LE3 .A278 2009

2009

Sumarah, John

Acadia University

Master of Education

Masters

Counselling

Education

Participating in counselling programs in Nova Scotia led this author to a review of the Comprehensive Guidance and Counselling Program model ( CGCP) ( 2002). Counsellors in 3 school boards ( who approved requests for participation) completed 24 questionnaires and ten interviews were conducted to determine successful components of school counselling programs as well as to identify any relevant issues. A review of past evaluations of counselling programs, particularly those by John Sumarah and Ron Lehr, led to conclusions that issues presented by counsellors in 2008 have not changed much over the past six years. In addition, a review of Tom Brown‟ s ( 1980) “ Final Report: National Survey of Counsellor Role” completed almost thirty years ago indicates that counsellors have had issues about “ time and lack of administrator support” for three decades. Although the CGCP model may theoretically offer a " best practice" for counselling in schools, the model has not reached its potential.

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