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| Published: September 30, 2019
The Current Status of Training of Teacher-Counsellors in Grief Counselling in Public Secondary Schools in Kisii County
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Eastern Africa Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Eastern Africa Google Scholar More about the auther
Department of Research and Evaluation, Catholic University of Eastern Africa Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.056/20190703
DOI: 10.25215/0703.056
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of training of teacher-counsellors in grief counselling in public secondary schools in Kisii County. A mixed methods research design, specifically, a parallel convergent mixed research design was utilized. The sample composed of 181 obtained based on Krejie and Morgan Table. The respondents were selected through stratified, purposive and simple random sampling. Data was obtained through a standard questionnaire and interview guide prepared by the researcher. Analysis of data was done through simple univariate statistics and themes. The findings revealed that though teacher-counsellors offered grief counselling in various public secondary schools in Kisii County, the majority (93.4%) had no formal training in grief counselling.63.5% had not attended any grief counselling related training after appointment as Head of Department of guidance and counselling. The 35% who had some post-appointment training was through workshops and seminars. Only 21% of those who had attended the seminars or workshops rated them as satisfactory. All (100%) the respondents felt that there is need for teacher-counsellors to train in grief counselling. The study recommended that teacher-counsellors undergo regular and programmed training in grief counselling to facilitate their competence in this area.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2019, Ondieki. M.Z., Sabina. M., & Jared. N.A.
Received: July 06, 2019; Revision Received: September 29, 2019; Accepted: September 30, 2019
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.056/20190703
10.25215/0703.056
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Published in Volume 07, Issue 3, July-September, 2019