2001 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 23-38
The purpose of this study is to present a case study of child rearing counseling provided by nursery school teachers. The counseling aims at increasing positive interactions between mothers and children.
The subjects of this study are a mother and her children. Taking the behavioral psychological approach, the study employs the ABA design to evaluate the effects of counseling on the social interactions of the subjects.
In the 7 counseling training sessions, the mother writes down her children’s positive behaviors as her assignment. During the counseling, the teacher emphasizes the positive behaviors mentioned by the mother.
It was found that the training sessions increased both positive behaviors of mother toward her children and that of children toward their mother. Particularly, the increase in children’s positive behaviors was substantial. In addition, the training sessions extended their ways of interactions.
The research findings show the significance of counseling service at nursery school in changing its climate.
Providing a counseling service in nursery school, it is crucial to improve the teachers’ working environment; and to enable them to acquire professional knowledge of counseling under research finding.
