Methods of Educational Counseling for Boys who Used Violence to Teachers: A Case Study Report on the Practices in Family Court

Abstract

Recently, the number of cases of school violence has been tending to increase every year. Therefore, it appears that the measures to deal with boys who use violence in schools are not functioning effectively. School violence cannot be resolved only through traditional methods of guidance and counseling for students, but a special method based on Educational Counseling needs to be developed. This study clarified the following seven characteristics of the counseling method for boys who used violence to teachers, based on the case study on the counseling that the writer carried out as a probation officer in Family Court: (1) active counseling based on developmental tasks, (2) active support for learning, (3) acceptance of boys’ negative feelings toward teachers and/or the school, (4) acceptance of and sympathy for feelings behind boys’ violence, (5) learning the alternative methods to violent acts, (6) effective use of authority that does not interfere with the boys’ independence, (7) career guidance suitable for such boys.