Life Skill Counseling
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At Fairview Elementary, Our School Counseling Program will provide a safe learning environment for each student in areas of academic, career, and social/emotional development by using the American School Counseling Association National School Counseling Standards and The Tennessee School Counseling Model in partnership with the community to prepare all students to become independent lifelong learners and responsible, caring citizens. Below, you can find more information about how we see students and the content we cover for the school year.
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Stop and Think
Ms. Chambers is encouraging her students to stop and think, and the district is encouraging others to embrace the concept as well.
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Individual
Individual counseling is available for students in helping with their personal, social, and academic needs. Students can be self-referred, or teachers or parents can refer them.
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Small Groups
School counselors will meet with four to six peers in their grade level when we see a need. Groups meet once a week for the semester.
During small group get-togethers, students will focus on Building Resilience. Building Resilience is the ability to bounce back from difficulties or successfully handle challenges. This group will focus on eight main areas: Having a positive outlook, understanding and communicating feelings, being healthy, having and maintaining friends, feeling competent, handling stress, solving problems, and setting goals.
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Classroom Guidance
We provide guidance lessons to each class twice a month, based on the Tennessee School Counseling Standards. Each month, we focus on a different habit to make the students successful.
This year, we will be exploring the 7 Habits of a Happy Kid. Each month we will focus on a different habit.
-September Habit 1: Be Proactive
-October Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
-November Habit 3: Put First Things First
-December Habit 4: Think Win-Win
-January Habit 5: Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood
-February Habit 6: Synergy
-March Habit 7: Sharpen your Saw
-April: We focus on transitioning to the next grade level.
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Fairview Elementary School's Programs and Strategies
Our school counselor and staff will utilize and teach the 7 Habits of Happy Kids (grades K-2) and 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (grades 3-5) school wide to establish leadership qualities in all students:For K-2:- Understand the difference between telling and tattling.
- How to make friends: What I want in a friend, what to do when a friend is not being friendly, friends get help for friends, and friends and caring acts of kindness.
For 3-5:- Teach the concept of bullying, rules for bully proofing the classroom, practicing strategies for victims, teaching strategies for helpers.
- Practicing strategies for helpers, and teaching strategies for the victim.
For stakeholders:- Remind students and teachers of the reporting process to the school counselor.
- Remind parents of the process to contact school counselor for bullying concerns.
- Maintain open communication with administrators.
