Özet:

Education is a lifelong phenomenon. Education’s step which is formal and includes childhood is carried out at schools. Problems that affect school age children’ academic achievement and psychosocial wellbeing negatively are called student problems. In this study; introverted, extrovert and social problems are mentioned. Coping with student problems, social work and its practise field school social work’s role are mentioned. Accordingly, in line of problem-need, the importance and necessity of school social work interventions in Turkey are expressed. School social work is based on the approach “person-in-environment” which addresses student with its social environment, however it isn’t been practised yet in Turkey. School social work has almost one hundred years of its history in the USA and England. It aims students’ academic success and psychosocial development, focuses students’ wellbeing on problem-needs basis. At schools from many different region of our country, some events such as violence, suicide are being reflected in the media nowadays and they are showing the need of school social work clearly. Finally, it is believed that this study will contribute to the literature.

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