Counseling

Mission Statement: 

The mission of the Fairview Attendance Center counseling department is to provide a proactive, comprehensive, and developmentally appropriate program to address students' academic and career goals in addition to supporting their personal and social needs. 

Vision Statement: 

The Fairview Attendance Center counseling department will empower all students to reach their maximum potential by using a comprehensive program that addresses academic, personal/social, and career goals. We will promote an environment to encourage personal inquiry and growth, social responsibility, and academic excellence. School counselors believe that every student can succeed through the collaborative efforts of school, home, and community leading to responsible and productive citizenship. 

Beliefs: 

The school counselor at Fairview Attendance Center believes:

-All children are unique and should be treated with respect and dignity. 

-Every student can succeed. 

-Learning is a lifelong process.

-Fostering a positive self-image is the collaborative effort of school, home, and community which leads to responsible and productive citizenship. 

- The diverse needs of all students must be addressed through the school counseling program. 

-Every student needs appropriate person and social skills to achieve optimum benefits from the educational program.

Confidentiality:

 In order to build trust with the child, the school counselor will keep information confidential with some possible exceptions. I understand that the counselor may share information with parents/guardians, the child’s teacher, and/or administrators or school personnel who work with the child on a need to know basis, so that we may better assist the child as a team. The counselor is required by law to share information with parents or others in certain circumstances:

Presenting a serious danger to self or another person

 Evidence or disclosure of abuse (physically or sexually) or neglect

Threats to school security