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Building Strong Relationships between Mental Health Counselors & School
CounselorsElise Chupp, Jessica Johnson, & Ashley Foster
CPSY 605
School or Mental Health Counseling?
School Counseling
Everything school counselors do must pertain to school somehow
15-30 minutes
Varies
ASCA National Model
Temper tantrums
Preparing for college
Anger management
Mental Health Counseling
Mental health counselors have a wider variety of what they can do
50 minutes
Typically 1 time a week
Temper tantrums
Eating disorders
Anger management
School or Mental Health Counseling?
School Counseling
Career counseling
Organizational skills
Grief counseling
Relationships
Set and achieve goals
Academics
Study skills
Communication skills
Mental Health Counseling
Career counseling
Organizational skills
Grief counseling
Relationships
Set and achieve goals
Communication skills
School or Mental Health Counseling?
School Counseling
Express and identify feelings
Time management
Self esteem
Social skills
Stress management
Motivation
Mental Health Counseling
Express and identify feelings
Time management
Self esteem
Drug addiction
Social skills
Depression
Stress management
Motivation
Focus on Prevention
Difference between mental health counseling and school counseling.
Mental health counselors deal more with helping children and adolescents cope with existing problems.
School counselors seek to prevent problems before they happen. Their services should reach every student in the school (Sink & Edwards, 2008).
Focus on PreventionIssues that a school counselor addresses in the school:
Bullying prevention (including multicultural issues)
Violence prevention (dating violence, conflict resolution skills)
Substance abuse prevention
Drop-out prevention
Counselor Advocacy
Why does this concern you?
All counselors are supposed to advocate for their clients if necessary.
If you work with children and adolescents, it would be good for you to know what the school is doing in terms of prevention.
It may be very helpful for you to know what kind of programs are in place in the school that may help your client.
Importance of Collaboration
A systemic approach that involves multiple helping professionals is often needed
“Collaborative effort is intended to lessen the burden and liabilities of the educational system while improving the fragmented and incomplete delivery of services to school-aged children and youth”
(Brown, Dahlbeck, Sparkman-Barnes, 2006)
Why should I care about school
counseling and what school counselors do?
Need for MHP’sSome schools are contracting with mental health agencies
School counselors need to address needs of the whole as well as individuals
Although many school counselors may feel adequately trained to deal with the personal, social, and psychological needs, they may not be, or face limitations within their role
Important to have definitions of roles
Needs of students is increasing to outside of limitations within school counseling
Research has indicated that less than one-third of youth who are
candidates for mental health services receive the care they need (U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, 1999)
The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health
Approximately 1 in 5 children/adolescents experiences signs and symptoms of a DSM-IV disorder during the course of a year
only about 5 percent of all children experience what professionals term “extreme functional impairment.”
Primary care and the schools are major settings for the potential recognition of mental disorders in children and adolescents
Receiving services, with both a diagnosis and impaired functioning:
70 % received services from the schools
40 % received services in the specialty mental health sector
16 % received services from the child welfare sector
11 % received services from the health sector
4 % received services from the juvenile justice sector(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999)
Understanding the School System
Outside mental health professionals need to thoroughly understand how schools operate and the restrictions schools have
Understand limitations within the school
When in the schools, be sure to know each person’s role
Open and thorough communication to ensure effective collaboration
How to Advertise
Make schools aware of the services you have to offer
Work with administrators, school counselors, and sometimes the school board or teacher’s union to explain benefits of services
References
Brown, C., Dahlbeck, D. T., & Sparkman-Barnes, L. (2006). Collaborative relationships: School counselors and non-school mental health professionals working together to improve the mental health needs of students. Professional School Counseling, 9, 332-335.
Gingerich, W., & Wabeke, T. (2001). A solution-focused approach to mental health intervention in school settings. Children & Schools, 23(1), 33.
Sink, C., & Edwards, C. (2008). Supportive learning communities and the transformative role of professional school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 12(2), 108-114.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1999). Mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: Author.