1. Elementary School Counseling Program

2. According to the American School Counselor
Association best practices the focus of
school counselor should be:
Providing a comprehensive and developmental program
Supporting academic, career, and personal/social development
Available to all K-12 students
Following the recommendation that 80% of a counselor’s time be spent in direct contact with students.

3. Elementary Domains:
Academic
Personal/Social
Career

4. Process for delivery:
School counseling curriculum
Individual student planning
Responsive services
System support

5. Elementary School Counselor Curriculum (classroom instruction, group counseling, integration)
Health and Safety
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills
Service Learning
Diversity and Tolerance/Acceptance

6. Health and Safety Classroom instruction Integration
Red Ribbon Week K-5
Yello Dyno Personal Safety K-5
Tobacco and Alcohol Awareness 4 & 5
HIV & AIDS Education 4 & 5
Personal Hygiene & Development 5
Learning about your counselor K
Integration
Service Learning– Food Drive

7. Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Skill Development
Classroom Instruction
Peer Mediation Training 4
Project Adventure 4 & 5
Outside agency workshops (ex:BOCES, SCOPE, The Retreat)
Group Counseling:
Self-esteem Grief
Peer Relations Organization
Family Dynamics Decision-making
Feelings Student directed

8. Integration Standards of Behavior: Heartwood Character Education:
Respect others,
Respect property
Demonstrate cooperative behaviors
Demonstrate good manners
Heartwood Character Education:
Courage Respect
Loyalty Hope
Justice Honesty
Love
Morning Program:
Understanding differences
Career exploration

9. Service Learning Morning Program: Veterans Celebration Food Drive
Mitten Line
“Soup”er Bowl
Grade level service learning projects

10. for Elementary Students (case management, appraisal, placement)
Individual Planning
for Elementary Students
(case management, appraisal, placement)
Case management:
Instructional Support Team
Pupil Personnel Services
Appraisal:
NYS assessments
Placement:
New student file review, sending district contact
Class placement

11. Elementary Counseling Responsive Services
(individual counseling, consultation, crisis counseling, referrals)
Individual Counseling – grief, anxiety, peer relations, family concerns, body image, learning concerns, behavior modification, self-esteem, peer pressure
Consultation
Pierson counselors, school psychologist, district social worker
Crisis Counseling – Crisis intervention team, grief, transition, family concerns
Referrals – community services

12. Elementary Counseling System Support (professional development, communication, consultation, parent & community outreach, research, program evaluation)
Professional development – graduate level, in-service, conferences
Communication – School and district newsletters, student planner, parent handbook, kindergarten orientation
Consultation – Neighboring counselors, community therapists
Parent & community outreach – Parent-teacher conferences, community agencies, Parenting Center, summer opportunities
Research & Program evaluation