http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with Do you want the counselor to help your child with her academic/study skills, college/career planning, or social skills? Other areas? GreatSchools en-us sfarkas Academic/study skills. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=1#comment_187173 5100.187173 Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:49 -0700 MadCityScout Counselors should encourage students, but if a D student is talking about being a doctor, the counselor also needs to discuss that challenge. I work with elementary kids and 80% ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=1#comment_185861 5100.185861 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:27:34 -0700 ShenaL I want the counselor to ENCOURAGE my child. Tell the children THEY CAN DO IT. Do not EVER tell the child they are not right for what they show an ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=1#comment_185056 5100.185056 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:43 -0700 Anonymous Academics and College/Career planning... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=1#comment_177468 5100.177468 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:55:22 -0700 Rwbeaux Academic/ Study skills will definitely provide a strong base to enable the other areas mentioned, so I feel this needs to addressed as a priority with future planning (college/career) being ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=1#comment_176009 5100.176009 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:04:36 -0700 MadCityScout The national school counseling model endorsed by the American School Counseling Association, and being adopted by many states supports your thoughts. The model has students, with their parents, tracking their ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=2#comment_174595 5100.174595 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:30:55 -0700 darush1963 I truly believe school counselor's need to put more emphasis in college/career planning. As parents we help our children (or at least should) develop social skills, and if a parent ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=2#comment_174567 5100.174567 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:33:30 -0700 pax2u2 Good Afternoon, MadCityScout: Well, thank you for the apology. I suspect my receiver was bent but whatever the source of the miscommunication your apology is gracious and thoughtful. Thank you. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=2#comment_168534 5100.168534 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:42:49 -0700 MadCityScout I'm sorry if I made it sound as if you didn't know what you were talking about, that was not my intent.I agree that ADD seems to often be a ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=2#comment_168167 5100.168167 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:45:43 -0700 pax2u2 Well hello, WildCityScout: Wisconsin has a different plan. In Washington the school counselor did the testing; in California you can be trained only to do the test. At any rate, ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=2#comment_168149 5100.168149 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:07:11 -0700 MadCityScout The school counselor did the IQ testing? In the state I work, Wisconsin, it's not the school counselor who does any of that kind of testing, but the school psychologist. ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=3#comment_167389 5100.167389 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:20:59 -0700 pax2u2 Dear Sue: You are very kind; I appreciate your empathy. The year before I withdrew our guy he had a wonderful special education teacher, kind and dedicated. She was accompanied ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=3#comment_167102 5100.167102 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:03:59 -0700 SunnySue Oh, does that pain me to hear that! It breaks my heart for you and your children. I have worked in a special needs classroom with 4-8 yr. olds and ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=3#comment_166941 5100.166941 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:13:43 -0700 pax2u2 I would like the school counselors to leave us alone. In fact, I wanted that so much that we withdrew the children and are now homeschooling. In one school year ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=3#comment_166875 5100.166875 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:11:16 -0700 SunnySue Being new I don't want to ruffle any feathers and have it reflect on my children. We will give it some time and see if it doesn't improve. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=3#comment_166604 5100.166604 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:54:18 -0700 MadCityScout "My family has just moved to a new city and one of the counselors was rude to me and my child."I am very sorry to hear this. This could be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=4#comment_166457 5100.166457 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:10:24 -0700 SunnySue I would like to see counselors help with each of these issues but I also know that if they are in a large school, they may not have much time ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=4#comment_166112 5100.166112 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:32:47 -0700 Anonymous I would like the counselor to work with giving children specific skills for handling bullying and negative peer pressure. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=4#comment_165985 5100.165985 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:00:34 -0700 MadCityScout An answer to the question, "Do you want the counselor to help your child with her academic/study skills, college/career planning, or social skills? Other areas?"A school counselor should help with ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=4#comment_163433 5100.163433 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:04:49 -0700 MadCityScout I am an elementary school counselor. Perhaps I can shed some light on these issues. I deal with virtually all of the topics previously mentioned. Teaching about social skills is ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=4#comment_163285 5100.163285 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:33:30 -0700 MSMomm It depends on the age of the child, but most certainly, counselors should help with all of the above. In my opinion, social skills are the most important, as these ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=5#comment_163211 5100.163211 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:49:19 -0700 Anonymous A school counselor should be able to talk beyond studies which build a student into better citizen tomorrow. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=5#comment_159997 5100.159997 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:35:48 -0700 sashimroman I don't want to debate this social skill in elementary but if I believed that I would sign my child up for after school sports, theatrical plays. Look why kids ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=5#comment_158419 5100.158419 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:02:40 -0700 Anonymous Could you expand on what you meant by standardized tests and bench mark are preventing children from being children. I am not seeing this in our community. Our teachers are ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=5#comment_158252 5100.158252 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:40:11 -0700 maksgk Social Skills are the most important in the elementary grades. Learning about the silent cues and flighty friendships. To follow the character counts pillars helps the young ones respect and ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=5#comment_158246 5100.158246 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:21:28 -0700 Anonymous to care about the minority, as much as he care about his own kind. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=6#comment_158240 5100.158240 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:48:13 -0700 Anonymous I would like to see more counselors actually "counseling" vs. organizing standardized tests, etc... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=6#comment_158094 5100.158094 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:01:55 -0700 sashimroman Depending on the age bracket - Elementary and Middle School - Academic/study skills. Middle School - High School - College/career planning.In my experience the Elementary counselor should already be planting ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=6#comment_157144 5100.157144 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:39:50 -0700 healthy11 It depends on the age of the child. My son is now in High School, and the counselor tried to meet with all the Freshmen individually after a few weeks ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/146959/What-do-you-most-want-your-childs-school-counselor-to-help-with?cpage=6#comment_146976 5100.146976 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:16:21 -0800