How School Counselors Can Help

School counselors are certified and hold at least a Master's degree. They provide a myriad of services to students. These services are related to academic, vocational, or personal issues, and may include:

Counseling students individually or in groups
Consulting with teachers, parents, and administrators
Moderating parent-teacher conferences
Helping teachers with classroom concerns
Providing crisis intervention
Assisting in the development of positive self-concept
Helping students to learn to make good decisions
Connecting parents and students with school and community resources
Developing career awareness
Facilitating transitions between elementary/middle/high school levels
Communicating with parents about program opportunities for their children
Identifying academic remediation or acceleration needs
Assisting with parenting issues
Setting up homebound instruction
Coordinating school-wide testing programs
Interpreting standardized testing results
Referring students for special education evaluations
Recognizing students for academic accomplishment

Secondary counselors are also involved with course selection, scheduling concerns, applications to the Bucks County Technical High School, as well as applications to private schools and colleges.

School counselors are usually the best first contact to resolve a problem or concern.