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Mission Statement: Counseling Services
The mission of the counselor/school psychologist is to:
1. provide educationally-based psychological support to WCS
students, families,faculty and staff
. provide educational consultation services to the WCS faculty
and staff !. actively
listen to the needs, problems, concerns of the WCS community in
order to foster healthy,
"ell ad#usted lives
$S Counselor %esponsibilities
&. 'arent (ducation). ndividual counseling
*. +ttendance and speaing at parent meetings monthly $S
'arent
iscussion roup0
$. Communication "ith WCS community through $S ne"sletter,
"eelyConnection, handouts at conferences, etc.
. evelopment and implementation of. school-"ide "orshops and
inserviceopportunities
2. Community guest speaer at churches, civic groups, etc.
. (ducational %esources
'. 'rofessional reading, recommending and distributing
pertinentresources to 3in-4ervice3 faculty and staff
5. 6pdating and advising library staff regarding materials for
the3professional development3 shelf and appropriate materials for
students
%. Surveying/previe"ing videos, boos, articles, pamphlets and
other coursematerials for Transitions classes
. ConsultationS. With ivision 7eads and other administrative
staff regarding issues of
concern
T. With teachers regarding program accommodations
andinstructional strategies for specific students
6. With outside sources doctors, psychologists, etc.0
regardingmanagement of concern of specific students
8. 9ith parents regarding their childrens
educational/emotional/socialdevelopment; communication issues "ith
parent, child, teacher; their o"n
family dynamics, personal issues that affect the student
divorce, alcoholism,
death, moving, etc.0
W. With the *earning *ab to facilitate referrals, outside
testinginterpretation, ongoing monitoring of students progress
8. Substance +buse (ducation and 'revention +ctivities
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=. Student +ssistance 'rogram coordinator in middle and
upper
schools
>. Special 'ro#ect coordination++. nvestigation and
coordination of education assemblies and
guest speaers on pertinent substance abuse and social issues
??. nterventions "ith students and families in accordance
"iththe WCS Substance +buse 'olicy
CC. 2ngoing 3in-service3 opportunities for WCS faculty and
staff regarding +2 issues
. Testing and (valuation((. %eferring agent, along "ith division
head, to appropriate
outside resources for specific diagnostic testing
@@.nterpretation/implementation of psycho-educational
testingrecommendations for WCS students
. Write *earning +ssistance 'lans for Astudents grades B-77.
Conference t"ice yearly "ith parents/students re: *+'. *iaison to
LL for students "ith *+'&&. *iaison to outside agencies
involving WCS students Sylvan, @*C,
7eartspring, psychologists/psychiatrists, family physicians,
etc.0
)). (ducation and nterpretation of standardiDed testing
information Stanford, 2*S+T, S+T, etc.0:
**.for teachers and staff$$. for parents
8. Counseling Services
. ndividual counseling of students from referral or "al-in
regarding general or specific issues. developmental
issues,learning disabilities and accommodations, motivation,
home"or
management, divorce/family relations, peer pressure, eating
disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, conduct disorder,
"ithdra"al depression, bipolar disorder, anger control,
abuse/neglect, illness, suicide, etc.0
22. Small group counseling per specific needs and referrals on
avariety of issues: cliEues, appropriate behaviors, peer
pressures,
hygiene, relationships, substance use/abuse, self-image,
divorce/step/blended families, etc.0
''. ndividual counseling "ith staff and faculty from a "al-in
basis
"ith the goal.of evaluating the need for outside referral
depending onthe presenting concern
55. Coordination of a seFual development course for middle
schoolstudent and parents, presented by an outside agency ob/gyn,
etc.0
8. $anagement and +llocation of Counseling Service ?udget
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