The Evaluation of Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Programs Based on School Counseling and Guidance Services Model by School Counselors

In this study, the amount of time that school counselors devote for program development, implementation and evaluation processes for generating and implementing comprehensive counseling and guidance program, which is based on the School Counseling and Guidance Services Model, as well as the problems they encountered were explored. Total of 207 school counselors, 113 of which from elementary and 94 of which from high schools participated in the study. The Survey of Roles and Responsibilities of Counselors were administered to school counselors. The quantitative data were analyzed using frequency distribution and qualitative data were analyzed by descriptive content analysis method. The findings indicate that, the implementation of comprehensive counseling and guidance program in schools, were evaluated positively especially in terms of ensuring the integrity of applications, meeting the developmental needs of students, and identity and visibility of school counselors are evaluated positively. However, some difficulties have been identified in terms of the school counseling program content and scope of competence of personnel in program implementation.