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LHS Counseling Department Needs Assessment - FacultyRating Scale - I feel students need help with...

School Counseling Curriculum Individual Planning Response Services System Support0

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LHS Counseling Department Needs Assessment - FacultyRating importance of program components

Conflict managementGoal setting

Career explorationDecision making skillsCommunication skills Anger management

Job-seeking and job-keeping skillsStudy skillsSocial skills

College application processListening skills

Peer relations-BullyingHealthy dating

Test-taking skillsPeer pressure

Respecting diversityStress management

Substance abuseSchool adjustment/transition

ESOL student adjustmentInternet safety

Financial aidScholarships

Personal safetySelf-esteem

Sexual Identity IssuesPhysical/sexual abuse or neglect

Learning stylesOther - Respecting TeachersNon-Verbal communication

Coping with grief or lossOther - Respecting Others

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LHS Counseling Department Needs Assessment - FacultyRanking the issues of greatest student need

What do you feel are the most critical issues keeping Lebanon High School students from being successful?

Family Factors•Lack of structure at home•School is not a priority at home•Lack of parental involvement•Lack of parental direction•Dysfunctional Families•Low expectations•Lack of role role-models•Effect of poverty

Student Factors - Habits•Poor attendance•Lack of work ethic•Apathy•Lack of respect for authority•Idea that success comes without work

Student Factors – Skills•Lack time management skills•Do not know how to prioritize•Poor study skills/study habits•Lack of communication skills•Inability to set goals•Lack conflict management skills•Competing interests

Student Factors – Developmental Issues•Students need career information•Students lack vision•Students need to see the “big picture”•Low self-esteem•Peer pressure

How can the Counseling Department address these challenges?

Student Interventions• Identify those in need and intervene• Make students aware of counselors role• Focus on successful kids as well as unsuccessful kids• Meet with students to develop a four-year plan Parent Interventions• Educate the parents• Increase parental involvement

Programming Interventions – workshops, classroom lessons, • Time management• Goal setting• Stress management• Social skills lessons• Job fair• In-service on how to motivate students• Invite former students to speak to current students

What do you feel students need to know more about?

Skills• Personal responsibility• Goal setting• Social skills• Basic manners• Test taking skills

Career Information• Careers that do not require college• How education is connected to careers• Career choices• Real life experiences• Interview skills• Correlation between education and jobs

How can this be addressed by the Counseling Department?

Programming Interventions• Small group sessions• Mini-lessons• Shadowing• Career lessons• Invite speakers to talk about careers/interview

skills• Invite employers to talk about career success

Comments• Increase parental involvement in course selection process / Meet

with students and parents to choose courses• Bring in speakers to assist with issues discussed • Increase teacher awareness across the board to teachers regarding

types of resources for mental health and other student issues.• Mandatory student-parent career counseling• Increase services for drug and alcohol assistance• Train students how to be mentors for other students• Student credits earned- Make this information more readily available• Place students in classes based upon interests not availability not

convenience