Responsive Services
Responsive services consist of activities to meet the immediate needs and concerns of students whether these needs or concerns require counseling, consultation, referral, or information. Responsive services are implemented through such strategies as:
Consultation - Counselors consult with students along with parents, teachers, and other educators, and community agencies regarding strategies to help students deal with and resolve personal concerns.
Personal Counseling - Counseling is provided on a small group or individual basis for students who have problems or difficulties dealing with relationships, personal concerns, or normal developmental tasks. It focuses on assisting students to identify problems and causes, alternatives, and possible consequences, and to take action when appropriate.
Crisis Counseling - Counseling and support are provided to students or their families facing emergency situations. Such counseling is normally short term and temporary in nature. When necessary, appropriate referral sources may be used.
Referral - Counselors use other professional resources of the school and community to refer students when appropriate. These referral sources may include: mental health agencies, social services, and special school programs (special or compensatory education).
Responsive services consist of activities to meet the immediate needs and concerns of students whether these needs or concerns require counseling, consultation, referral, or information. Responsive services are implemented through such strategies as:
Consultation - Counselors consult with students along with parents, teachers, and other educators, and community agencies regarding strategies to help students deal with and resolve personal concerns.
Personal Counseling - Counseling is provided on a small group or individual basis for students who have problems or difficulties dealing with relationships, personal concerns, or normal developmental tasks. It focuses on assisting students to identify problems and causes, alternatives, and possible consequences, and to take action when appropriate.
Crisis Counseling - Counseling and support are provided to students or their families facing emergency situations. Such counseling is normally short term and temporary in nature. When necessary, appropriate referral sources may be used.
Referral - Counselors use other professional resources of the school and community to refer students when appropriate. These referral sources may include: mental health agencies, social services, and special school programs (special or compensatory education).
Small Group Counseling
Students can be referred for small group counseling by parents, teachers, administrators or through self-referral. Students will not be seen in a group setting without the written permission of a parent or guardian.
At Scarborough Elementary two types of small group counseling are offered. The first type of group is developmental. These groups address developmental topics such as leadership skills, time management, organizational skills, focusing etc. These groups are intended to help students be more successful in school.
The second type of small group counseling offered is specific to a special concern or need. These groups are offered to students who share a common concern. Topics include, but are not limited to, divorce, military deployment, anger management, adjusting to grief or loss, making friends and building self confidence.
At Scarborough Elementary two types of small group counseling are offered. The first type of group is developmental. These groups address developmental topics such as leadership skills, time management, organizational skills, focusing etc. These groups are intended to help students be more successful in school.
The second type of small group counseling offered is specific to a special concern or need. These groups are offered to students who share a common concern. Topics include, but are not limited to, divorce, military deployment, anger management, adjusting to grief or loss, making friends and building self confidence.
Individual Counseling
Occasionally it may be necessary to meet with a student individually for counseling. This happens primarily either when there is not a small group available to meet the child's needs or when the problem is more personal in nature. Individual counseling in the school setting usually involves brief, solution-focused techniques combined with goal-setting. Students can be referred for individual counseling by parents, teachers, administrators or through self-referral. Students will not be seen in ongoing individual counseling without the written permission of a parent or guardian.
The goals of individual counseling are to:
1. facilitate behavior change - assist student to engage in more effective behavior
2. improve social/personal relationships
3. increase student's ability to cope with adversity and foster resiliency
4. improve student's ability to make decisions
5. enhance student's potential and facilitate healthy development.
During individual counseling, the counselor's role is to help the student:
1. define the problem
2. set realistic goals
3. design a brief intervention
4. evaluate student's progress towards meeting individual goals, redefining procedures as necessary.
The goals of individual counseling are to:
1. facilitate behavior change - assist student to engage in more effective behavior
2. improve social/personal relationships
3. increase student's ability to cope with adversity and foster resiliency
4. improve student's ability to make decisions
5. enhance student's potential and facilitate healthy development.
During individual counseling, the counselor's role is to help the student:
1. define the problem
2. set realistic goals
3. design a brief intervention
4. evaluate student's progress towards meeting individual goals, redefining procedures as necessary.