Counseling

What Does a School Counselor Do?

The LES School Counselor helps ALL children by teaching classroom guidance lessons that deal with many topics including:

• the understanding of self and others

• communication skills

• decision making skills

• stress management

• drug and alcohol prevention

• anger management

Wendy Ehlert works with children individually and in the classroom setting. She organizes and supervises the Big Buddy and the community peer mentor programs. She is a member of the school crisis team and the school wellness committee. She also supports teachers and families through her work with students.

Reasons to see a School Counselor

There are a number of reasons students may feel the need to have an individual meeting with a school counselor. Some reasons might include:

• school issues

• friendship problems

• social skills

• coping with a death

• coping with parents separation/divorce

Referral to the School Counselor

Students can be referred to the school counselor through a number of ways, including:

• self referral

• parent referral

• teacher referral

• educational support team (EST) referral