The study aims to examine the factors affecting counseling sessions conducted by social counselors for students in Omani schools to educate them on various aspects of their lives. The Questionnaire was performed by direct observation of students’ daily behaviors and by a knowledge test. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentages, means, standard deviations) and analytical statistics (Multiple Regression). The studies revealed that special counseling programs that were aimed and targeted at the students were effective in raising the level of awareness of the students and had favorable impacts on their participation in programmes such as the “Friends of the School Community”. Result shows that awareness level was high among female students who had good academic scores, health, and were active participants. In contrast, male students with high levels of absenteeism, medical conditions, and low academic achievement had weak awareness. Specific to the findings, age and grade level were no significant factors to awareness.
Keywords: awareness, counselling sessions, social action construction theory., social worker (social counsellor)
