Uloga pedagoga u prevenciji sindroma sagorijevanja učitelja i odgajatelja
The school counselor's role in prevention of the burn-out syndrome among teachers and educators

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes a preventive action of the school counselor in the form of advisory work focused on teachers and educators. Since the professions of teachers and educators are directed to assistance and support to other people, and since these professions are classified into so-called "helping professions", the professional burn-out at work is an inevitable manifestation of increasing demands placed before them. The research show that the exposure to the increasing demands at all levels of work in "helping professions" leads to extreme levels of negative stress that results in the burn-out syndrome, which has been the subject of the research interest for the past thirty years. Extreme examples of the burn-out syndrome can develop into Karoshi syndrome, which results in death. The paper covers theoretical implications of key concepts, analyzing the phenomenon of the burn-out syndrome in two professions, teachers and educators, and the preventive advisory role of school counsellors who play the contemporary role of a so-called "critical friend"/ "reflexive practitioner" in the "learning community".

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