Abstract:

In the study, the opinions of pre-school teachers working in independent kindergartens and kindergartens connected to primary schools and psychological counselors who worked in independent kindergartens about psychosocial risks before school were examined. In-depth interviews were conducted on the main themes of "psychosocial risks", "emerging threats" and "counseling services" of the opinions of preschool teachers and psychological counselors in this study with the ethnographic research model, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the study included 12 preschool teachers and 12 psychological counselors working in the central district of Yozgat. A "focus group interview form" was prepared by the researchers to collect the data. Under the themes of "awareness level", "attitude", "preference", "traditional structure", "environmental sensitivity level" and "personal characteristics" of preschool psychosocial risks; Under the themes of "neglect", "physical abuse", "emotional abuse", sexual abuse and "economic abuse" of situations that threaten pre-school development; The studies that can be carried out within the framework of educational guidance were discussed under the themes of "child", "parent", "policy", "preschool education institutions" and "cooperation with other institutions."

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