Mission
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provide students with developmentally appropriate services through individual and group activities; -
work in partnership with families, school staff and the community to assist students in reaching their academic, personal, social, and career potential.
In order to work toward this mission, your school counselor can provide the following supports:
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Parental assistance
- Consultation
- Conflict resolution
- Decision-making skills
- Career education
- Test result interpretation
- Crisis intervention
- Community networking
- Peer mediation training
- Testing referral
- Attention screening
- Classroom observations
- Substance abuse awareness
- Team participation
- Committee involvement
- Advisory services
- Student scheduling
- Homebound instruction coordination
- Records maintenance
Additionally, your school counselors are frequently involved in addressing some very serious and complex issues concerning child neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, mental health issues and substance abuse.
