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School-Based Counseling in Malaysia as Southeast Asian Country

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This chapter will discuss policy research in school-based counseling in Malaysia, as an example of a Southeast Asian country. The discussion will include brief information about education systems in Southeast Asian countries, education in Malaysia, counseling services in Malaysia, school-based counseling in Malaysia, implications, and future directions.

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  1. Asian Centre for Research on Drug Abuse (ACREDA), Faculty of Leadership and Management Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

    Mohamad Isa Amat & Amin Al Haadi Shafie

  2. Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Ku Suhaila Ku Johari

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  1. Department of Student Development, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    John C. Carey

  2. University of Nottingham School of Education, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Belinda Harris

  3. Department of Education, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Min Lee

  4. Department of Guidance and Counselling, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria

    Oyaziwo Aluede

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Amat, M.I., Johari, K.S.K., Shafie, A.A. (2017). School-Based Counseling in Malaysia as Southeast Asian Country. In: Carey, J., Harris, B., Lee, S., Aluede, O. (eds) International Handbook for Policy Research on School-Based Counseling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58179-8_22

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