Counseling Corner Podcast

[Ep. 3} What Is School Counseling?

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What is school counseling?

  1. Supporting students in school
  2. Educating students on emotions and coping strategies
  3. Learning how to be a problem solver through social adversities
  4. Developing social skills in order to develop connections with friends but also be a kind friend

    5. How do students receive school counseling

    1. Mandated by IEP’s
    2. Identified by staff members that students could benefit from additional social and emotional support
    3. Identified that students academics are lower due to emotional difficulties
      1. What does ready to learn look like
      2. Impulse control
      3. Safe body discussion
      4. Perfectionistic tendencies or OCD behaviors
      5. Being ok with not winning or getting answers wrong
      6. Expected behaviors during recess
      7. How to keep your brain in the group
      8. Parent request
        1. Does not guarantee it, case by case
        2. It can be more harmful than beneficial
        3. Puts kids on the mental health radar

          4. What does counseling look like:

          1. Tier 1- Classroom push-ins, meeting kids in their environment, parent communication, classroom activities provide by teachers, triage
          2. Tier 2- 1 on 1 counseling, small groups
          3. 20-30 minutes long
          4. Work on a specific skill
          5. Community outreach (school social worker)
          6. Restorative Practices
            1. In class circles
            2. Small group circles

              3. What school counseling is not:

              1. Grief or Trauma therapy
              2. Academic support
              3. Family therapy
              4. Social Therapy

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