Series 6000: Instruction

6164.2 Guidance Services

Guidance services are designed to coordinate and manage academic and social/emotional  services and interventions for each secondary age student. Guidance counselors assist all middle  and high school students in working toward achieving their maximum personal and educational  development by providing: individual and group counseling, college and career counseling,  interpretation of standardized testing results, the development and monitoring of students'  academic program, consultation with students, parents, faculty, administration, and members of  the community, group guidance programs, and the development and implementation of student  and parent information programs. As members of an interdisciplinary team, counselors  participate on the Student Assistance Team and in IEP meetings. The role of a counselor is to be  a student advocate. 

Program goals for student learning focus on academic development, personal/social development  and career development. Student academic development goals are to acquire the attitudes,  knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the lifespan, to  complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide variety of  substantial post-secondary options, including college, and to understand the relationship of  academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community. Goals for  personal/social development will include the acquisition of attitudes, knowledge and  interpersonal skills to help students understand and respect self and others, the ability to make  decisions, set goals and to take appropriate actions to achieve goals, and to understand safety and  survival skills. Career development goals include the acquisition of to make informed career  decisions, to employ strategies to achieve future success and satisfaction, and to understand the  relationship between personal qualities, education and training, and the world of work. 

Those students found eligible for special education will have an IEP developed to address the  areas of deficit. Service delivery may include individual and/or group counseling. Service may  also include consultation with families and teachers. Progress on goals and objectives will be  evaluated and reported to parents each marking period. 

Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes 

10-76a(9) "Related Services" 

Individual with Disabilities Education Act 20 U.S.C. § 1400-1487   IDEA Regulations §300.24 (b)(2) Counseling services 

Section 504 Regulations Sec 104.37(b) Counseling Services 

Policy adopted: November 19, 2007 THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS  Thomaston, Connecticut