Teachers' views on guidance and psychological counseling services in preschool education: the case of Yozgat province

This study aims to examine the opinions of preschool teachers on guidance and psychological counseling services. The study group of the research consists of 24 preschool teachers working in Yozgat. The research data were collected through the interviews by the researcher. A personal information form was used to determine the personal information of the participants in the study. The data collected in this research was analyzed with the descriptive analysis method. According to the results of the research, it has been determined that preschool teachers evaluate guidance and psychological counseling services as "guiding," "informing,", "assistance" and "cooperation " services. According to teachers' opinions, parents and teachers also need the guidance teacher mostly in situations related to behavioral problems, special needs students, adaptation problems, and family-related problems. It was observed that teachers consider themselves competent in vocational and educational guidance fields, yet they need support in personal guidance. It was observed that preschool teachers evaluated that guidance and psychological counseling services should be in preschool education institutions but that the guidance services they received were not sufficient.