School Counseling Program at Alexander Doniphan
School counselors help to support students in many ways. We see students for individual counseling. We meet with groups of students for a specific reason: anger, divorce, grief, friendship, or study skills. Once or twice a month, I go into each classroom to teach lessons about things such as feelings, friendship, school, diversity, safety, and careers. The school counselor is there for every student.
The School Counseling Program at Alexander Doniphan is based on the Missouri Comprehensive School Counseling Model and contains the following components.
Responsive Services
Consists of activities to meet the immediate needs and concerns of students These needs might include any of the following services:
Individual Counseling
Small-Group Counseling
Friendship Counseling
Consultation with Parents or Staff members
Referral
Information
Curriculum
Consists of lessons that facilitate academic and social development. These lessons are presented systematically through classroom and group activities in kindergarten through grade five. The curriculum is organized around the following categories:
Promoting Knowledge of Self and Others
Career Planning and Exploration
Educational and Vocational Development
System Support
Consists of management activities that establish, maintain, and enhance the total guidance program. This component is implemented and carried out through activities in the following areas:
Professional Development
Staff and Community Relations
Consultations with Teachers and Parents
Community Outreach
Individual Planning
Consists of activities that help all students plan, monitor, and manage their own learning as well as their personal and career development. Individual planning is implemented through such strategies as:
Advisement
Appraisal
Referral for specific educational programs
Team meetings
Liberty Public Schools' guidance program is implemented by certified school counselors with the support of teachers, administrators, parents, and the community.
