Student Wellness

Unique Role

Support all students to be successful with a focus on academic achievement, career development, and behavior/personal development. School counselors provide a broad reach across all students.

Training

Master’s degree in School Counseling AND Must pass the state- designated School Counselor assessment AND Certified by the Department of Education

Menu of Services/Supports, but Not Limited to:

• Appraisal and Advisement
• Cumulative Records
• Crisis Intervention/Risk Assessment Data Analysis
• Individual Student Planning
• Learning Supports
• Orientation and Transitional Services
• Standards-Based Instruction
• Student Advocacy

Tier Involvement

• Tier 1
• Tier 2
• Tier 3

Academic Support

Provide classroom lessons, small group counseling, and individual planning to remove a variety of barriers to learning through direct support to help all students develop skills and behaviors critical to academic success. Collaborate, consult and provide data for teachers, families, and administration to support classroom success.

Career Support

Provide career awareness, exploration, and preparation opportunities to assist all students through the K-12 career planning process. Utilize classroom lessons, small group counseling, and individual planning to assist students to form postsecondary and career goals, build a plan to meet goals, foster skill-building, and assess student abilities and interests.

Behavioral Health/Emotional Support

Utilize a broad focus impacting all students. Provide solution-focused, short-term counseling through helping students develop skills and behaviors needed for personal-emotional wellness through classroom lessons, small group counseling, and individual planning. Provide short-term counseling and crisis intervention. Refer students to specialized professionals for intensive needs and long-term counseling.

Unique Role

Provide a focused reach for identified students specifically in areas of motivation, specific learning strategies, childhood intellectual disabilities, psychological, socio-behavioral, and skill-based assessments, and evaluation.

Training

Education Specialist degree in School Psychology AND Certified by the Department of Education

Menu of Services/Supports, but Not Limited to:

• Behavior Assessment & Intervention
• Behavior Data Analysis Evaluation (intelligence, achievement, adaptive, cognitive processing)
• Consultation
• Screening
• Small Group/Individual Support
• Threat Assessments

Tier Involvement

• Tier 2
• Tier 3

Academic Support

Provide small group and individual planning to remove a variety of barriers to learning through direct support to help identified students develop skills and behaviors critical to academic success. Collaborate, consult, and provide data for teachers, families, and administration to support classroom success.

Career Support

Provide career development to identified students. Assess student abilities and social skills to assist in future career planning for specialized career and postsecondary services (i.e., vocational rehabilitation, specialized college supports).

Behavioral Health/Emotional Support

Specialized professional to conduct risk and threat assessments and crisis intervention in individual and small group settings. Receive referrals from other professionals to assist students in need of emotional wellness support. May also refer students to receive further specialized support.

Unique Role

Provide a focused reach with identified students specifically in areas of emotional wellness, and are uniquely trained to integrate the school, community, and family context into interventions and resource referrals.

Training

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW)
• Licensed by the Board of Social Work Examiners

Menu of Services/Supports, but Not Limited to:

• Behavior Intervention Consultation Emotional Wellness and Behavioral Assessments
• Family Therapy
• Home-School-Community Liaison
• Home Visits and Truancy Intervention
• Individual Therapy
• Professional Case Management

Tier Involvement

• Tier 2
• Tier 3

Academic Support

Provide schoolwide, small group and individual support to identified students to reduce barriers to learning using interventions to improve overall student functioning, collaborate, consult, and provide data for teachers, families, and administration to support classroom success

Career Support

Provide schoolwide, small group, and individual social-emotional learning focused on skill-building to foster resiliency and job preparedness. Provide students and parents with community linkages and resources to support successful school and work transitions.

Behavioral Health/Emotional Support

Specialized professional to provide schoolwide, small group and individual emotional wellness & behavioral interventions. Conduct risk and threat assessment & provide a continuum of crisis management supports. Maximize school-based and community resources to meet student needs. May also refer students to receive further specialized support.

Unique Role

Provide a focused reach for identified students needing additional emotional wellness and behavioral supports based on clinical assessments and identified mental health disorders.

Training

Clinical Mental Health Counselors:

• Master’s or doctorate degree in counseling
• Licensed by the Board of Examiners for Counselors & Marriage and Family Therapists

Clinical Mental Health Social Workers:

• Master’s or doctorate degree in social work
• Licensed by the Board of Social Work Examiners

Clinicians from community mental health centers meet training and supervision requirements established by the Department of Mental Health.

Menu of Services/Supports, but Not Limited to:

• Care Coordination
• Family Therapy
• Individual Therapy
• Medication Management
• Telehealth
• Year-Round Services
• 24/7 Mobile Crisis

Tier Involvement

Tier 3

Academic Support

Provide individual student support to interact and intervene with students experiencing crises, therefore leading to improved academic outcomes. Collaborate and consult with school counselors and families to support classroom success through building awareness of emotional wellness.

Career Support

Provide support to identified students to be physically and mentally healthy, so they can leave their primary and secondary education ready to address further education and career goals.

Behavioral Health/Emotional Support

Specialized professional to provide short-term and long-term individual and small-group counseling. Typically, students are referred by other professionals for social-emotional and behavioral support, such as interventions for students on an IEP. Trained to address deep-seeded issues such as co-occurring disorders, trauma or chronic distress, life changing transitions, or other significant impairments to daily functioning. May refer students to receive further emotion wellness or medical support.