Practical Guideline of Solution-focused Counseling to Optimize Educational Sustainability and Continuation: A Design Research within Indonesian Context

Abstract

The study aims to produce a practical guideline to solution-focused approach for school counselors so that it can be used by counselors in helping the students in making decision about their educational sustainability and continuation. The prototype was developed, tested and revised as outlined by the model of design research. This study results in not a conventional conclusion, but a tested prototype of practical guideline for solution focused school counselor. The guideline contains the basic concepts, the ideal image of human, the objectives, the main characteristics, the main stance, the main and specific principles, the role of counselor, the flow of session in individual counseling, the flow of session in group counseling, the phases, techniques and dialog, evaluation methods, and counseling skills. Through the iterative process, consists of development, formative evaluation, revision and summative evaluation, the using of the guideline by well-trained schools counselors are successful in helping students to make their educational sustainability and continuation.