Benefits of having Counselors in Schools
23rd May 2020
School counselors are one of the most important professionals in today’s schools. They are armed with student counselling techniques and are responsible for preparing the students for a facing academic, career and social challenges. They help learners relate educational agendas to their success in the future. They keep students motivated towards learning and help facilitate their exploration towards a successful career. School counselors monitor data to ensure academic improvemen ...
Role of Teachers in Handling Cyberbullying
15th May 2020
Technological advances come with a lot of pros and cons as it provides a way for people to be anonymously harassed. Overexposure to smartphone or internet usage can lead to falling prey to cyberbullying. Children are easy targets for the cyberbullies as they use technology in a different manner than adults. Plus, many children are unwilling to report the same to a teacher or parent. It often happens because they are afraid, feel ashamed of the social stigma or fear that their technological ...
Teachers must be Equipped with Multi Cultural Counselling Approaches
7th May 2020
Teachers with a classroom full of students from different backgrounds must strive to understand their students in a more holistic way to be able to gain expertise in student counselling techniques. This can be done by including their cultural traditions into their everyday lessons and activities, or even in stories used during counselling sessions so that students feel understood, comfortable, confident and become more focused on learning and trust the teacher at the same time. Multicult ...
Role of 21st Century Teacher as a Disciplinarian
24th April 2020
The word discipline somewhat appears negative. However, the goal of using discipline remains to teach learners about the boundaries and limits to help them achieve personal, academic and practical life goals. Discipline happens to be one of the basic requirements for a successful teaching learning process and also is often the subject of concern for teachers. Discipline is seen as a way to mould or shape the behaviour of a child to make him/her aware of the acceptable behaviour. Teaching profess ...
Handling Conduct Disorder through Counselling
16th April 2020
Conduct disorder is a serious behavioural and emotional disorder that occurs when children display a pattern of disruptive and violent behaviour and engage in antisocial behaviours. These children have trouble following rules, and struggle to show empathy to others, threatening theirs and others safety as well. Most childhood conduct disorders become apparent by age 10, Jeff Cochran said, although signs can begin to appear as early as five years of age. Signs of Conduct Disorder Common sig ...
Family Plays a Major Role in Counselling
9th April 2020
Family is the basic structure and an important connection that humans have with each other. Family members are often the first to recognize any behavioural changes that arise with adolescence problem and related behavioural issues and can help him/her in getting connected with their teachers or school counselling services. Recent times are seeing an increase in such issues as a result of growing academic pressure, complications in relationship with parents, teachers and peers as well as adjustin ...