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This article discusses the prevalent crisis in secondary school counselling and suggests a new model to change the role, priorities, and activities of a school counsellor from a peripheral to the central position.
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Sandhu, D.S., Portes, P.R. The proactive model of school counselling. Int J Adv Counselling 18, 11–20 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01409600
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