Counseling Corner

Individual Counseling: The purpose for individual counseling, is to meet with each student individually for 40-45 minutes a week. During this time, I will to talk about their educational success and how it is being impacted by different life obstacles.

Group Counseling: The purpose for group counseling, is to provide a safe setting where children, along with their peers, can increase their listening skills and improve communication skills. This specific time frame is where students are working toward to improving their perceptions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. This time is also specifically for the students to learn from each other and provide support. Ultimately the goal of the small group counseling is learn from each others' problems and turn it into teaching new skills to overcome those problems.

Collaborating with Teachers and Staff: Both teachers, staff, and the social worker/counselor have similar goals: the educational success of each student. It is important to collaborate with each teacher and staff member to promote student learning. If a student is having problems in the classroom, the social worker/counselor will join together with the teacher and staff members to come up with some practical strategies that will remove barriers and enhance the learning environment.

Consulting with Parents: The social worker/counselor and parents will speak with each other to help support the child on a variety of different issues. These issues may include, but are not limited to: special needs, new transitions at school and at home with the family, and crisis situations.

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