Primary duties of a school counselor in elementary school:
- Ensure students have access to resources necessary for academic & social development (same as all levels of education)
- Work with teachers & parents to make sure that developing challenged children have proper tools & guidance to effectively learn
- Ensure curriculum/programs address the developmental & educational needs of students
- Observing children during classroom & recess time with teachers to evaluate students individual strengths/special needs
- provide developmental parental guidance: understanding the importance of following rules, study skills, & doing well in school
LIST OF HELPFUL SITES/INFO:
Elementary School Counseling --- Marissa’s blog: [email protected]
For schools to help combat childhood obesity which can lead to diabetes and other health problems
For schools to help combat childhood obesity which can lead to diabetes and other health problems
Children’s books for classroom guidance (helpful to school counselors, teachers, and parents):
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” – Voight, Judith
“My Secret Bully” – author’s name not given “Pigsty, pigsty” – Teague, M. (1994) “The Sneetches: And Other Stories” – Suess, Dr. (1998) “Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg” – Ross, T. and Barron R. (1997) “How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up” – Romain, T. (1997) “Because Brian Hugged His Mother” – Rice, D and Thompson, K (1999) “Monster Manners” – Roberts, B. and Glass, A. (1996) “Yo! Yes?” – Raschka, C. (1993) “The Kissing Hand” – Penn, A. and Harper, R.E. (1993) “The Recess Queen” – O’Neill, A. and Huliska-Beith, L. (2000) “Enemy Pie” – Munson, D. and King T.C. (2000) |
“Now Everybody Really Hates Me” – Martin, J. (1993)
“Listen Buddy” – Lester, H. (1993) “Tacky the Penguin” – Lester, H. (2004) “Mistakes that Worked” – Jones, C. and O’Brien, J. (1991) “Horace and Morris, but Mostly Dolores” – Howe, J. and Walrod, A. (1991) “Hey Little Ant” – Hoose, P. (1998) “Wemberly Worried” – Henkes, K. (2000) “Chrysanthemum” – Henkes, K. (1991) “Mr. Happy” – Hargreaves, R. (1997) “Mean Soup” – Everitt, B. (1992) “Charlie the Caterpillar” – DeLuise, D. and Santoro, C. (1990) “I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting off a Little Self-Esteem” – Curtis, J.L. and Cornell, J. (2002) |