Counselling service is an indispensable component of primary schools. Primary school counsellors should be adequately trained so that they have the competencies to perform their professional responsibilities. This paper examines the model that is currently used by the Education Department to train primary school counsellors in Hong Kong. An alternative training model is proposed. The alternative model consists of theoretical and supervised practica training, as well as formal assessment at different stages resulting in the granting of a postgraduate diploma or degree in primary school counselling. The objectives, structure, and advantages of this proposed training model are discussed.
學生輔導服務是香港小學一個不可或缺的組成部分，從事小學輔導員亦必需具有足夠的專業訓練，令其有足夠的信心與能力，以實踐其對專業的責任與承擔。本文將首先檢視現行香港教育署用作訓練香港小學輔導員（輔導主任／老師）的課程結構與訓練模式，並以此作探討的基礎，進而提出另一個合乎二十一世紀所需要的輔導員訓練模式的建議。這模式除了重視輔導理念的學習及實習訓練的專業指導外，更提出了一個以形成性評估作為發展專業資格的進階方式，令學習者在系統的訓練進程中，獲得具學位或更高水平的小學輔導專業人員資格。文章亦就上述的設計意念提出這訓練模式的目標、結構及其優點。