Essay Question:
Counselling in primary schools in the twenty-first century can present a teacher or counsellor with a range of challenges and ethical dilemmas. Identify what are they and suggest how they might be overcome?
Essay to include:
Introduction – a brief definition of counselling and its history in schools, noting the gradual increase of counselling in primary schools.
Use Low (2009)’s journal article (listed below) and other references to identify and explain the challenges (internal, external, systems and personal) teachers or counsellors may face when counselling in primary schools:
Low, P. (2009). Considering the challenges of counselling practice in schools. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 31(71-79).
Each time you discuss a challenge suggest a way the problem might be solved (Find references to support).
Then identify and explain the ethical dilemmas teachers or counsellors may face when counselling in primary schools and again offer solutions (Find references to support).
Draw a brief conclusion