Web site to Counseling and Guidance at HJB
Web site to Counseling and Guidance at HJB
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Counseling
It's
more than just Talk! 
Guidance
The Counseling and Guidance Program at HJB began
in October of 1997. The counselor is Judith Gallinger a graduate
of the University of Virginia with a Masters of Education in Special Education
and of George Mason with a Masters of Counseling and Development.
She has experience as a teacher, program coordinator, and counseling in
various schools in Virginia and Connecticut. She is married, has
a daughter, and shares five stepchildren from her husband's first marriage.
Mission:
The program is designed to meet the developmental
needs of each child's social, emotional, academic growth. It is in
equal partnership with the school's educational mission.
The program offers opportunities for students to increase independence
by practicing social and problem solving skills. Character education
and career exploration are two more ways the program provides opportunities
for students to grow. Children who experience themselves as capable and
competent are usually successful in academic work.
Counseling:
Counseling offers individual students and students
in small group settings to explore and solve problems that get in the way
of academic success. Students can refer themselves to counseling
or may be referred by a parent, teacher, nurse, or administrator.
Written parental permission is required for a child to be counseled in
a small group.
Signals that a child may benefit from counseling
include:
Guidance:
Classroom guidance lessons are planned for each
grade level and are developmentally appropriate to the growing child.
Role-playing and game formats help the students experience the social,
emotional, and problem solving skills taught in the lessons. Themes
of the lessons vary from grade to grade but all include character education
and problem solving skills.
Some themes are:
Coordination:
The counselor coordinates services with other mental
health care provides in the community and is instrumental in making referrals
to other community agencies. The counselor also establishes and coordinates
the school's peer medication program. A small number of students
are trained by the counselor to help other students solve small problems
among peers.
