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The purpose of school counseling is to build skills for academic, career and personal/social development. School counseling in Chesterfield County Public Schools is a planned, sequential program of services that is comprehensive in scope and developmental in nature.
Academic counseling helps students and parents learn about curriculum choices, plan an appropriate program of studies, arrange and interpret academic testing and seek postsecondary academic opportunities.
Personal or social counseling helps students develop an understanding of themselves and the rights and needs of others, resolve conflict and define individual goals that reflect their interests, abilities and aptitudes. Such counseling may be provided in groups in which generic issues of social development are addressed or through structured individual or small group counseling sessions that focus on specific student concerns.
School counseling services are offered through the following systems:
Classroom guidance lessons
The following classroom guidance topics are offered:
Small group counseling
The following small group topics are offered as staffing and demand dictate:
Individual counseling
Students may refer themselves to the School Counselor, or they can be referred by a parent, teacher, or administrator. During individual counseling sessions, confidentiality is maintained with the exception of instances of imminent harm or danger to a student.
*All classroom guidance and small group resources can be made available to parents.