School Counselors
The School Counseling Program for grades K-8th grade focuses on the skills students need to be successful in school and in everyday life, both now and in the future.
Our Team:
Charles O'Brien, K-4 School Counselor
Nancy Barber, 5-6 School Counselor
Kathy Batty, 7-8 School Counselor
The American School Counselor Association describes the school counselor's role as:
School counselors design and deliver school counseling programs that improve student outcomes. They lead, advocate and collaborate to promote equity and access for all students by connecting their school counseling program to the school’s academic mission and school improvement plan. They uphold the ethical and professional standards of ASCA and promote the development of the school counseling program based on the following areas of the ASCA National Model: define, deliver, manage and assess.
Counseling Services
School counseling services are designed to address the developmental needs of ALL students and are integrated into the regular school program. Our goal is to work collaboratively with teachers, parents, and students to ensure that all students are able to be successful in school. Services are found in each of the components of our school counseling program: Counseling (small group and individual), Teaching (standards-based developmental lessons), Coordination, Consultation, Information Management, and Professional Development.
Services include:
- Classroom Education for ALL students (CVSD Curriculum Frameworks)
- Small Group Support - Issues may include: changing families, stress, friendship, loss, assertiveness skills, confidence, teen issues, etc.
- Individual, short term counseling.
- Crisis prevention and intervention.
- Consulting with parents, teachers and administrators.
- Consulting and coordinating with other student support personnel.
- Coordinating school-wide prevention events.
- Registering and placing new students.
- Managing student records.
- Coordinating the placement and transition of students into Kindergarten, from team to team, and to Champlain Valley Union High School.
- New family tours and orientation.
- Coordinating and/or facilitating parent education workshops.
- Observing and monitoring students' social, emotional, and behavioral levels (e.g. self-esteem, attention issues, etc)
- Facilitating EST (Educational Support Team) meetings.
- Facilitating programs (CVU Big Buddy, LEAD, Homework Club).
- Maintaining collection of books for parents and students to borrow addressing many issues including anxiety, ADHD, friendship, depression, discipline, changing families, teenage years, raising girls, and raising boys.
For more information about our services, please contact your child's School Counselor.