School Counsellor
Who is your school counsellor?
Who is Ms. Ganton
Who does the school counsellor work with?
What is Classes, groups, individuals, teachers, school staff and parents. Anyone in the school community.
Name two topics of classroom lessons?
What are Healthy choices, conflicts, peers pressure, boundaries, friendship strategies, bullying, unexpected behaviour, anxiety.worries, mindfulness, exploring feeling/emotions and learning about your brain
Name a couple of different emotions beyond mad, sad, happy.
What are excited, tired, angry, scared, nervous , calm, annoyed, uncertain, worried, lonely, disappointed and hundreds of more
How many years has Ms. Ganton been a school counsellor at Uplands Elementary?
What is less than one month!
I have never worked at Uplands school before. However I have been a teacher for 28 years and a counsellor in Penticton for 18 years.
Are you in trouble when you meet with the school counsellor?
What is NO! I am one of the problem solvers at school.
Why does the school counsellor teach classroom lessons?
To teach students important skills to be successful for life and to emphasize skills we need for a life time!
Is it possible to feel angry, scared and excited at same time?
What is Yes!!
Emotions can happen together, even when it doesn't make sense to us at the moment.
What grade levels does Ms. Ganton work with?
What is Kindergarten to Grade 12
Why would someone meet with the school counsellor?
What are situations at home, friendship problems, mentorship, to learn to manage your feelings, struggling strong feelings with sadness, anger, worry and many more reasons.
What is the most important classroom expectation when I visit your class?
Respectful listening
What is a coping(tool) skill?
A skill or tool that someone uses to help them gain control when having strong emotion.
True or False
Ms. Ganton is the only school counsellor at our school?
True
There are many other people at school that can help you, including your classroom teacher, other teachers and school staff, including Mrs. Devito and Mrs. Bryce, Mrs. Ferriera. You get to choose who your safe people are.
How do you get to see the school counsellor?
Ask your teacher, have your parents contact the school or ask Ms. Ganton directly. Sometimes it takes time to set it up!
School counsellors teach students social skills to help students make
good choices and to have healthy friendships.
Name a coping skill.
What are Deep breaths, use a calm space, reading, listening to music, walk away, get a drink of water, talk to an adult, take a break, 5-5-5 (push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks), thinking of something else that makes you happy(a pet, favorite activity)
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Do you think it is true that Ms. Ganton owns an acre on the moon?
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Do you think it is true that Ms. Ganton can speak 3 languages fluently?
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Is it true Ms Ganton has a dragon?
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