A Study on the Effects and Development of an e-mail counseling for the Problems of Non-Attendance at School

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In this study, an e-mail counseling system via a homepage on the Internet was prepared for supporting the problems of non-attendants at school. it was made in 1998, and operated from 1999 to 2000. The system served(1)the information of counseling centers and schools for non-attendantes, (2)Electric-Board system, and (3)E-mail counseling system.In the first part of this study, we reviewed the counseling activities via electrical media and the possibilities of supporting systems for non-attendants at schools.In the second part, we overviewed the comments that were written on the Electric-Board, and discussed about the features of the users and effective operation systems.In the third pat, we analyzed the featured of clients about 841 e-mails(261cases)which were received for help in a year. The results indicated that(1)the rates of fathers of parenets in e-mail consultation were high proportions comparing to usual educational consultations. (2)female pupils sent mails five times as numbers as male pupils.Last, 3 cases were reported which succeeded in supporting the problems of non-attendant at school. First was e-mail counseling for a 14 yeas old girl. Second one was e-mail consultation for a father. Last one was e-mail consultation for teacher. The effects of e-mail counseling and consultation were discussed in each case.