the for a structure counseling program Palumbarit, Sheryll S. creator text xxu Parañaque City Olivarez College 2015 monographic eng

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This hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry study dealt with investigation of relative cases of students' experiences with separated parents, with an end-view of proposing a structured counseling program for students. Thus, it sought to answer the following central and sub questions to wit: What is the essence of the lived experiences of De La Salle Santiago Zobel students with separated parents? Sub-questions: 1. How do selected students of De La Salle Santiago Zobel School with separated parents describe their experiences? 2. What themes and structures emerged from their descriptions? 3. What is the impact of parental separation to the students? 4. Based from the result of the investigation, what appropriate structured counseling program can be proposed? Consolidated Findings and Reflections For this study, the researcher used a typical purposive random sampling whereby ten (10) high school cases of students with separated parents were purposely considered. Co-researchers in this study consist of high school students of De La Salle Santiago Zobel (DLSZ) with ages 14-17 years, both male and female, 5 of them were former students of the researcher while another 5 were from the current batch of students of the researcher who had experienced parental separation. Students were purposively selected based on the school records of the researcher and have met the study's criteria as they deemed vital, cognisant to the study. Data collection was done through the use of semi-structured interview questionnaire guide that underwent validation and pilot testing. Thematic coding was utilized by the researcher in consultation with an advisory group after data gathering. Thematic coding was done to extract common themes about lived experiences of students and impact of parental separation to students. The role of the advisory group was to provide guidance throughout the whole research process. The advisory group is composed of six (6) experienced school counselors in DLSZ including the researcher. It was chaired by the School Counseling Office head, counselors who are registered guidance counselors, and those who have been in the counseling office for more than fourteen (14) years. Sheryll S. Palumbarit. Master Thesis Counseling Intervention Counseling & Psychology T 370 2015 308 OCLRC 230130 20260730103749.0 9659