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- Keep Calm and Talk to your School Counselor!
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Keep Calm and Talk to your School Counselor!
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How Does A Student See A counselor? Students can see the counselor in any of the following ways:
- Self-referral
- Request of the counselor
- Parent referral
- Administrative referral
- Teacher or staff referral
- Referral by friend(s)
Students may see the counselor for small group and individual counseling to assist with a variety of concerns and problems, including:
- Academic skills support
- Divorce
- Grief and loss
- Crisis intervention
- Organizational, study and test-taking skills
- Education in understanding self and others
- Coping strategies
- Peer relationships and effective social skills
- Communication, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict resolution
- Career awareness, exploration and planning