Elementary Counseling Program

1) Counseling

Individual students have an opportunity to explore issues of concern in a positive educational setting, by:

• setting goals
• considering choices and consequences
• monitoring

Small groups are available to discuss common concerns such as:

• friendship
• personal strengths
• study skills
• grief
• family changes
• Attention Deficit Disorder

2) Classroom Guidance

Classroom guidance is part of the school curriculum. It includes lessons targeting educational, personal, and social development. It is:

• proactive in nature
• for all students
• developmental
• based on Virginia Standards of Learning

3) Consulting

• Counselors consult with teachers to enhance the total development of children.
• Counselors consult with parents to promote positive home/school relationships, and to facilitate the counseling of individual students.
• Counselors consult with other school specialists to provide the most appropriate educational services for individual children.

4) Coordinating

• Counselors work cooperatively with administrators, teachers, parents, and commumnity agencies to better serve the needs of children.
• Counselors develop and oversee programs and activities that: enhance students' school experience, and highlight students' strengths.