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The change over time of the perceptions of school counsellor candidates related to students with learning disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2021

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Tahsin Firat*
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Faculty of Education, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey
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Address for correspondence: Tahsin Firat, Adiyaman University, Faculty of Education, Central Campus, 02100 Adiyaman, Turkey. Email: tahsinfirat02@gmail.com
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of training on learning disabilities (LD) on school counsellor candidates’ perceptions related to students with LD. The study group was comprised of 51 students in the Counselling and Psychological Guidance Department. The participants responded to an open-ended question: ‘Students with learning disabilities are like … Because …’. A content analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. Based on the study results, it was determined that before being trained on LD, the majority of the participants considered students with LD as problematic or never progressing. Following the training, a majority of the participants started using metaphors indicating that students with LD may progress and learn.

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Learning disabilitiesschool counsellormetaphorperceptionsuniversity students
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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , December 2022 , pp. 159 - 173
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