The emotional and psychological needs of school-age children most especially in their teenage years are so numerous and every institution of learning that wants to create and maintain a culture of wellness and excellence must pay quality attention to the emotional and psychological well-being of students in order to prevent various factors that hinder excellence in an academic environment through the help of professional counselors.
Recent researches suggest one in six students aged 5 to 16 years are currently experiencing one or more psychological, emotional or social difficulties, and less than 10% of them have access to therapeutic help. Unfortunately, students in their teenage years find it difficult to open up about their personal challenges to familiar faces such as teachers and even the school counselor. It is therefore imminent for every success-focused school to be more creative with the provision of therapeutic help.
Similarly, each member of staff has various day-to-day life challenges to battle with and desperately needs help and support because if these issues are not properly dealt with, they may affect the workforce level of efficiency and overall productivity. However, most of them will not unbutton their personal issues in front of the fully employed school counselor who they considered a colleague. 100% confidentiality must be guaranteed before you can get them open up.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
With this program, we will provide access to early identification of psychological, emotional, and social challenges;
prevention programs, and various treatment options. We help to develop an integrated, comprehensive program of support and services aimed at:
- Supporting the school in raising optimally functional children and adolescents.
- Developing evidence-based programs to provide positive school culture and promote student skills in dealing with bullying and conflicts, solving problems, developing healthy peer relationships, engaging in activities to prevent suicide and substance use, and so on.
- Developing early intervention services for students in need of additional support to deal with grief, anger, anxiety, sadness, and so on.
- Developing treatment programs and services that address the various mental health needs of students.
- Developing a school culture in which teachers and other student support staff are trained to recognize the early warning signs of cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social issues in their students.
- Developing a referral process to ensure that all students have equal access to services and support.
- Reducing the rate of dysfunctional families by developing student and family support and resources.
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WHY IS THIS NEEDED
This program is developed to ensure that your institution is, as much as possible, immune from maladaptive behaviors commonly found among students and guarantees improvements in academic achievement, emotional development, and socio-personal development among students. It will also help members of staff and the institution at large to reach their full potential by building a firm foundation for emotional health.
EARLY IDENTIFICATION
We shall conduct a psychological evaluation on all students in order to discover the presence of any behavioral, emotional, or social problems. This will give our specialists a good direction in their interventions. Annual re-evaluation and mandatory new student assessment are highly recommended.
PREVENTION
Periodic psychosocial lectures tailored to empower students and build their competencies in dealing with various learning, behavioral, emotional, and social challenges they may be faced with. We shall assist the school in developing accepting and non-judgmental mental health policies.
PROMOTION
In collaboration with the school management, we shall provide the school with psycho-educational materials including pamphlets, student journals, roll-up banners, and flyers to create psychosocial awareness within the school community and to further reinforce students' competence building. Discussion of wellness topics during new students’ orientation programs, school seminars, PTA meetings, on the assembly, in the classroom, and among the students shall be supported.
INTERVENTION
When a symptom of any behavioral, emotional, or social problem is identified in any student, our trained experts swiftly swing into action by conducting thorough psychological assessments and therapeutic sessions with the student. A tailored intervention would also be in place for friends, classmates, hallmates, and families of such students.
STRONG SUPPORT
This involves periodic training specially tailored to equip members of staff and parents with psychological skills needed to provide adequate support to students in order to promote students’ optimal functionality. Additionally, we shall provide cognitive restructuring, behavioral modification, and other therapeutic intervention services to members of staff and parents in order to ensure holistic wellness in your academic community and also in various families.
Experience has shown that school managements usually use a fire brigade approach, running from pillar to post whenever there is a crisis in their schools, how about preventive measures that help take the mental health of students seriously before things get out of hand? YOU ARE NOT ALONE CAMPAIGN is a game changer in school counseling, enough of the unproductive and outdated counseling styles, and the institute presents you with a robust program that put the mental wellbeing of the student as priorities. Interest in taking advantage of this program for your school? Kindly send us a mail at counselor@instituteofcounseling.org
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