A holistic approach to school-based counselling and guidance services in Malaysia

Counselling services in Malaysian schools were first established in 1963. Several local research studies investigated the provision of school counselling services and revealed that they were unpopular among students and could be further improved. School-aged children are still under the care of thei...

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Published in:School psychology international Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 190 - 201
Main Authors: Low, Sew Kim, Kok, Jin Kuan, Lee, Mah Ngee
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2013
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Agency Cooperation
Children
Community research
Cooperative learning
Counseling
Counseling Services
Counselling services
Counsellors
Counselor Attitudes
Counselor Role
Counselors
Families & family life
Family school relationship
Focus Groups
Foreign Countries
Health services
Hearing loss
Holistic Approach
Interviews
Malaysia
Partnerships in Education
Phenomenology
Qualitative Research
Questionnaires
School Community Relationship
School Counseling
School Counselors
School Guidance
School Psychology
Schools
Secondary Education
Secondary schools
Services
Stakeholders
Student mental health services
Students
Malaysia
Malaysia
Challenged youths
educational stakeholders
integrative model
collaboration
school counselling
ISSN:0143-0343, 1461-7374
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Summary:Counselling services in Malaysian schools were first established in 1963. Several local research studies investigated the provision of school counselling services and revealed that they were unpopular among students and could be further improved. School-aged children are still under the care of their family, mostly their parents, and many authors suggested that the school counselling services for these children are inseparable from their family and community. A qualitative research study was conducted with 12 secondary school counsellors from Perak state in Malaysia. The counsellors were interviewed to explore their experiences of working in the existing counselling services system. The findings showed that there was a lack of collaboration among various educational stakeholders and the resources from the community were not utilized effectively. As a result of this study, a comprehensive integrative model for school counselling is proposed and discussed. Some possible challenges faced by counsellors and suggestions on ways to further improve counselling services within the Malaysian context are discussed.
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ISSN:0143-0343
1461-7374
DOI:10.1177/0143034312453398