Comprehensive Counseling Services
The LRMS school counseling program helps to remove barriers to academic achievement through data driven, comprehensive programming to help the growth and development of all our students. Our school counselors build strong relationships with students through classroom core curriculum lessons, small group counseling, and individual counseling sessions to help students develop life skills, achieve academic success, and learn about post-secondary/career options. We address the students needs as a whole by focusing on academic, social/personal, and career development.
Core Curriculum
- Lessons are based on counselor core comeptencies and the needs assessement given to both students and staff
- Minimum of 2 core curriculum lessons per semester. Covers academic, career, and personal/social domains to help facilitate development of the whole child
- 2 lessons are delivered school-wide:
- GCIS Jr. (Georgia Career Information System)
- Teen Lures
Small groups
- 8-10 students per small group
- Small groups last for 6-10 weeks
- Students are chosen based off of needs assesment, parent referral, teacher referral, or self referral
- Topics covered are under the career, academic, or social/personal domains
Individual counseling
- Brief and goal oriented individual counseling- not long term therapy
- Help assist families and students in need of resources
- Respond to students mental health needs
- Facilitate peer mediations when appropriate
- Address interpersonal skills
- Provide crisis response when necessary
- Address referrals- self, parent, or teacher referral