Classroom Guidance
This year, I will be in the Specials rotation for 1st and 3rd grade daily. I will see Kindergarten,2nd, 4th, and 5th grades monthly.
I push-in to the classrooms and teach Guidance Lesson's that
are designed to support the social emotional needs of the students as well as follows the ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors model.
Some topics that might be discussed in classroom guidance lessons include:
Character Skills
Bullying
Kindness/Gratitude
Sportsmanship
Teamwork/Decision Making/Problem Solving
Little SPOT of Feelings
Self-Control
Listening
What Does a School Counselor Do?
Conflict Resolution
Communication
Healthy Choices & Consequences
Recognizing & Appreciating Individual Differences/Ethnic & Cultural Diversity
Goal Setting
Careers
And More!
Individual Counseling
I provide individual counseling to our students based on social-emotional, academic/career, and coping skills needs. This resource is designed to help guide students to a better understanding of their emotions, resolve conflict, and define goals to be reached.
Some topics that might be discussed in individual counseling include:
Anxiety/Stress
Grief/Loss
Divorce/Separation
Friendship Problems
Study Skills
Organization Skills
Communication/Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution/Issues of Bullying
Goal Setting & Decision Making
And More!
Individual counseling is short-term in nature so depending on the student's need, I may need to refer the child to other counseling resources to better meet their individual counseling needs.
*Please Note*
Individual Counseling requires parent permission if I am to work with a student for more than 2 sessions. Students may be referred counseling by student self referral, teacher referral, parent referral, administration referral or other staff member referral. Individual sessions lasting requiring more than 6 ongoing sessions will be referred to an outside counseling resource.
Small Group Counseling
Group counseling services are offered for students in all grades. Small groups help students with many different skills based on certain areas of need.
Some group topics may include:
Friendship
Bullying
Self-esteem
Self-Control/Anger Management
Changing Families (Divorce/Death)
New to School
Leadership
And More!
Group counseling occurs during lunch time or another time that does not interfere with their classroom instruction. I encourage students during our sessions to help each other and share ideas. Students for small group counseling can be referred through the MTSS behavioral system, teacher referral or administration referral. Students are selected based on need and/or grade level assessments. Small groups consist of 3-6 students and generally last 6-8 weeks.
*Please Note*
Small Group Counseling requires Parent Permission if the student is not referred through the MTSS behavioral system.
Chess Club
Some other FUN things that I do at the school include running the VLE Chess Club! This year, I have restructured the Chess Club so that I will only accept 10 applicants each quarter so that I can more affectively teach the Chess strategies. Each quarter I will open up the applications to 10 new students. At the end of the year, all 40 students will have the opportunity to compete in the VLE Chess Club Tournament.
Facts:
Chess Club is for grades 3rd-5th
Chess Club will be on TUESDAYS from 2:30pm-3:30pm