Personal/Social Supports
Individual Counseling
Individual counseling with students is based upon teacher, parent, or self-referrals. Students may self refer by signing up outside of the counselor's office.
Group Counseling
Counseling groups are comprised of 4-5 students from the same or a similar grade level. Students are chosen to be part of a group depending on the topic. Students may sign up for a specific group, teachers or parents may refer, or students could be chosen by the counselor. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Social skills
* Friendship
* Divorce
* Changing families
* Study skills
* New students
* Bullying
* Anger management
Typically, groups meet once a week for 15-20 minutes over a 6-8 week period. Parents will be informed when their child is being asked to participate in a group via a parent permission letter and/or a phone call from the counselor. ***Confidentiality is discussed at our first meeting.
Classroom Guidance
Classroom guidance is an integral part of the School Counseling program at James McGee Elementary. Classroom lessons focus on topics dealing with personal/social, career, and academic matters. Lessons are designed to support the building-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) program and encourage positive core values and character traits including, but not limited to, fairness, responsibility, citizenship, trustworthiness, caring, and respectfulness.
Individual counseling with students is based upon teacher, parent, or self-referrals. Students may self refer by signing up outside of the counselor's office.
Group Counseling
Counseling groups are comprised of 4-5 students from the same or a similar grade level. Students are chosen to be part of a group depending on the topic. Students may sign up for a specific group, teachers or parents may refer, or students could be chosen by the counselor. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Social skills
* Friendship
* Divorce
* Changing families
* Study skills
* New students
* Bullying
* Anger management
Typically, groups meet once a week for 15-20 minutes over a 6-8 week period. Parents will be informed when their child is being asked to participate in a group via a parent permission letter and/or a phone call from the counselor. ***Confidentiality is discussed at our first meeting.
Classroom Guidance
Classroom guidance is an integral part of the School Counseling program at James McGee Elementary. Classroom lessons focus on topics dealing with personal/social, career, and academic matters. Lessons are designed to support the building-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) program and encourage positive core values and character traits including, but not limited to, fairness, responsibility, citizenship, trustworthiness, caring, and respectfulness.