An investigation on the effectiveness of psychological counseling and guidance in primary schools

The main purpose of this research is to examine the opinions of school administrators, classroom teachers and psychological counselors working in primary schools with psychological counseling and guidance services regarding the effectiveness of the PDR service. In line with the purpose of the research, survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study sample of the research consists of 51 school administrators, 289 classroom teachers, and 52 psychological counselors working in primary schools in the 2022-2023 academic year in the center of Batman province. In the research, the "Guidanceand Counseling Services Effectiveness Evaluation Scale" developed by Selen (2008) and the "Personal Information Form" specially prepared for the research were used as data collection tools. SPSS computer package program was used in the analysis of the data. Normality test was used to analyze the data. However, since it was seen that the data did not exhibit a normal distribution, a non-parametric test was performed. As a result of the research; It has been observed that the opinions of school administrators, classroom teachers and psychological counselors regarding the effectiveness of the PDR service are generally positive.