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*Classroom Counseling Curriculum: *Small Group Support:
Through out the course of the year, the Small group sessions may be utilized when
school counselor conducts developmentally identified students have a common need that
appropriate school counseling lessons in may be creating a barrier to learning and/or
the classroom. These lessons our provided academic success. Small groups are made up of
through the Botvin LifeSkills Training 3-6 students. Possible small group activities may
curriculum and teaches students focus on social skills, grief and loss, divorce,
self-management skills, social skills, organization, or self-esteem.
and drug/alcohol resistance skills.
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*Responsive Services: *College & Career Services:
Day-to-day individual responsive services are Throughout the course of the year, the school
available to meet the needs of your child. counselor will meet with classes to guide students
The school counseling office is a safe space through the Pittsburgh developed career readiness
for your child to come and talk freely and feel program, Smart Futures. Pennsylvania is the first
listened to. It is important to recognize that state in the US to require all students graduate with
that is a place within the school setting a personalized career plan and portfolio that is tied to
in which your child can talk in confidence clearly defined K-12 career education benchmarks.
about their personal struggles regarding behavior, These benchmarks, called the PA Academic Standards
classroom/academic pressures, problems at home, for Career Education and Work (CEW Standards) provide
and/or struggles with friends. Students are told that the curriculum roadmap that assures that all students
"What you say in here, stays in here". There are three are prepared for 21st century success. Smart Futures
exceptions to this rule: provides educators with SmartFutures.org, a K-12 career
1) If someone is hurting you, planning and portfolio platform that helps schools
2) You are hurting yourself, easily implement the CEW standards within any classroom
3) If you plan to hurt someone else. or virtually. To learn more about the CEW standards
In one of those three cases, confidentiality will be required for students by the state of PA, you can visit:
broken in order to get your child the help they need. https://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/CareerReadyPA/Pages/default.aspx
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*Individual Counseling
For a few students who struggle, meeting one-on-one
with a counselor regularly is a good fit. Please keep
in mind, however, that this is not therapy. We take a
short-term, solution-focused approach to help students
overcome challenges that keep them from success at
school. If a student is in need of further assistance, we
will help families and students connect with the appropriate
community resources to find the help that they need.