What Do School Counselors Do?
Personal/Social/Emotional Counseling
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Individual and Small Group Counseling
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Address topics such as Healthy Relationships, Physical and Sexual Abuse, Peer Pressure, Conflict Resolution, Substance Use
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Assist with difficult family situations and maintaining success in school
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Collaborate with community resources and mental health professionals, coordinate care services, make referrals
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Stress Management and Crisis Support
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Provide brief, solution focused counseling and coping skills development
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Safety and Support Plans
Academic Counseling and Development
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Assist students with creating a four-year high school program that is relevant to student's strengths, interests, abilities, and post-high school plans
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Counsel students experiencing academic challenges and developing strategies for improvement, as well as collaboration and referrals to available academic resources at BEHS
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Assist students with the development of executive functioning skills-organization, study skills, problem solving, time management, prioritizing
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Credit Evaluations/Reviews with all students
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Collaborate with school teams to provide appropriate educational programming for all students
Career/College Development
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Career explorations and development activities implemented in small groups, classrooms and individually, ie: career interest inventories, aptitude assessments, and career exploration resources, etc.
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Help students understand the connection between school and the world of work
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Workshops offered for resume building, college essay support, college searching and the application process
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Junior and Senior Planning Presentations in classrooms
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Coordinate College/Career/Post-Grad Planning Nights and financial aid programs in the evening for parents
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Direct students to a variety of available resources about colleges and careers
- Provide college representative visits, college tours, career/trade technical school information sessions
- Provide job shadowing, internship and job opportunities for students