DCSD Counseling Belief Statements:

• Every student is a unique individual who deserves to feel safe, engaged, and connected at school through a caring relationship with an adult.

• Every student can learn, every student can succeed, and every student can graduate.

• Every student will graduate with opportunities to participate in and explore postsecondary pathways based on their unique skills and interests.

• Every student should have access to a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes and enhances academic, career, and social/emotional outcomes.

• Character development is essential for students to reason, act in an ethical manner, and be a responsible citizen.

• Effective school counseling is a collaborative process involving school counselors, students, families, teachers, administrators, mental health therapists, other school staff, and education stakeholders.

• School counselors are leaders and student advocates in the school, district, and state.

The Denison CSD Counseling Department will empower Denison graduates to be independent and productive members of a diverse and ever-changing world. Students will be well prepared to meet the challenges and high expectations of the 21st century.

The mission of the Denison CSD Counseling Department is to provide a comprehensive school counseling program to address the personal/social, academic, and postsecondary needs of all students. School counselors collaborate with stakeholders to prepare students to be critical-thinkers, communicators, collaborators, adaptable, and creative in a technological, diverse, and global society.