Guidance Support To Staff | Responsive Services | Individual Planning | System Support

* It takes the “Whole Community” to Raise a Child
* Every Child is Special & Unique
* Preventing Students from “Falling through the Cracks”
* Open Communication with Families
* Win-Win Philosophy for All Situations
* Setting-Up Students for Success
* Proactive Approach to Guidance

"Childhood Should be a Journey, Not a Race"

Purpose: Awareness and Skills Development

Areas Addressed:

• Development of:
  • Self-understanding
  • Self-confidence
  • Self-acceptance
  • Interpersonal effectiveness
  • Communication skills
  • Awareness of one potential
  • Decision-making skills
  • Goal-setting skills
  • Planning skills
  • Problems-solving skills
• Motivation to achieve
• Cross-cultural effectiveness
• Responsible behavior
• Counselor Role:
• Guidance
• Consultation
• Program implementation and facilitation
• Professionalism

Responsive Services: Addresses the immediate concerns of students. (top)

Purpose: Prevention and Intervention

Areas Addressed:

• Academic concerns
• School-related concerns
  • Tardiness
  • Absences & truancy
  • Misbehavior
  • Bullying
  • School-avoidance
  • Drop-out prevention
• Relationship concerns
• Abuse: neglect, physical, sexual, emotional
• Grief-Loss
• Family issues
• Harassment issue
• Coping with stress

Counselor Role:

• Counseling
• Consultation
• Coordination
• Referral
• Professionalism

Individual Planning: Assists students in monitoring and understanding their own development. (top)

Purpose: Student Planning and Goal Setting

Areas Addressed:

• Academic Development
  • Acquisition of study skills
  • Awareness of educational opportunities
  • Appropriate course selection
• Personal/Social Development
  • Development of healthy self-concept
  • Development of adaptive and adjustive social behavior
• Career Development
  • Knowledge of potential career opportunities
  • Knowledge of career and technical training
  • Knowledge of positive work habits

Counselor Role:

• Guidance
• Consultation
• Assessment
• Professionalism

System Support: Includes program and support activities and services. (top)

Purpose: Program Delivery and Support

Areas Addressed:

• Guidance program development
• Parent Education
• Teacher/administrators consultation
• Staff Development for educators
• School improvement planning
• Counselor’s professional development
• Public relations
• Community resources

Counselor Role:

• Program Management
• Consultation
• Professionalism