Baldwin Elementary School Counseling Program

 

Counseling Vision Statement:

The Baldwin Elementary School counseling program envisions a future of excellence where all students realize their academic, career, and life potential.

  

Counseling Mission Statement:

The mission of Baldwin Elementary’s school counseling program is to establish a culture of collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure every student is prepared for college, career, and life.

  

What does a school counselor do?

We work alongside teachers and parents to help students develop ​socially, emotionally, academically and in their career awareness, in order to help remove any barriers they have to learning.

 

Services we provide at Baldwin:

• Classroom lessons (e.g., social skills, study skills, conflict resolution, etc.)​
• Small group counseling​
• Short-term individual counseling​
• Consultation with parents and teachers​
• Community resource referrals (including longer term therapy services)​
• School-wide programming (e.g., Red Ribbon Week, Career Day, etc.)

How we support families:

• Helping to handle social or emotional concerns you have about your child​
• Improving parent-child communication​
• Family difficulties or concerns that affect your child at school​
• Referrals to community resources​
• Understanding the developmental changes of childhood ​
• School attendance ​
• Discussing concerns about your child’s academic achievement

What types of things do we talk about with students?​

• Making and keeping friends​
• Setting goals
• Teamwork​
• Feeling good about yourself ​
• Making good choices​
• Being responsible​
• Managing strong feelings​
• Conflict resolution​