Student Support
This acronym refers to the process of learning the practical life skills needed to manage emotions, build healthy relationships, and make responsible decisions.
What is SEL - Social Emotional Learning?
Private information kept between student and school counselor.
What is confidentiality?
What grade levels complete Roadmap to Ready?
What are 6th, 7th, and 8th?
What archaic term is no longer used to identify school counselors? You just might get the side eye.
What is guidance counselor?
Give one example of how a school counselor might advocate for a student with special needs.
Collaborating with teachers on accommodations, consulting with parents, or working with community resources.
True or False: If a student says during a visit with the school counselor, " I want to punch LaShawn for being a hater," the school counselor must keep that information confidential.
What is False?
True or False: The deadline for magnet applications is November 1st.
What is False? The application deadline for 2026-2027 school year is Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
School counselors advocate for students to help close the _____________________ gap.
What is achievement?
A student comes to the counseling office to talk about family issues. During the conversation, the school counselor notices a bruise on the student's arm. When she asks the student to tell her about the bruise, the students says her dad got really mad at her last night. Something the counselor MUST do after learning this information.
What is report?
A counseling service that happens when the school counselor comes to your room and teaches about things, such as coping skills, empathy, healthy relationships/friendships, etc.
What is school counseling lessons/classroom guidance lessons?
What is the term for helping students plan for their future educational and career paths?
What is college and career readiness?
True or False: School counselors provide therapy during individual counseling sessions.
What is False? School counselors do not provide ongoing, long-term therapy but instead offer short-term counseling and crisis intervention for students' mental health needs. Our role focuses on social-emotional development, academic support, and career guidance, as well as referring students to community resources for specialized or long-term care when necessary. School counselors work to create a mentally healthy school environment and collaborate with teachers, parents, and community providers.
When a group of 3-5 students who have the same concern, get together once a week to deal with it and support each other, this counseling service is called...
What is small group counseling?
School counselors need to use __________ to identify student and school needs in order to have an effective school counseling program.
What is data?
Name 3 exceptions to confidentiality.
What are threat to self, threat to others, abuse/neglect?
This is a survey completed by students, parents, teachers and/or administrators that offers a data-informed direction for a comprehensive school counseling program. It can assist counselors in identifying student needs, informing curriculum development to address those needs, and pinpoint the high-need areas for small groups.
What is a needs assessment?