Counseling Programs

The Chickering School guidance counselor provide services to all children in the school community needing or seeking on-going support, crisis intervention, prevention, or skills assistance. The guidance counselor also meets with parent(s)/guardians(s) and teachers as needed to help collaboratively address student concerns. The guidance counselor’s role is also to educate and support parents/guardians, to conduct parent/guardian workshops and apprise them of outside resources and opportunities. Below is a list of the activities in which a counselor engages in:

• One-on-one and small group counseling
• Social thinking education groups
• Parent-teacher conferences
• Parent/Guardian workshops
• Transition planning
• Parent/Guardian guidance
• Drop-in lunches
• Behavioral plan development
• Teacher consultation
• Special Education TEAM meetings

With help from the Special Education Department, counselors and the school psychologist created a list of community resources available to families in need of support. Once the need for support has been identified, careful consideration is given to matching the family with the appropriate outside provider. All protocols for confidentiality are followed and appropriate release forms are signed.

Counseling services and publications within the Dover Public Schools are free from bias and stereotypes on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or homelessness.