Study counseling Paivi Pukkila

Study counseling

C works at school. 1 C = 250 students

To become a C a person should have teacher education and 60 ECTS (60*27) course of counsellor. 

C is not a psychologist. C does not give answers, c and student search for answers together. 

C works at secondary, upper sec, vocational schools and universities, not primary school.

Functions of a C:

Comprehensive school:

- objectives are set by a national curriculum

- class based lessons 76 hours:

7th grade: self knowledge, learning skills

8th grade: professions, occupations

9th grade: upper secondary school.

- personal counseling

- study visits, work experience, periods

- cooperation with parents, student welfare team

- national joint application system (grade 9) - students electronically apply to 5 different places to study after 9th grade

- transfer to the next school level

Upper sec school:

- objectives are set by nat curric

- one compulsory course in counseling

- personal counseling

  Planning the studies and courses

  Matriculation examination

  Career counseling

- tutoring students' training

- student welfare team

- marketing

Stages of group development

1) forming

2) storming

3) norming

4) performing

5) adjourning

The key areas of counseling discussion

1) preparation

2) starting, warm up

3) counsellor's roles

4) communication and dialogue. Pay attention to 'hot words'.

5) interventions

6) ending

7) documentation and reflection

Interruption styles

1) acceptance: empathy, listening to stud.

2) catalytic - open questions, help in decision making

3) confrontational: inconsistency between what. Student says and does

4) prescriptive: c.works as an expert in a situation and offers a solution.

Useful warm up exercises:

Sociogram: 

1) stand in a circle according to your birthdays, first letter of your name, age

2) say "what you are good in" - students are staying in a circle

3) in circle one students stands up and asks: "am I the only one who ..." (Visited France, has 2 children)

    If it is true for someone too, he or she stands up and a speaker says another sentence till nobody stands up. Then another person in a circle stands up and asks.

Warm-up:

in pairs count 1-2-3 many times. Then clap hands-  2 -3 many times

    Then clap hands - stamp feet - 3 many times.

    Then clap hands - stamp feet - shrug your shoulder.

 Feedback metaphors:

As a student I am .....

As a teacher I am ....

As a good counsellor I am ...