Counselor's Corner
SCHOOL COUNSELING SNAPSHOT
Tier 1:All Students
Goal: Ensure ALL students develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that will lead to behaviors that support academic achievement and social-emotional well-being.
- Grade level guidance lessons
- School-wide assemblies/activities
- Parent education workshops
- Staff professional development workshops
Tier 2 & 3: Some Students
Goal: Identify data-driven systematic interventions for students experiencing barriers to academic success and emotional well-being.
Goal: Identify data-driven systematic interventions for students experiencing barriers to academic success and emotional well-being.
Targeted Interventions:
- Small group counseling
- Short-term individual counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- Community referrals
- Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Conflict mediation
CUSD COUNSELING PROGRAM VISION & MISSION
Vision: The School Counseling Program strives to provide opportunities so that every student will acquire the social-emotional, academic, and career skills to reach their fullest educational potential and successfully manage their lives as healthy, responsible, competent and productive citizens who respect themselves and others.
Mission: The mission of Capistrano Unified School District School Counselors is to provide a comprehensive counseling program that supports the whole child. School Counselors will focus on the needs, interests, and issues related to social-emotional, academic, and college/career development of all students through a multi-tiered system of support. School Counselors will advocate, collaborate and facilitate actions that promote a positive school climate, provide an opportunity for all students to access their education and achieve personal and academic success to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.