School Counselors Can Help in Many Situations
“My parents are getting a divorce. It’s my fault.”
“No one likes to play with me.”
“This is my first year at this school, and I am afraid I won’t have any friends here.”
“My stepchildren and I do not get along.”
“My child passes the state tests at the end of the year, but makes failing grades throughout the school year.”
“My daughter tells me that she does not have homework, but I found out that she is just not completing it.”
“I need some ideas for helping students to get along with each other.”
“My child has not been himself lately, and always seems to have a lot on his mind.”
“I get upset and angry all of the time, and don’t know what to do to control it.”
“She has been absent from school a lot this school year.”
“My parents hit me when they get angry.”
“My parents are getting a divorce. It’s my fault.”
“No one likes to play with me.”
“This is my first year at this school, and I am afraid I won’t have any friends here.”
“My stepchildren and I do not get along.”
“My child passes the state tests at the end of the year, but makes failing grades throughout the school year.”
“My daughter tells me that she does not have homework, but I found out that she is just not completing it.”
“I need some ideas for helping students to get along with each other.”
“My child has not been himself lately, and always seems to have a lot on his mind.”
“I get upset and angry all of the time, and don’t know what to do to control it.”
“She has been absent from school a lot this school year.”
“My parents hit me when they get angry.”
Some Reasons Parents Contact the School Counselor
• Concerns over student achievement
• Family health problems
• Social and emotional issues
• Registration and orientation
• Test interpretation
• Discuss special needs
• Early discussion of potential crises
• Family difficulties or concerns
How Does a Student See a Counselor?
-Teacher or staff referral
-Self-referral
-Counselor request
-Parent referral
• Concerns over student achievement
• Family health problems
• Social and emotional issues
• Registration and orientation
• Test interpretation
• Discuss special needs
• Early discussion of potential crises
• Family difficulties or concerns
How Does a Student See a Counselor?
-Teacher or staff referral
-Self-referral
-Counselor request
-Parent referral
CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality means that the privacy of the information that you share with your school counselor belongs to you.
The counselor will guard that privacy as much as permitted by law, ethics, and school rules. There are exceptions where
the counselor is obligated to break confidentiality, including when you threaten to harm yourself or others, when the court
requires testimony of student records, and in reporting child abuse to the proper officials.
Confidentiality means that the privacy of the information that you share with your school counselor belongs to you.
The counselor will guard that privacy as much as permitted by law, ethics, and school rules. There are exceptions where
the counselor is obligated to break confidentiality, including when you threaten to harm yourself or others, when the court
requires testimony of student records, and in reporting child abuse to the proper officials.