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  • A DEFINITION OF SCHOOL COUN...
    OONO, Seiichi

    The Annual Report of Educational Psychology in Japan, 1998/03/30, Volume: 37
    Journal Article

    The functional definition and future perspectives of school counseling services by teachers in Japan are in the process of becoming effective as the services are accompanied by school psychology movement. School counseling services can be defined as team practices of guidance and counseling to help all students, work with some students with special support needs, and facilitate special support teams for students serious with needs, as well as help schools better function so that all students may develop and grow healthy. These services include not only emotional but informational, evaluative, and instrumental supports. Teachers identify themselves as reflective practitioners and their practices are symbolized as active footwork, careful network, and some headwork. School counseling services have gotten effective following tasks from school psychology: a) To structure school counseling services as professional psycho educational services of high quality and with steps from primary to secondary, and tertiary services;b) To include psychoeducational assessment and services on learning problems in school counseling services, and c) To include special education services in school counseling services as guidance and counseling serving all school children.