Analysis of Guidance and Counseling Teacher Skills Using Self-Assessment Techniques

Anne Hafina (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

Indonesian Journal of Community and Special Needs Education (IJCSNE)
Vol 2, No 2 (2022): IJCSNE: September 2022

This study aims to describe the counseling skills of counseling teachers. The urgency of counseling skills for counseling teachers to support professionalism in providing counseling services to counselees. A quantitative approach is carried out in research using survey methods through questionnaires to participants. The use of self-assessment techniques in answering the questionnaire was carried out to determine the participants' understanding of their skills. A total of 44 guidance counselors participated in the research from various districts/cities in West Java, Indonesia. The results showed that in general, counseling teachers were quite skilled (68%) in carrying out the basics of counseling. The four counseling skills analyzed are attending, responding, personalizing, and initiating.