Group Counseling Example to Create Safety

School Counselors aim to be efficient in meeting all students needs. An example that can be used for this is if a high school suffers from a tragedy. Tragedies effect people in different ways. Some people find it easy to express themselves while others don’t. If you started a group counseling session for the school, you will be able to get people to come for help who might be too embarrassed to ask for it. This will Be conducive for all youth and stakeholders. Making sure that the students are taken care of is a main priority for school counselors. “School counselors do not provide therapy or long-term counseling in schools to     address psychological disorders. However, school counselors are prepared to recognize and respond to student mental health               crises and needs”. (American School Counselor Association , n.d.) Crisis even though may be hard to deal with, will be one of the biggest things asked of a school counselor.

Group Counseling Examples for Academic Success

A good resource that can be used to provide students with academic success in a group setting would be academic achievement groups. Many high-schools have different programs they utilize to assist students in maintaining a high GPA, preparing for college and provide useful resources to further education. Groups like these are very helpful to students. The promote growth amongst students in their educational needs. It should also be noted that these types of groups can assist them in preparing for everyday real-world activities. There is an abundance of strategies that can be utilized to achieve the goal of heightening their educational needs. It will be best fit for a counselor to talk to students and survey what resources will be most helpful to them. Answers will vary, but you will get an understanding of what the consensus is that the students are seeking. This setting will help all members learn new ways of approaching the common goal of academic success.

Group Counseling Collaboration

The School counselor will be asked on many occasions to deal with the different stakeholders. A myriad of roles will be asked of the counselors. One of the biggest is to bridge the gap amongst students and stakeholders. “Group counseling is an integral part of a comprehensive school counseling program and should be included in comprehensive school counseling programs and supported by school administrators and school districts” (Holmes & Kozlowski, n.d.) An example that could be used for this would be a workshop created by the school counselor. One that both students, parents and teachers could join. This would make all necessary parties brought together. This is where topics such as time management and other helpful resources can be gone over in order to build a solid foundation for the student.

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Steen, Sam; Henfield, Malik S.; Booker, Beverly

Abstract:

This article was very well written. it took an in-depth look at Group Counseling in school setting. It takes a look at the Achieving Success Everyday (ASE) group counseling model. This model attempts to bring the students personal and social development along with schooling. This model can be implemented within the K-12 setting. this method seems more likely that it would be applicable to high school students. The ASE model helps students learn the following:

Improve academic self-concept (specifically as it relates to goals and goal setting)

Acquire skills for improving learning

Achieve school success

Relate school to life experience

Take responsibility for actions

All of these are vitals things which students need to be able to do, not only in personal lives, but school as well. Group Counseling is a very useful tool that can be conducive for all parties involved. 

References

Steen, S., Henfield, M. S., & Booker, B. (2014). The Achieving Success Everyday Group Counseling Model: Implications for Professional School Counselors. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 39(1), 29–46. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1080/01933922.2013.861886

https://www.school-counselor.org/topics/individual-counseling.html

Examples of how Individual Counseling Create Safety

 In the high school setting the individual counseling could ensure the safe environment by meeting with students one on one to provide strategies to help deal with hormonal changes and allowing the students to vent out their frustrations in a healthy way to prevent any build up of the anger resulting in violent acts.

Examples of how Individual Counseling Create Academic Success

As school counselor in the high school setting the role is to prepare the students for the adulthood and the by meeting individually with the students to design a  college preparatory plan for each student based on their strengths that are discovered in their individual sessions.

Examples of how Individual Counseling use Collaboration

In highschool each individual students comes from all different cultural backgrounds, it would be important to do a one on one session with ESL parents to help with transition from school to home. A personal news letter translated to different language will help connect the parents with what is going on with their child. By meeting with the student individually they would be able help them process the culture shock they  might be experiencing in the public school system verses what happens at home.

https://onlinecounselingprograms.com/resources/school-counselor-toolkit/collaborations/ 

Examples of how Collaboration Practices Create Safety

By collaboration with community leaders the school counselor could teach the students about the laws and rules of the community and show them how to implement them in the school settings. This will help students develop a respect for authorities and reduce the behavior issues that occur in this adolescence stage.

Examples of  how Collaboration Practices Create Academic Success
School counselors can use collaboration practices to bridge the gap between the parents and school. In high school students parents are not as involved as they were with the younger grades and to help change that the school counselor could host parent workshop to help the parents build better connection with their teenagers and influence their development. This is build confidence in the school system and parents will be more supportive to the students and inspire them to also care about their academics.

Examples of  how to use Collaboration Practices for other stakeholders

There are a plethora amount of stakeholders a school counselor could collaborate with to ensure the safety of the students in the high school setting. One example could be other school counselors they could combine their ideas together to develop the lessons plans need to be taught to the high school setting such as drug use prevention, bully prevention and mental health awareness.