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Counseling Services
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What does an elementary school counselor do?
- Teaches classroom guidance lessons
- Facilitates short-term small group counseling
- Provides immediate and short-term individual counseling
- Works collaboratively with teachers and staff
- Consults with parents
- Provides information and/or referrals for community resources to families
Why do we need elementary school counselors?
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A
deliberate and comprehensive approach to teaching children social and
emotional skills can raise their grades and test scores, increase
enthusiasm for learning, reduce behavior problems, and enhance cognitive
functioning.
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Students who receive social skills instruction do better academically and socially.
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There
is a strong connection between emotions and learning. Students who can
recognize and manage strong emotions are better learners.
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Students
who attend schools with a comprehensive guidance program do
significantly better on standardized tests than students who attend
schools without a comprehensive guidance program. The longer the
students are in schools with comprehensive guidance programs, the more
they outperform their peers on standardized tests.
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Prosocial
behaviors exhibited by students in the classroom were found to be
better predictors of academic achievement than were their standardized
test scores.