Students, we are here to help you with:
- Working out friendship problems
- Setting goals
- Working well with others
- Feeling good about yourself
- Adjusting to a new school
- Learning to make decisions
- Managing your feelings and emotions (stress, worry, anger, frustration and etc.)
- Dealing with peer pressure and bullying
Parents, we are available to assist and provide you with:
- Exploring ways to help your child succeed
- Improving parent-child communications
- Referrals for community resources
- Understanding the developmental changes of childhood
- Supplying additional reference materials
- Assisting with information to help understand your child’s needs
- Connecting the home and school environment
- Academic planning
Services school counselors provide:
- Classroom Counseling Connection lessons
- Small group counseling (grief, divorce, social skills, study skills, etc.)
- Short term individual counseling
- Community resource referrals
- Conflict resolution
- At-risk student identification and implementation to enhance student success
Classroom Connection Lessons are provided by a counselor on a monthly basis and and topics are determined based on grade level needs.
Examples of previous lessons provided include:
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Introduction to the School Counselor
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The importance of personal space
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How to handle uncomfortable feelings: sadness, anger, fear etc.
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Big problems versus small problems
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Peaceful problem solving using Kelso's Choices
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Using "I" Messages to talk it out
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and more!