TY - JOUR
T1 - Counselling children and young people who attend a school for children with complex needs : a case study
AU - Flitton, B.
AU - Buckroyd, J.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com Copyright Informa / Taylor and Francis Group [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - We report the findings of a case study exploring the views of the student, teacher, teaching assistant and counsellor who participated in a project to evaluate counselling with young people who attend a school for children with complex needs in the UK. The student was offered twenty six weeks of humanistic counselling. The student, teacher and teaching assistant were interviewed pre and post counselling using a semi structured format. They were asked about the student's development in the seven areas of self concept which are named in the quantitative scale Piers Harris 2, which was used elsewhere in the project. Data was also gathered from the notes and transcripts of the counselling sessions. The case study describes an approach to the use of language and the counselling process with a student with complex needs. Staff were not able to report any significant changes in the student, yet the student reported a change in herself and an awareness of the process in the counselling relationship and the counsellor identified improvements in communication, self awareness and self confidence.
AB - We report the findings of a case study exploring the views of the student, teacher, teaching assistant and counsellor who participated in a project to evaluate counselling with young people who attend a school for children with complex needs in the UK. The student was offered twenty six weeks of humanistic counselling. The student, teacher and teaching assistant were interviewed pre and post counselling using a semi structured format. They were asked about the student's development in the seven areas of self concept which are named in the quantitative scale Piers Harris 2, which was used elsewhere in the project. Data was also gathered from the notes and transcripts of the counselling sessions. The case study describes an approach to the use of language and the counselling process with a student with complex needs. Staff were not able to report any significant changes in the student, yet the student reported a change in herself and an awareness of the process in the counselling relationship and the counsellor identified improvements in communication, self awareness and self confidence.
KW - case study
KW - children
KW - complex needs
KW - emotional difficulties
KW - emotional intelligence
KW - learning difficulties
KW - school counelling
U2 - 10.1080/17441690500258701
DO - 10.1080/17441690500258701
M3 - Article
SN - 1473-3145
VL - 5
SP - 131
EP - 137
JO - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
JF - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
IS - 2
ER -