School Counselors:

• Helps students resolve problems which interfere with learning
• Facilitates educational and career planning
• Increases knowledge of self and others
• Supports students with specific needs
• Offers crisis intervention and prevention
• Provides individual/small group support for student or family concerns
• Attends meetings with parents and teachers as requested
• Communicates with collateral contacts (therapists, doctors, ER) as necessary
• Point person for “at-risk” behavior (suicidal ideation, self injury, 51As)
• Monitors student progress
• Provides referrals to community agencies to assist students facing personal or family concerns outside the scope of the school counseling program

***Both counselors are available to all students who may be having social, emotional, and/or familial concerns.

• Facilitates a home/school partnership in fostering school success
• Provides support for parents regarding their child’s academic, social, and emotional development
• Shares information with parents to help clarify and/or solve student and/or school-related problems

• Provide an appropriate study environment at home
• Establish fair and reasonable expectations
• Take time to listen to your child
• Maintain communication with teachers, counselors, and other school personnel
• Participate in school activities
• Help your child establish realistic career and educational goals
• Celebrate your child's successes and recognize that mistakes or failures can be turned into positive experiences

In the counselors' office, what is said here stays here, with the following exceptions, as required by law and/or ethical standards:

1. Harm to self or others
2. Abuse or neglect
3. Court or legal proceedings

If there is ever a need to reveal information, we will let your child know in advance, and work with them to handle the situation in a way that respects your child’s feelings and needs.

 The school counselor will process applications and transcripts, organize interviews of applicants at MRMS (if applicable) and help applicants prepare for interviews. The school counselor will maintain a record of applications and will write recommendations as requested.