Focus & Scope

Focus & Scope

Advancing Guidance and Counseling for Sustainable Health and Quality Education: Global Perspectives and Local Wisdom.

Main Focus

The conference highlights the contribution of guidance and counseling toward the achievement of SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education). This theme addresses global challenges related to mental health, well-being, and educational quality, while simultaneously promoting the rich local wisdom of Indonesia within guidance and counseling practices.

Core Scopes
  1. Mental Health and Well-being in Educational Settings (SDG 3)
  2. Guidance and Counseling for Quality Education (SDG 4)
  3. Cultural Perspectives in Counseling Practice
  4. Innovative Practices in Guidance and Counseling
  5. Social-Emotional Learning and Character Education
  6. Crisis Intervention and Trauma-Informed Counseling
Research Methods

We accept papers using the following methodologies:

  • Literature Review
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Experimental & Pre-Experimental
  • Survey
  • Causal Comparative & Ex-Post Facto
  • Quantitative, Qualitative, & Mix-Methods

Call for Papers Topics

We invite submissions covering, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • School-based mental health interventions
  • Counseling approaches for student well-being
  • Prevention and intervention of mental health issues
  • Post-pandemic mental health challenges
  • Career guidance and development
  • Academic counseling and student success
  • Inclusive education & counseling for diverse learners
  • Technology-enhanced guidance & counseling
  • Indigenous counseling approaches in ASEAN
  • Cross-cultural counseling competencies
  • Local wisdom in guidance & counseling
  • Multicultural counseling frameworks
  • Digital counseling and e-mental health
  • Evidence-based counseling interventions
  • Assessment and evaluation in counseling
  • Counselor education & professional development
  • Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) implementation
  • Character education & values development
  • Positive psychology in school settings
  • Resilience and coping strategies
  • Disaster mental health response
  • Trauma-informed approaches in schools
  • Bullying and violence prevention
  • Suicide prevention and intervention

Indexed Publishing

Collaborating Publisher

Nova Science Publishers

Selected papers will be published and submitted for indexing in:

Scopus  |  Web of Science Core Collection  |  Book Citation Index  |  ProQuest  |  EBSCO  |  Google Scholar