COUNSELING - KINDERGARTEN

COUNSELING - KINDERGARTEN

Counseling

Through collaborative efforts with educators, parents and other resource persons, the school counseling programs work to empower each of our students to become creative problem solvers, compassionate and involved citizens and life-long learners who can effectively meet the challenges of a changing global community. To this end, counselors offer individual, group and peer-directed counseling experiences and programs which are unique to counseling and are essential in the total educational experience of the child.

Kindergarten

Students need counseling programs and services which will help them: (1) relate to and solve problems with peers, school personnel and parents, (2) understand and clarify their feelings and deal with these in socially appropriate ways, (3) plan and pursue their education and career futures, and (4) maximize their education.

Personal and Social Development

(1) Students will be aware of, understand and respect personal characteristics, physical and intellectual development and the development of personality. (2) Students will understand, respect and care for others in order to develop and maintain effective relationships with peers and adults. (3) Students will develop and maintain listening and expression skills to relate effectively with others. (4) Students will develop group interaction and leadership skills. (5) Students will make appropriate decisions about drugs/alcohol. (6) Students will make appropriate decisions about personal safety.

Self: Acceptance and Respect

§  The learner will be able to recognize his/her physical, intellectual and emotional characteristics.

Others: Effective Relationships

§  The learner will be able to recognize the physical, intellectual, and emotional characteristics of others.

Communication: Effective

§  The learner will be able to recognize that all of us need to listen to and speak with a variety of people.

Leadership Skills: Cooperation

§  The learner will be able to interact with others in ways that demonstrate cooperative behavior.

Drugs/Alcohol: Kinds/Helpful/Harmful

§  The learner will be able to understand that there are many kinds of drugs; and that some are helpful to our bodies, and some are harmful.

Personal Safety: Touch

§  The learner will be able to know the difference between appropriate touch and inappropriate touch.

Career and Life Planning

(1) Students will use a systematic decision-making process. (2) Students will use an effective problem-solving process. (3) Students will use learned goal-setting and planning skills to establish a tentative career goal based on interests, capabilities, and values. (4) Students will relate career choices to the demands of the world of work. (5) Students will prepare to find and maintain employment

Decision-Making: Difficult Decisions

§  The learner will be able to recognize decisions that are sometimes difficult to make.

Solve Problems: Recognize Feelings

§  The learner will be able to recognize situations that produce happy or unhappy/angry feelings and how to deal with them.

Goal Setting: Activities/Interests

§  The learner will be able to describe activities and interests he/she enjoys.

Work: Definition

§  The learner will be able to define "work" and recognize work situations/opportunities in the home, school and community.

Educational Development

(1) Students will take responsibility for learning in school. (2) Students will take responsibility for planning to use future educational opportunities, with emphasis on planning for taking the next educational step successfully. (3) Students will take responsibility for behaviors in the school environment. (4) Students will learn test-taking skills.

School/Learning: Making Mistakes

§  The learner will be able to understand that making a mistake is a normal part of learning.

Educational Opportunities: Look Forward

§  The learner will be able to describe what school will be like and what to look forward to in the next grade.

Personal Responsibility: Respect

§  The learner will be able to show responsibility and respect for property of self, others and the school.

Test-Taking: Remember Information

§  The learner will be able to describe how to remember important information.

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Pocatello/Chubbuck School District
Pocatello/Chubbuck S.D. #25 (07-08-2004)
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