Outreach Concern Referral Process 2020-2021 COVID-19/Telehealth Procedures
THE OUTREACH CONCERN COUNSELING PROCESS Outreach Concern Inc. has contracted with your student’s school to provide counseling and support services to help children meet their potential. Counseling can provide a student support and direction with their academics, develop an understanding of the behavior they demonstrate and how it may impact themselves or others, help a student control their emotions, or improve social skills. Sometimes a child’s behavior can impact their ability to succeed both in and outside the classroom, here’s where counseling can help both the student and their parents focus on meeting whatever needs are identified to support their success.
Students may need to see the Outreach Concern counselor: •
If the student feels sad, confused, shy, angry or anxious.
•
When changes in the student’s environment affect their well-being.
•
When a student’s family circumstances change.
•
When influences distract or cause a student to feel anxiety, fear or concern.
•
When a student experiences a loss of a family member, friend or pet.
•
When home stressors affect school performance, behavior or social life.
•
When a student is consistently absent from school.
•
When a student struggles academically.
These are all reasons to consider making an appointment with the Outreach Concern school counselor. Partnering with parents and teachers, the school counselor’s goal like yours, is to support your child in identifying whatever problem or concern is keeping them from achieving success, enhancing their selfesteem, confidence and motivation.
How do students work with the Outreach Concern counselor? A student may be referred by a teacher, administrator, parent or be self-referred. Parents can contact the Outreach Concern Regional Field Supervisor regarding questions they have about our services and how we may be able to support their child. In addition, when necessary, counselors can also provide assistance with additional community resources to further support the needs identified.
How counseling works: •
•
•
ONE ON ONE COUNSELING: As we are all presently dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Outreach Concern counselors will be using a Telehealth process. Students and counselors meet independently (via phone) addressing whatever concern, academic, social, emotional, behavioral, they are experiencing difficulty with. When school resumes, counseling will take place at a child’s school. GROUP COUNSELING: Includes between three/five students led by the Outreach counselor, meeting for approximately 45 minutes when in school to focus on various challenges related to academic, social, emotional or learning issues and how to effectively cope with these challenges students are experiencing in school. CLASSROOM GUIDANCE: The Outreach Concern counselor provides classroom presentations on a variety of topics that may be specific to a grade level or age group. These may focus on social skills, homework, learning techniques, etc.
To make an appointment with the school counselor, please complete one of the following forms: Student Referral Teacher/Staff Referral Parent/Guardian Referral Padres/Guardianes de Referencia