Counseling Center

You child's School Counselor works with you, your child's teachers, administrators, and the student themselves on:

• Academic support, including organizational, study and test-taking skills
• Goal setting and decision-making
• Education on understanding self (including strengths and weaknesses) and others
• Peer relationships, coping strategies and effective social skills
• Communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution
• Multicultural/diversity awareness
• Transition plans
• Individual and small-group counseling
• Individual/family/school crisis intervention
• Consultation/collaboration
• Referrals

School Psychologists Work With Students, Families, and Educators to:

• Improve academic achievement through collecting and interpreting student and classroom data, consulting about student and classroom behavior, and conducting psychological assessments.
• Promote positive behavior and mental health through conducting individual or group counseling about coping skills, anger management, social skills, and conflict resolution, conducting assessments of social-emotional and behavioral needs, and working with community-based providers.
• Supporting diverse learners by providing culturally and linguistically responsive evaluations of students unique and diverse learning needs and collaborating with school teams to help improve student engagement and learning.
• Create safe, positive school climates through the implementation of school-wide positive behavioral supports (SWPBIS) and through the provision of crisis prevention and intervention services.
• Strengthen family-school partnerships through helping families understand their children's learning and mental health needs, connecting families with community service providers, providing parent workshops throughout the district.
• Improve school-wide assessment and accountability through consultation with school teams monitoring student, classroom, and school-wide progress with academics and behavior.