels without PSSSP support. Eight self-selected First Nation Education counsellors and twenty-nine First Nation post-secondary students participated in paper surveys, and five students and one counsellor agreed to complete a follow-up interview. The quantitative and qualitative results revealed differences in the perceptions of the two survey groups as to whether First Nation education counsellors influenced students’ post-secondary program choices. Students perceived themselves to be their greatest influence, while the counsellors felt their influence was greater once students made their program decisions, through encouragement and follow up support. The study raised questions regarding challenges faced by First Nation education counsellors to provide consistent academic, personal and cultural/social supports to their sponsored students. While the study suggested the role of First Nation education counsellors had evolved little from its original financial-administrative role and toward a more rounded offering including interpersonal, academic and cultural supports, in keeping with an educational decolonization process, counsellors face chronic program under funding and are under-staffed. To enhance First Nation students’ academic success, federal and provincial governments and First Nations are encouraged to further support First Nation education counsellors with greater training opportunities (expansion of the Ontario Native Education Counselling Association’s Native Counsellor Training Program), a higher ratio of counsellors to students, and support and promotion of their ability to provide interpersonal and academic counselling. The study challenged First Nation education counsellors to seek more opportunities to maintain consistent engagement with their students, especially with more autonomous or older students. First Nation students were also challenged to seek more from their counsellors than sponsorship.

The exploratory study focused on First Nation students and First Nation education counsellors within Ontario. Using an interpretative approach, the research sought to determine the relevance of the counsellors as a potentially influencing factor in the students’ post-secondary program choices. The ability of First Nation education counsellors to be influential is a consequence of their role since they administer Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) funding. A report evaluating the program completed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in 2005 found that many First Nation students would not have been able to achieve post-secondary educational levels without PSSSP support. Eight self-selected First Nation Education counsellors and twenty-nine First Nation post-secondary students participated in paper surveys, and five students and one counsellor agreed to complete a follow-up interview. The quantitative and qualitative results revealed differences in the perceptions of the two survey groups as to whether First Nation education counsellors influenced students’ post-secondary program choices. Students perceived themselves to be their greatest influence, while the counsellors felt their influence was greater once students made their program decisions, through encouragement and follow up support. The study raised questions regarding challenges faced by First Nation education counsellors to provide consistent academic, personal and cultural/social supports to their sponsored students. While the study suggested the role of First Nation education counsellors had evolved little from its original financial-administrative role and toward a more rounded offering including interpersonal, academic and cultural supports, in keeping with an educational decolonization process, counsellors face chronic program under funding and are under-staffed. To enhance First Nation students’ academic success, federal and provincial governments and First Nations are encouraged to further support First Nation education counsellors with greater training opportunities (expansion of the Ontario Native Education Counselling Association’s Native Counsellor Training Program), a higher ratio of counsellors to students, and support and promotion of their ability to provide interpersonal and academic counselling. The study challenged First Nation education counsellors to seek more opportunities to maintain consistent engagement with their students, especially with more autonomous or older students. First Nation students were also challenged to seek more from their counsellors than sponsorship.

Short of a medical breakthrough, counselling is the only available tool to deal with the loss, pain and suffering that AIDS patients' experience. Studies have suggested that although there is a change in society's perception to AIDS, there still exist some negative attitudes and perceptions that occur among a variety of groups, which includes the health care workers. This study aims to investigate the construction of meaning, perceptions, and attitudes of HIV/AIDS among professional and lay counsellors . The researcher will compare lay and professional counsellors' attitudes, perceptions and meanings of AIDS. The Social Representational Theory was used to provide an understanding of how these metaphors and attitudes emerged and still exist. Qualitative methodology was used, which allowed the researcher to gather in - depth data necessary for the study of psychological issues. The study made use of non- probability purposive sampling. Data were collected by use of in-depth interviews. A pilot study was conducted to 'test' the interview schedule. Three lay and three professional , female counsellors were recruited for the interviews. All the interviews were tape recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis was used to analysis the data. Essentially, the data reflected that there were many emergent metaphors which counsellors used that were similar to the general population. At times, these metaphors impacted on the counselling process. The findings of this study made recommendations in terms of more research around this area is needed, training programmes should include training in peer supervision and it should include more practical exposure to real situations. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.

Europai įžengus į Žinių amžių, labai sparčiai keičiasi visuomenės narių mokymosi, gyvenimo ir darbo modeliai. Karjeros konsultantai turi teikti žmonėms kokybišką informaciją apie mokymosi ir įsidarbinimo galimybes, individualius ir visuomenės poreikius atitinkančias profesinio orientavimo paslaugas, ugdyti žmonių socialinį aktyvumą ir atsakomybę už savo profesinę veiklą. Tinkamai ir veiksmingai įgyvendinti šiuos tikslus gali tik kompetentingi karjeros konsultantai. Dėl finansinės krizės išaugusi bedarbystė Lietuvoje ir socialinė įtampa pakeitė karjeros konsultantų konsultacijų pobūdį. Todėl prieš keletą metų atlikti karjeros konsultantų mokymosi poreikių tyrimų rezultatai gali ne visai atitikti nūdienos situaciją. Formaliai karjeros konsultantų kvalifikacija ir jai keliami reikalavimai Lietuvoje buvo nustatyti tik prieš dvejus metus, o jų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistema iki šiol yra neefektyvi. Karjeros konsultantai stokoja žinių ir įgūdžių, reikalingų jų veiklos efektyvumo ir kokybės užtikrinimui. Darbe analizuojama problema yra susijusi su karjeros konsultantų mokymosi poreikiais. Siekdami teikti kokybiškas profesinio informavimo ir konsultavimo paslaugas, karjeros konsultantai privalo nuolat atnaujinti ir gilinti savo profesines žinias bei tobulinti įgūdžius. Kintanti ekonominė, politinė bei socialinė aplinka taip pat stiprina karjeros konsultantų mokymosi visą gyvenimą poreikį. Tačiau iki šiol karjeros konsultantų profesinio tobulėjimo poreikiai nėra nustatyti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / When Europe entered into Knowledge age, the models of education, training, life and job of society’s members began to change very expeditiously. Career counsellors must give qualitative information about possibilities of training and placement, services of vocational orientation which correspond with individual and society needs for people, develop social activity and responsibility of people about their one career. Only competent career counsellors can properly and effectively realize such aims. Enlarged unemployment which was created by financial crisis in Lithuania and social pressure modified the character of career counsellors’ activity. Because of this the results of career counsellors training needs surveys, which were made some years ago, couldn’t correspond with situation in nowadays. The qualification of career counsellors and its requirements were formally determined only two years ago. The system of career counsellors’ qualification development isn’t effective till now. Career counsellors lack knowledge and skills which are important for guarantee of effectiveness and quality of their activity. The problem of the paper is related with training needs of career counsellors. In a purpose to afford qualitative services of vocational information and counselling career counsellors must constantly brush up and deepen their professional knowledge and develop skills. Changeable economical, political and societal environment sustain the need of training all the life of... [to full text]

<p>&nbsp / </p> <p align="left">This study aimed to establish the effect of the training that was provided by <i><font face="Times New Roman">PASHA </font></i><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="3"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">on the knowledge and attitudes of school counsellors regarding </font>HIV/AIDS. The research was conducted as a quantitative, observational KA(knowledge, attitude) study in 57 schools (37 or 32 % of the intervention schools,20 non-intervention schools) in Tanga region, using questionnaires to compare the knowledge and attitudes of trained counsellors with those of untrained counsellors towards HIV/AIDS, sexuality and reproductive rights of their students. Questionnaires were pre-tested and then administered face-to-face over a four week period in 2007. Eighty five counsellors were interviewed, 56 of these had received in-service training as counsellors, while 29 had not received any training by </font></font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">PASHA</font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="3"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="3">.</font></font></i></p>

This study was conducted to investigate what the perceptions of Career Guidance Counselors were toward young girls and High Status Subjects. The study was underpinned by the work done by a number of researchers in other countries. These researchers all proved that the subjects Mathematics and Physical Science were not gender biased and girls could do as well as boys. The subject packages girls chose at the end of their grade 9 year would have an impact on possible career choices they could make after the completion of grade 12. The study also seeks to explore reasons why girls were not choosing these subjects and if the Career Guidance Counselors were actively encouraging the girls to take these subjects. The study was a qualitative one using interviews based on questionnaires. The answers were carefully recorded and decoded. The Career Guidance Counselors were interviewed at their schools in the central Durban area. The schools selected were those fortunate enough to have counselors on their staff. Many schools do not have Career Guidance Counselors as they are unable to accommodate them with their limited resources. The study found that at many schools there was little if any encouragement from the Guidance Counselors to enter these subjects in grade 10. The two schools that did encourage their female learners to select these subjects found that their learners achieved very well. This study will show that urgent intervention needs to be made if our young girls are to take their rightful place in our society in a number of high status occupations. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2004.

A formative and summative evaluation of a peer counselling training programme at a college of education. The study investigates the appropriateness and feasibility of implementing a peer counselling support structure for students at an under-resourced college of education in a rural area. Existing peer counselling training programmes were explored in order to identify appropriate principles for implementation at the particular college. The exploration focused on six dimensions: peer counsellor roles and functions, - selection, -training, - support and - supervision, ethical and cultural considerations and programme evaluations. The investigation covered three phases: a survey and needs analysis, assessment of the appropriateness for, and impact of the training programme, on the 23 volunteers and an assessment of the service use and performance of these peer counsellors. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to evaluate all three phases. Qualitative analysis of the data indicated that students perceived peer counselling as a physically, socially and emotionally accessible support structure. Peer counsellors were seen to be a functional support alternative to the academic lecturers available for counselling, specifically in providing assistance with interpersonal dilemmas and in areas of mutual concern. Peer counsellor trainees assessed the training content and procedures as adequate, functional, applicable to the particular context and instrumental to certain personal developmental gains. The data were used to inform the implementation and management of future peer counselling training programmes at the college and to indicate inconclusive areas for future research. The study shows that peer counselling is a potentially effective, functional and complementary strategy to provide pastoral care at under-resourced institutions, provided that the peer counselling programme is customized for the contextual, challenges, needs and concerns of the particular institution. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

The following article is a study about counsellors working with terminally ill patients receiving Palliative care. In an effort to understand their role in the Palliative team and how they participate in the care of dying individuals, four counsellors working in four different Palliative hospices in Stockholm were interviewed by using structured interviews. The key questions concern the methods and interventions counsellors use, the risk factors that the job entails, the support they receive and finally their reflections about life and death The literature on the topic was accessed via Ersta Sköndal Högskola College library and Internet database. The results of the study reveal that Palliative Care Approach takes into consideration all aspects of an individual (physical, psychological, social and spiritual). Counsellors are part of a multidisciplinary team and their role is to focus on the social and psychological aspects. They undertake comprehensive assessments of the patient’s context and their coping strategies through the use of psychosocial theories such as Sense of Coherence and Logo therapy. Via their skilled use of core counselling skills they establish close relationships with patients and families. At the same time they are always mindful of keeping the right distance. Counsellors are the receivers of a lot of emotional pain and suffering of patients and families and as such this transference can lead to emotional exhaustion. Access to good support is an essential prerequisite for avoiding burnout. Close encounters with death leads to reflections of life and death. Counsellors need to be well developed and experienced in order to provide good quality palliative care.

I dagens Sverige är mobbning ett samhällsproblem då allt fler barn och ungdomar utsätts för det i skolmiljön. Denna studie har sin utgångspunkt i skolkuratorns perspektiv på hanteringen av mobbning som fokuserar på deras tankar, känslor och tolkningar. Studien utgår från skolkuratorns perspektiv och syftet är att få en djupare förståelse för hur de hanterar mobbningsärenden samtidigt som de reglerar sina känslor och vilken problematik de upplever i samband med detta. Det teoretiska ramverket består av emotionellt arbete och mobbning, med hjälp av begreppen känsloregler, åtgärdsprogram och känslomässig börda förklaras hur skolkuratorns känslor påverkas i samband med hanteringen av mobbning. Denna studie har en kvalitativ ansats där semi-strukturerade intervjuer användes som redskap. Urvalet består av 10 skolkuratorer som är yrkesverksamma vid högstadieskolor i Göteborg. Resultaten visar att skolkuratorns känsloreglering och emotionella arbete kan komma att påverka hanteringen av mobbning och skolans elever både negativt och positivt. Enligt respondenterna så upplevdes hanteringen av mobbning som en hög känslomässig belastning och som bidrog till stark oro som kunde vara svår att släppa. Samtidigt tyckte de intervjuade skolkuratorerna att de handskades med viktiga uppgifter som kändes väldigt meningsfulla och givande. / Bullying in today's Sweden is a societal problem since the number of children and teenagers who are exposed to it in the school environment is increasing. This study is focused on the school counsellors’ perspective on bullying, focusing on their thoughts, feelings, and interpretations. The focus of this study is the perspective of the school counsellor, and the purpose is to gain a deeper understanding of how they handle bullying issues while regulating their feelings and the problems they experience in connection with this. The theoretical framework consists of emotional work and bullying, using the concepts of feeling rules, action programs against bullying and emotional burden, explaining how the feelings of the school counsellor are influenced in dealing with bullying. This study has a qualitative approach where semi-structured interviews were used as a tool. The selection consists of 10 high-school counsellors in Gothenburg. The results show that the school counsellors’ emotional regulation and emotional work can affect how he or she handles the bullying and even affect the school students in a positive or a negative 3 way. The respondents described the management of bullying as a high emotional burden that contributed to strong concerns that could be difficult to release. At the same time, the school counsellors thought that they were dealing with important tasks that felt very meaningful and rewarding.