A STUDY ON PARENTS' VIEWPOINTS TOWARDS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SERVICES IN TEHRAN'S HIGH SCHOOLS

The purpose of this research was to study the counseling services based on the views of parents of high schools’ students as one of the main stakeholders of the services. Participants were 255 parents. A researcher-designed survey questionnaire based on three main domains counseling services including Educational, personal-social and vocational in high schools, and some necessary demographic and primary information included Parent’s attitude towards counselor, guidance and counseling services, was used for data analysis. SPSS was used to code and analysis the collected data, producing descriptive statistics included frequency, mean, standard deviation and correlation: and also producing inferential statistic included independent sample t-Test. Results showed that about 60% of the parents have positive attitude towards the services up to 50% More than 90% of participations emphasized on the necessity of counseling and guidance program in all three main domains of guidance and counseling services and counselors’ full-time presence in high schools.