Abstract:

This research was conducted in order to create an awareness about school- based family counselling in Turkey and reveal the importance and the role of social work in this consulting model. School-based family counseling, comprise the more comprehensive provision of services for children and families by integrating "school counseling" and "family counseling" services. The questionnaire developed by the researcher was applied to 250 social workers. Research results have been discussed in the light of the relevant literature and attention has been given to the role and importance of social workers in school-based family counseling practice. It has been emphasized that this consulting model should be performed by a professional team and specific tasks to every profession has been defined. Finally, a school-based family counseling model have been developed to represent an holistic structure in which family counseling and school counseling services can be simultaneously offered in schools of Turkey where family and school counseling services are inadequate.

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