A Comprehensive School Counseling Program:
A School Counselor is an educator who:
- Advocates for the student at school.
- Works with teachers and parents to provide helpful suggestions and support for children’s needs.
- Provides Classroom Lessons for every class.
- Helps in identifying academic and social/emotional needs of children.
- Helps children understand themselves and others.
- Provides information about community resources that would benefit children.
- Makes referrals to outsides agencies.
- Provides parents with resources and information.
Confidentiality
The School Counselor keeps information confidential unless disclosure is required.
Will inform parents and/or appropriate authorities when the student’s condition indicates:
Will inform parents and/or appropriate authorities when the student’s condition indicates:
- Harm to Self
- Harm to Others
- Harm from Others
How can a student see the School Counselor?
-self-referral
-teacher, administrator, or staff referral
-parent referral
-peer referral
-counselor observation
-teacher, administrator, or staff referral
-parent referral
-peer referral
-counselor observation
When should you refer students to see the School Counselor?
The following should be considered emergency referrals and referred immediately:
-Suspected evidence of child abuse, physical, or mental
-Signs of self-injury
-A child who cries or gets sick daily
-A child who becomes unable to function in a normal way
-Any behavior change in a child that is sudden or unusual.
-A child undergoing a traumatic family experience
-Indications of mounting hostility between a child and a teacher or her/her peer group
-Suspected evidence of child abuse, physical, or mental
-Signs of self-injury
-A child who cries or gets sick daily
-A child who becomes unable to function in a normal way
-Any behavior change in a child that is sudden or unusual.
-A child undergoing a traumatic family experience
-Indications of mounting hostility between a child and a teacher or her/her peer group
Other referral topics include, but are not limited to…
-Academics -Anxiety -Anger -Coping Skills -Goal Setting
-Grief and Loss -Deployment -Divorce and Separation -Friendship
-Loneliness -Bullying or Relational Aggression -Stress
-Social and Communication Skills -Underachievement -Mediation
-Family Concerns -Managing Feelings -Impulse Control
-Grief and Loss -Deployment -Divorce and Separation -Friendship
-Loneliness -Bullying or Relational Aggression -Stress
-Social and Communication Skills -Underachievement -Mediation
-Family Concerns -Managing Feelings -Impulse Control