Counseling at Park Hill Elementary

Park Hill Elementary

San Jacinto Unified School District

School Counseling Program

School counselors are important members of the San Jacinto Unified School District’s education team. School counselors help all students in the areas of supporting academic achievement, personal/social development, and career/college exploration.

As an elementary school counselor, I can help students with:

Working out friendship problems
Setting goals
Working well with others
Feeling good about yourself
Learning how to make decisions
Managing your feelings
Academic Success
College and Career Development

Many of the services I can provide include:

Classroom Lessons:

Meet the Counselor
Bully Prevention
Test Taking Strategies
College and Career Readiness Skills
Violence Prevention: Early Warning Signs
Whole Body Listening
Second Step

Small Group Counseling (grief, divorce, social skills and study skills)
Brief Solution-Focused Individual Counseling
Parent Consultations
Parent Workshops
Community Resource Referrals
Crisis Response Counseling

*Please note: school counselors are not therapist and do not provide “therapy”. Referrals for outside counseling services are available for children experiencing issues that may require therapy.

Tips for Parents

As a parent, you have a special interest in your child's education. As you become more involved, here are some basic tips that you may use at home:

Talk Often: Do you know how your child feels about her classroom, her teacher, and her classmates? If not, ask her. Talk with her about what she likes and doesn’t like at school. Give her a chance to express her anxieties, excitements, or disappointments about each day, and continue to support and encourage her by praising her achievements and efforts.

Show Interest: Don’t limit your support to your child; extend it to her teachers as well. Meet the teachers and stay in regular contact by phone or e-mail so that you can discuss any concerns as they arise. Not only will it pave the way for you to ask questions, but it will also make the teachers more comfortable with calling you if they have concerns about your child.

Expect Success: Perhaps the most important way you can support your child’s efforts at school is to expect him to succeed. That doesn’t mean that you demand he be the best student or the best athlete or the best artist. Rather, let him know that you expect him to do “his best” so that he’ll be proud of what he can accomplish.

If you make that expectation clear and provide a home environment that promotes learning, then your child will have a greater chance of becoming the best student he can be.

Helping Students Succeed

San Jacinto Unified School District Resources: http://www.sanjacinto.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jspuREC_ID=330910&type=d&pREC_ID=739035

Academic

HealthyChildren.org https://www.healthychildren.org/English/agesstages/gradeschool/school/Pages/Ten-Tips-for-Your-Childs-Success-in-School.aspx

Social/Emotional Development

PBS Parents

http://www.pbs.org/parents/

Sesame Street

http://www.sesamestreet.org/

Child Development Resources https://www.childdevelopmentresources.org/TextPages/parent_resources.aspx

Career Development

Careers in STEM--NASA