HOW CAN COUNSELORS HELP MY CHILD?

School Counselors provide a variety of services within their school's comprehensive, developmental counseling program. Counselors implement the counseling program by providing:

 School Counseling Core Curriculum Lessons (Classroom Guidance)

• Academic support, including organizational, study and test-taking skills
• Goal setting and decision-making
• Career awareness, exploration and planning
• Education on understanding self and others, peer relationships, coping strategies and effective social skills
• Communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution
• Substance abuse education
• Multicultural/diversity awareness

Individual Student Planning and Small Groups

• Academic planning
• Goal setting/decision- making
• Education on understanding of self, including strengths and weaknesses
• Transition plans

Responsive Services/ Crisis Intervention

• Individual and small-group counseling
• Individual/family/school crisis intervention
• Conflict resolution
• Consultation/collaboration
• Referrals

School counselors collaborate with others such as:

Parents

• Parent education
• Communication/networking
• Academic planning
• College/career awareness programs
• One-on-one parent conferencing
• Interpretation of assessment results

 Teachers

• Classroom guidance activities
• Academic support, including learning style assessment and education to help students succeed academically
• Classroom speakers
• At-risk student identification and implementation of interventions to enhance success

Administrators

• School climate
• Behavioral management plans
• School-wide needs assessments
• Student data and results
• Student assistance team building

Community Resources

• College admissions representatives
• Health and social service agencies
• Mental health providers

WHO IS MY CHILD'S COUNSELOR?  HOW CAN I CONTACT THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR?

There are a variety of ways to get into contact with your child's counselor:

• Telephone call (see the contact list on this page)
• E-mail
• Visiting the school
• Sending a note with your child
• Participating in events sponsored by the Guidance and Counseling Department