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General Information

School Guidance Counselors are specially trained educators charged with helping students and their families make important academic and personal decisions.  Counselors consult with parents or guardians, teachers, other educators and community agencies regarding strategies to help students and families.  We support the development of the whole student: academic, social, and emotional.  The School Counseling Program promotes a commitment to learning. You as parents are an important part of the program. Please feel free to contact one of the counselors any time and one of us will gladly assist you!

A comprehensive school counseling program:

• serves all students
• includes large and small group counseling
• incorporates individual counseling
• works with all stakeholders: parents, teachers, and community

A school counselor is an educator who:

• Advocates for the student at school.

• Provides individual counseling

• Individual counseling provides assistance with school adjustment, understanding of difficulties in dealing with relationships, and support for short-term and temporary crisis situations in a student’s life that may interfere with learning and social development

• Provides small group counseling

  • Developmental groups help students build self-control, social skills, and help them understand normal developmental growth

  • Problem-centered small groups help students identify problems, causes, alternatives and possible consequences so they can take appropriate action and understand how to cope with personal issues

• Provides classroom guidance for every class.

  • Classroom guidance encourages choices and decisions that will lead to effective functioning as students and future citizens.  Students will learn to take responsibility for their actions.  Lessons focus on skills to foster student understanding of the relationship between their personal qualities and success in school and life outside school.  Lessons are derived from Kentucky Core Content.

• Works with teachers and parents to provide suggestions and support for children’s needs.

• 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.