School Counseling Program

At Irvington, we SOAR together!

Irvington's Mission Statement

The Irvington community communicates, collaborates, and connects to reach each student’s potential. Everyone teaches, everyone learns, everyone cares.

School Counseling Program's Mission Statement:

The goal of the school counseling program is to provide ALL students with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to explore and achieve in academic, career/college, and personal/social areas. The counselor works collaboratively with parents/guardians, family members, teachers, administration, community members and the students themselves to create meaningful experiences that will allow students to discover, practice, question, and engage in their learning.

School Counseling Belief Statements:

All students:

benefit from a collaborative, respectful, relationship between teachers, counselors, administrators, caregivers and community members
should feel that school is a safe environment to explore, question, and grow
are unique and come in with individual strengths that positively contribute to the school community
deserve to learn skills and information that will make them college and/or career ready

Services Provided:

classroom developmental lessons
small group counseling
individual, short-term counseling
peer mediation
monitoring behavioral and academic needs
parent consultation

Your school counselor can support you with:

ACADEMIC

planning – organization – setting goals – time management – task initiation – metacognition– critical thinking skills – focusing attention – perseverance – growth mindset – working memory strategies

PERSONAL/SOCIAL

identifying feelings – empathy – fostering a positive attitude – helpful self-talk – problem-solving skills – coping skills – handling peer pressure – justice – self identity – mindfulness – taking initiative – active listening – friendship skills – perspective-taking – flexible thinking – identifying strengths

CAREER/COLLEGE

career clusters – college/career exploration – creating personal goals – middle school readiness – Holland's Codes

* Please note that the school counselor does not provide “therapy”. The counseling that takes place in school is brief and solution-focused. Referrals for outside counseling services are available for additional support.

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