School Counselor

The school counselor is here to support every single student in the building! The counselor does the following:

• Teaches classroom lessons to all students about a variety of social-emotional topics
• Runs group counseling activities to support student growth
• Performs individual student planning to help students with goal setting, understanding their interests and skills, and achieving their potential
• Provides brief, solution-focused individual counseling to support the academic, social-emotional success
• Provides support during crises
• Collaborates with school staff, families, and community agencies to support students
• Provides referrals for appropriate community resources

• Take disciplinary action with students
• Only provide career guidance
• Tell parents or teachers what to do
• Provide long-term therapy

The Zones of Regulation is a complete social-emotional learning curriculum created to teach children self-regulation and emotional control.

The students are learning how to not only recognize their feelings and what zone they are operating in but also practice and decide on individualized strategies to help them return to a place of calm and focus where learning is optimal.

With a caregiver’s consent, the following topics may be covered when there is an identified need with multiple students:

• New student support
• Friendship skills
• Social skills
• Managing anger
• Managing worry
• Managing stress
• Changing families
• Self-control
• Mindfulness
• Building self-esteem
• Grief recovery
• Study skills
• Conflict resolution

• Growth mindset
• Study skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Self-advocacy (asking for help)
• Responsibility
• Friendship
• Respecting differences
• Social skills
• Respect
• Empathy
• Emotions
• Mindfulness
• Self-regulation
• Coping skills
• Managing frustration/anger
• Stress management
• Conflict resolution
• Self-esteem & confidence
• Kindness
• Resiliency
• Communication
• Self-care
• And so much more!