Appointment Information

Please use the link below to schedule an appointment with your counselor. When booking your time, be sure to select the Central Time Zone and choose the correct counselor. Include the student’s ID number in your request.

When selecting an appointment time, please ensure the student is not scheduled to be at Buinger Academy, participating in Fine Arts, or involved in a sports activity during the meeting.

If you are requesting a schedule correction, please use the Course Change Form. Schedule corrections will only be processed during the first five days of the trimester.

Please note:  If this is an emergency, please contact the counseling secretary at 817-399-3644.  

 CONFIDENTIALITY

While it is important that a student's conversations with a school counselor be kept confidential, confidentiality does have its limitations. According to the American School Counselor Association's Ethical Standards for School Counselors, counselors must "keep information confidential unless legal requirements demand that confidential information be revealed or a breach is required to prevent serious and foreseeable harm to the student."(American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2010).

The most frequent type of breaches include a student verbalizing the following:

1. Verbal, Physical or Sexual Abuse

2. Neglect

3. A desire to harm him/herself

4. A desire to harm someone else

5. An unreported sexual assault 

Reference:

American School Counselor Association. Ethical Standards for School Counselors. American School Counselor Association, n.d.Web. 19 March 2013 <http://www.counselors.k12.sd.us/ethics.html>