Andualem, Tamirie (Associate Professor)Wassie, Atalay2018-06-252023-11-182018-06-252023-11-182009-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/3343The purpose of this study was to assess practices and problems of child counseling services in CBCCs of Addis Ababa which were established by FSCE in cooperation with Addis Ababa Police Commission. All the ten CBCCs that are found in Addis Ababa City administration were included in the study. 114 children, 13volunteers, 2 counselors, the project manger and 42 parents/guardians participated in the study. All in all there were 172 respondents. Instruments used for data collection were questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion and observation. From the results of the study the majority of child respondents indicated that consultation with parents, establishment of conductive counseling relationship, assessing information about problems of children , learning future problem solving skills, reviewing plans and actions at the end of the counseling sessions and follow up arrangement after termination of counseling sessions in general and orientation about the role of counseling and group counseling in particular were most frequently practiced counseling services in CBCCs. But majority of child respondents indicated that consultation with teachers and individual counseling were not adequately practiced in CBCes. Information obtained from counselors and the project manager also revealed that lack of referral sources for specialized help, absence of supervision and evaluation of counseling services are the problems of the counseling olTered in CBCCs. Even though, most respondent groups agreed that the counseling service rendered in CBCCs is relatively effective in changing the behaviors of children, it had also problems related to coverage of counseling services and provision of physical facility. Based on the findings and discussion, it is generally recommended that major counseling services should be adequately practiced and physical facilities should also be sufficiently provided in CBCCsenEducationThesis