Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Conference mission

The mission of this international virtual conference is to begin the process of establishing a new comparative research field that could be called Comparative School Counseling Studies.

Such a research field would:

• contribute to a better understanding of common features, similarities and differences in school counseling worldwide;
• support transferring best school counseling practices and innovations between countries;
• help improving school counseling training programs at colleges and universities; and

• support the development of policy to support effective school counseling practice.

Prospective participants

This Conference is for:

• Policy makers
• Academic staff
• Researchers
• PhD students
• Master’s students
• School counselors

• School counselor educators

• School inspectors

• Education consultants
• School principals

• Teachers

• Psychologists
• Social workers
• Special needs therapists

• Mediators

• Policy advocates in NGOs and professional associations

Benefits to participants

The Conference offers the following benefits:

• Respecting all participants regardless of their race, nationality, personality, origin, sex, religion, occupation, education.
• Keeping friendly atmosphere and polite communication.
• Establishing contacts between people from different parts of the world.
• Providing excellent opportunities for oral presentations and discussions by giving a 30-minute time slot to each presentation.
• Including abstracts in the Conference Program.

• Publishing full papers.

• Awarding Certificates of Participation to all participants.