In the graduation thesis, I focus on the role of school counsellors employed in the primary school in relation to children experiencing domestic violence. I first encountered the topic of domestic violence as part of my internship at one of the primary schools, which attracted me to investigate it further. In the theoretical part, I first defined the school counselling service and presented its tasks and objectives. Then I defined domestic violence and listed and defined its forms. I then focused on the work of the school counselling service in the field of domestic violence, describing how to recognise domestic violence in a child and how primary school children who experience domestic violence are handled. In doing so, I focused particularly on the conversation with the child. I finished the theoretical part with education and training of school counsellors in the field of domestic violence. In the empirical part, I presented the results of the research and the findings I had drawn from interviews with school counsellors in primary schools. Through the interviews, I wanted to find out how school counsellors recognise domestic violence in children, what their experience is of the process of dealing with children with experience of domestic violence, how empowered they feel in conducting a conversation with a child with experience of domestic violence, and how the school counsellors are educated in the area of domestic violence. I have learned that the work of school counsellors in the field of domestic violence is extremely important and challenging. The interviewees shared with me their positive and negative experiences and the challenges they face in their work with children experiencing domestic violence. Based on the responses and suggestions expressed by the interviewees, I wrote some suggestions at the end of the thesis that could further empower school counsellors in primary schools when working with children experiencing domestic violence.
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