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Counseling Referrals

HOW DO STUDENTS TALK TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR?

Meetings with the school counselor can take place in a variety of ways. Most commonly, school counselors get to work with students in the following ways:
 

  • CLASSROOM LESSONS: The school counselor will deliver weekly counseling lessons to each K/1 classroom on a variety of topics, including the following: academic, career, personal, and scoial/emotional development.
  • GROUP COUNSELING: The school counselor will meet with small groups of students that are referred to address topics, such as: divorce, grief, friendship, coping skills, anger management, etc.
  • ​INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING: The school counselor will meet individually with students that are referred to address academic, behavioral, or social/emotional concerns.

 
WHEN SHOULD SOMEONE REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE COUNSELOR?

  • ​When a student is very sad, confused, shy, angry, or worried
  • When severe changes in a student's behavior occur
  • When a student is having difficulty dealing with family changes or situations
  • When something seems to be bothering a student to the point of distraction or intense anxiety
  • When a student is dealing with the loss of a family member, friend, or pet
  • When stressors at home are affecting school performance or self-concept
  • When a student is consistently absent from school

 
HOW DO STUDENTS SEE THE COUNSELOR?

Appointments to see the school counselor may be made in the following ways:

Self-referral to meet with the counselor
Parent/guardian referral for a student to meet with the counselor
Administration, teacher, or staff referral request for a student to meet with the counselor
Request by a friend for a student to meet with the counselor
 
If you have concerns regarding your student, please feel free to contact me at any time. I can also be of assistance with community resources and helping your family with any pressing needs. To make an appointment for a student to meet with the Primary School counselor, please click an icon below to complete a referral form.

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CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS

A counselor-student relationship must be built on trust and confidentiality. This means that I am bound by ethical codes of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) to keep conversations between myself and students private. While maintaing confidentiality, I do my best to keep parents and teachers informed on a student’s progress and provide relevant information for the benefit of the student. There are times when I may need to break confidentiality and inform the appropriate parties. This would happen if a student is considered susceptible to:

  • Harm themselves
  • Harm others
  • Abuse and/or neglect

If you are having an emergency, dial 911.

If you or someone you know is having a mental health crisis, please call the Crisis Lifeline at 1 (800) 273-8255.