Mrs. Foster

School Counseling Role:

The school counselor is to assist students with social, emotional, academic and career concerns. School counselors reserve the right to meet with all students and follow the American School Counseling Association’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors Codes (2010). School counselors will also adhere to South Dakota Codified Law 19-13-21.1 when concerning confidentiality. Counseling services may include: individual, group, and career/academic counseling and a variety of classroom education topics.

Individual Counseling: Students may receive assistance in dealing with personal, social/emotional, academic, and future career/goal setting planning concerns.

Group Guidance: Classroom activities are scheduled to allow students to gain information on topics of relevance to their lives. Topics may include kindness and diversity, personal safety/body safety and health habits, positive character, regulation of emotions/coping skills, vocational investigation, and other self-development issues.

Group Counseling: Students who share a common concern may be brought together with the counselor to try to find solutions. Group topics could include but not limited to personal growth, assertiveness, regulations of emotions, and changing family. The school counselor will also hold groups to develop a sense of belonging with all students in a variety of non-formal ways throughout the school year.