The Educational Counseling and Psychological Care Center at the University of Basrah organized a developmental course for counseling unit officials in the colleges of the university on counseling skills.
The course included theoretical and practical training in the field of modifying abnormal behavior, strengthening normal behavior, individual counseling among students, how to deal with university students, collective counseling, university student behavior, counseling interviews, ways to combat drugs among students, counseling at the university, and activating the role of the educational counselor.