2015 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 14-21
Recently, the number of school counselors dispatched to elementary schools is rising, and there is a great variety of support being sought. For offering such support, techniques for smoothly building relationships with elementary school students [REMARK#1] are needed. This study aimed to investigate techniques for reciprocal communication and relationship building [REMARK#2] with elementary school students using the reciprocal division-and-coloring method, taking cases involving students using the reciprocal division-and-coloring method as one such technique.
As school counselors, the authors of this study presented four cases involving the use of the reciprocal division-and-coloring method during intake interviews with elementary school students, and examined the effectiveness of this technique based on their involvement with the students and the completed artwork from that time.
Results showed that in order to promote smooth reciprocal communication and build positive relationships, it is helpful to use the reciprocal division-and-coloring method with young students who display a strong objection to teachers and school counselors, who are unable to relate properly to other children, and who have difficulty with verbal expression.
