The Nature, Attitude, Impact and Problems of Counseling Services Provided To Sexually Abused Female Children: A Case of Some Selected Organizations in Addis Ababa
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities, attitude, impact and
problems of counseling services provided for female sexually abused children
in some selected organizations in Addis Ababa.
The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, and focus group
discussion and observation checklist. Sixty-[our child clients, four counselors,
a coordinator, and eight focus group discussion members were involved in the
study. Various statistical techniques both qualitative and quantitative such as
percentage, and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data. The outcome
of the data analysis revealed that counseling service is provided in three major
approaches; individual , group and family counseling. It is also identified that
most client children have positive attitudes towards the service. Furthermore,
the data indicated that clients have benefited a lot from the service. There
are also problems in counseling activities and in the actual counseling
facilities. For instance, there are no enough professional counselors in each
counseling centers to provide psychological treatment and rehabilitative
services. The counselors do not have reference materials on child counseling in
their office. Moreover, the findings show that the counselors have a lot of
practical activities to additionally engage in the counseling centers. Detailed
counseling and rehabilitative activities, impacts and problems related to the
services were also identified.
Finally, both short term and long term major recommendations are presented
in order to improve the counseling services in the selected organizations of
Addis Ababa.
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female sexually abused children, in some selected organizations