School psychology in Greece

Education always has been very important to the development, maintenance and transmission of the Greek culture. In contrast, psychology has held a marginal place in the Greek society. The present article briefly reviews the present general educational system in Greece at all levels and describes special education services. Greece lacks academic and professional training in psychology; thus, Greek psychologists come from a variety of backgrounds. Although school psychology has not yet found its proper place in the Greek educational and professional structures, these are several indications that this is changing. The major problems that the field of psychology is currently facing are also described. Finally, the emerging trends in the field are delineated and recommendations for the alleviation of the problems are presented.