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Notes on Professional Practice: Issues in Service Delivery for Guidance Officers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Terry Lee*
Affiliation:
Victoria
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Consultant Psychologist, 17 Palermo Street, Mentone, Victoria 3194
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Extract

About eight years ago I co-wrote a paper on guidance officer training in Victoria which argued that guidance officers required training in six core competency areas. There were identified as assessment, counselling, research, educational consultancy, systems intervention, and professional practice.

At the time, the intent was to argue for a broader training for guidance officers rather than the traditional focus on issues of assessment and counselling. It was recognising an international trend in service delivery from individual casework models to those which incorporated consultancy and direct classroom interventions. The paperwas arguing fora comprehensive training program which supported guidance officers and gave them the skills and strategies required to make this shift.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1990

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References

Galloway, , Bell, , Bloomfield, & Seyd, (1985). Schools and Disruptive Students. New York: Longman.Google Scholar
Frydenberg, , Lee, , McKenzie, & O’Brien, (1982). A Model of Professional Development for Guidance Officers. Paper presented at A.P.S. Annual Conference.Google Scholar