Role of School Counselors and the Factors that Affect their Practice in India

Thomas, Elizabeth; Dey, Anjali Miriam

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“…Despite the ASCA clearly defining school counsellors' roles and responsibilities in Western countries, there is still a mismatch in perceptions. As school counselling is still at a nascent stage in India, the lack of understanding of the role is amplified (Thomas & Dey, 2020;Venkatesan & Shyam, 2015). Research has reported the importance of educating teachers about counsellors' role and how they can work collaboratively to meet student needs (Cholewa et al, 2016;Clark & Amatea, 2004).…”

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“…Studies conducted in India have highlighted several challenges that school counsellors face. There exists immense role confusion and misconceptions among stakeholders regarding a school counsellor's role (Kakar & Oberoi, 2016;Thomas & Dey, 2020). The role confusion is evident as many administrators expect counsellors to be involved in noncounselling administrative tasks, such as liaison between the administration and teachers, handling parents' concerns, invigilation duties, maintaining student records, acting as substitutes, and assisting in other routine tasks (Kodad & Kazi, 2014;Venkatesan & Shyam, 2015).…”

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Exploring novice Indian school counsellors’ experiences collaborating with teachers and administrators

Sadana

Kumar

2021

Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools

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Previous studies have shown that collaboration between school counsellors and other stakeholders such as teachers and administrators leads to improved outcomes for students and a better school climate. The current qualitative study explored the experiences and perceptions of novice school counsellors in India regarding collaboration with teachers and administrators. The sample included 11 novice school counsellors working in five different cities who were recruited using purposive sampling. The thematic analysis of the data collected via semistructured interviews revealed six main themes: ‘Counsellors’ perceptions about collaboration’, ‘Collaboration with teachers’, ‘Collaboration with administrators’, ‘Challenges faced during collaboration’, ‘Strategies helpful in collaboration’ and ‘Impact of training’. Implications discussed include the need for school counsellors to advocate for their role, the need for training programs to prepare stakeholders for collaboration, and the need for policies to integrate the role of a school counsellor into schools.

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Exploring novice Indian school counsellors’ experiences collaborating with teachers and administrators

Sadana

Kumar

2021

Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools

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“…School counselling as a profession is at considerably diverse stages of development across India (Rajan & Ngullie, 2017). Recently, the role and responsibility of the schools has moved its focus to create school counselling as a much-needed requirement in Indian schools (Thomas & Dey, 2020). But a recent survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (ASSOCHAM) under its Social Development Foundation found the violation of the guidelines by a majority of private schools in the National Capital Region of Delhi for the provision of full-time school counsellors (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India [ASSOCHAM], 2014).…”

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Digital experiences of children and adolescents in India: New challenges for school counsellors

Choudhury

Choudhury²

2022

Psychology in the Schools

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The work of school counsellors has become complex with the increasing technological advances and adolescents' dependency on them. There is a surprising lack of study in the Indian context, aimed at school counsellor's challenges in dealing with adolescents' digital use. This paper provides better understanding of the challenges of school counsellors involving adolescents' digital use in Indian schools. Three significant themes emerged from the data analysis: (a) negative aspects of digital use among Indian adolescents, (b) the need to effectively teach how to navigate the digital world and (c) the challenge of integrating technology with traditional counselling approaches to educate adolescents about their digital use. Furthermore, this paper presents implications for school counselling practice and research within Indian context.

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Teachers’ Dual Responsibilities: Exploring the Understanding of School Counselors’ Roles Among Secondary School Teachers in Tanzania

Mbilinyi

2024

Int J Adv Counselling

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Role of School Counselors and the Factors that Affect their Practice in India

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Exploring novice Indian school counsellors’ experiences collaborating with teachers and administrators

Exploring novice Indian school counsellors’ experiences collaborating with teachers and administrators

Digital experiences of children and adolescents in India: New challenges for school counsellors

Teachers’ Dual Responsibilities: Exploring the Understanding of School Counselors’ Roles Among Secondary School Teachers in Tanzania

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