Investigating the Counseling Needs Among the Second and Third Circle Students in Muscat Governorate: Presenting a Practical Guidebook Model.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the counseling needs among students, teachers and parents in the Sultanate of Oman, and to examine effects of gender, participants, qualification, experience, age, grade, and cumulative average, upon the student counseling needs scale (SCNS). The sample of this study consisted of 2001 (999 student, 811 parents and 191 teachers), in Muscat Governorate schools. The results of the first question showed that the total mean of the (SCNS) was ranged in the high level. Moreover, the findings of the second question indicated that the highest scores are for the items entitled To know how to study and how to get the most out of my study time, “To take courses appropriate to my career choice”, “To know how to pick a good college,”. Results of the third question showed that there were significant differences due to the gender, participants, age, and grade, in favor of females, parents and teachers. Also, in favor of parents and teachers whom ages were more than fifty. Finally, in favor of eleventh and twelfth grades students, while there were no significant differences contoured to other variables. The results of this study present for the first time a model of practical guidebook for counselors to help them to help students meeting their counseling needs. The book consisted of 13 chapters in more than 320 pages.