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Ashley
This comprehensive school counseling program will promote equitable academic support, opportunity to increase achievement, and promote a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students.

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Ashley
A school counselor needs to understand the ASCA Code of Ethics when disclosing information to school professionals. The school counselors must keep all information confidential unless a student reveals he or she plans to harm themselves or someone else (American School Counselor Association, 2016). If it was needed for confidentiality to be broken, it would be important for the school counselor to inform the proper school officials to keep everyone safe.

Reference: American School Counselor Association (ASCA). 2016 Ethical Standards. Retrieved from https://www.schoolcounselor.org/asca/media/asca/Ethics/EthicalStandards2016.pdf

It would be extremely important to collaborate with school professionals about student success because it is important to talk with teachers about resources their students need in order for them to succeed. Teachers are the ones who see the most of their students so collaborating with them would be an immense help.

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Description: Teachers worked together to make a difference and educate students on their community.

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Place-Based Learning: Connecting Kids to Their Community

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 Counselor collaboration  to address school safety and student success.

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 Counselor collaboration  to address school safety and student success.

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_ Collaborative efforts for student success may begin at the local school site as school counselors work with teachers, administrators, and other health care professionals ( ASCA,2012).

_Partnerships with business and industry for school-to-work transition programs development.
_Teacher Collaboration

Example: Video Addressing site teams and partnerships focusing on student success and collaborating with school counselors to better serve the students. Throughout the video students spoke concerning their experience with teachers as well as counselors. The feedback was definitely effective collaboration.

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Hillyard Youth Collaborative creates student success

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*Examples of how group counseling can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically.

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*Examples of how group counseling can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically.

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_Effective collaboration such as parents, community, student and administrators.
_  Counselor as well as other advocates come together to establish a  goal as well as strategies to assist students in achieving academically.
_Check in assignments: Counselors will monitor how a student is currently feeling.
_ Discussion on study skills and strategies to help students overcome possible emotions, thoughts or fear.

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Ashley
School counselors design plans and activities to help students plan their goals and future.
Examples:
1. School counselors and middle school students create goal sheets in relation to how they can keep themselves and their peers safe in relation to bullying.
2. Go over safety plans with individual students who have dangerous home situations and make sure they understand what to do in a dangerous situation.
How individual student planning can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically in a middle school:
- Career exploration for every middle school student so they can create future goals for themselves and prepare for what academic choices they need to make in the future.
- School counselors can work with students who have a hard time focusing, and help develop coping skills specific to them and their middle school to help them focus on their academics.
-  The school counselor can make sure every student has resources they need to ensure they have an equitable chance to succeed in their school both academically, socially, and emotionally.

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Ceara
Consultation Practices are school based  collaborations  which is a common duty to school counselors job  as well as a problem-solving process that can be initiated and terminated by either the consultant or consultee.
Example 1:
1.When consultation is performed, counselors generally create written   reports for records.
Example 2: Skills required during Consultation consist of: collaboration, provision,  advocacy, planning and follow up. Counselor will demonstrate each skill listed above.
Example 3:  A middle school student comes in the counselors office for a scheduled consultation appointment . The counselor will implement active listening skills and gain a understanding of what issues are being presented.
* Examples of how consultation practices can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically.
_Empower students involved by assisting in the areas of personal/social, academic/and or career development.
_ Counselors meet with the students to work toward and achieve a resolution.
_ Counselors collaborate with supportive stakeholders.

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Collaborative Practices involves being "in-sync" with clients/students.

Examples:
1. School counselor and the student/client build a rapport to get through the clients core problems.
2. The school counselor having an understanding of what specifically the client is going through.

How collaboration practices can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically in a middle school:

The school counselor can elaborate on informed consent for every middle school student so they can feel as though their voice matters just as much as their parents, teachers, and other stakeholders; especially when their is something being said to a high degree which would have to break confidentiality.

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Ashley
School counselors have a curriculum that have lessens to help students achieve competencies that the curriculum lays out for each grade/age level. Collaboration between the school counselor, administrator, teachers, parents, and other outside community organizations are used to make sure the curriculum reaches all students.
Examples:
1. Lesson plans presented to the classes by the school counselor to help them understand specific competencies set by the curriculum, such as bullying.
2. The school counselor could collaborate with teachers to perform activities to help children learn how to interact with one another properly, such as on in the lunch room, since middle school lunch rooms can be full of difficulties.
3. A school counselor can hold lunch groups in a middle school for students who are having a tough time making friends in their new school.
How core curriculum lessons can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically in a middle school:
-A lesson/ presentation can be given to teachers at the beginning of the year addressing tools to help children focus more and incorporate fidget toys, wiggle seats, and yoga balls etc.
- A school counselor can give a lesson to students in a classrooms in a middle school discussing good study habits. This will especially be beneficial for sixth grade students since this is their first year in middle school.
- A school counselor can give a classroom lesson on test taking strategies. This would be beneficial to middle school students because these students will take more tests this year and some may take, MAP tests, PARCC tests, or high school entrance exams.

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Ceara
Group counseling is a form of counseling whereas a small group of individuals meet regularly to interact, discuss, and  explore all similar concerns with the presence of a counselor/therapist.
Example 1 :
_ Group counseling , Stages : Forming, Storming, norming, performing, and adjourning (Tuckman & Jensen, 2002).
Example 2: Video
Summary: In the video the counselor is demonstrating communication, collaboration, advocacy as well as provision. As a counselor she is allowing the middle school aged students to communicate, share interests/concerns as well as identify similarities they each have in common.

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Group Counseling with Children: A Multicultural Approach Video

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JaMara
Individual counseling is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

Examples:
1. A student comes into the school counselor office and talks about his or her school difficulties, anxiety, or depression.
2. When a student/client receive support and experience growth during challenging times in life.

How individual student planning can be utilized to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to succeed academically in a middle school:

In individual counseling the student will have ample opportunity to come into the office and lay out a academic success plan/chart. This will ensure the student is on track and the office is opened to every student so everyone has equal opportunity for success.

School counselors may plan for the individual student to explore their challenges and work toward desired change.

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JaMara
A school counselor may collaborate appropriately with parents by understanding the complexity of informed consent and confidentiality.

This could be applied by utilizing these steps:

How much information should be shared?

Under what circumstances may that information be shared?

To whom should the information be given?

Reference: Hatt, C. (2016). Confidentiality within collaboration: ethical issues for school psychologists. Retrieved from www.doe.virginia.gov/support/.../mental.../confidentiality-within-collaboration.pptx