9-30-10+meeting+notes

9/30/10 Counselor Meeting at Summit - Jean is going to set up a Wiki for the counselors - Rolling survey out to staff and students…How’s it going? o Jill got teacher survey out and it went “fine” - COCA Council and Child Abuse o 1st,3rd grade – child abuse,5th grade- bullying. o Call and set up presentation. (Jan or Feb?) o Outside speakers, but encourage teachers to cover this curriculum in the classroom. - 9-11:30 November 2nd meet with Betsey Ryan. Plan on spending whole day together as counselors - Getting the results from the needs assessment - As counselors, collaborate to create a list of resources for the counselor pages. o Beef up the counselor page - Make up calendar according to the results from our Needs Assessment… let it be for now o Joanie- we already created one. One presented for the board. - Letter for permission for small groups. o What’s the ethical stance on it? Who do we talk to for that information and clarification? o Permission verse participation o Jill sends home a participation with just YES. Does not give a NO option. If she doesn’t get the permission back, the student is not part of the group. Joanie and Wanda are the same. Barb states a YES and a NO option. o How do the teachers deal with Tier II interventions? DO they send home a permission slip or notification?? ** From ASCA Code of Ethics ** ** A.6. Group Work ** The professional school counselor: Joanie announces groups in individual rooms for students to hear what she offers. (per grade) What is best practice?? Jean puts the group name, age, and brief description in Paw Print (to get parent referral) *** Follow up on what does our notification slip/letter look like to in order to make it universal??
 * 1)   Screens prospective group members and maintains an awareness of participants’ needs and goals in relation to the goals of the group. The counselor takes reasonable precautions to protect members from physical and psychological harm resulting from interaction within the group.
 * 2)  Notifies parents/guardians and staff of group participation if the counselor deems it appropriate and if consistent with school board policy or practice.
 * 3)   Establishes clear expectations in the group setting and clearly states that confidentiality in group counseling cannot be guaranteed. Given the developmental and chronological ages of minors in schools, the counselor recognizes the tenuous nature of confidentiality for minors renders some topics inappropriate for group work in a school setting.
 * 4)   Follows up with group members and documents proceedings as appropriate.