23.04.14
Paivi Pukkila

Study counselling 

The main statment was "Counsellors do not give answers and it is not therapy". Students should not ask everything they sould be able to devise their own individual study plan, identify problems relaiting to their studies. 

There is no counselling from 1 to 6 grades in Finnish schools it starts from 7 grade. Counsellors have high level of autonomy so they can decide themselves what and how to do in counselling. However they sould follow some rulls and plans. 

Counselling can be one of the reasons of success on PISA. 

Tutoring is the one of the way of counselling when second grade (upper secondary school) students can be consalled by counsellor to help first grade students. Sometimes students can counsell each other.
It was very exciting to know what it feels like. We have counselled each other and have been counselled as well by collegs. We was using catalytic style of intervention that mostly was realized by asking open questions and giving right directions for counselled person.