What You Need To Know About Planning Individual Counseling Sessions

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Happy April! Over the past couple months I’ve shared information on classroom lessons (tier 1) and small groups (tier 2). This month we are starting a new series all about individual counseling. Individual counseling sessions are created for tier 3 students. These are the students who need additional intervention and would benefit from a one-on-one setting. They are usually students who are also receiving class lessons and small group instruction. 

Individual sessions have always been a bit intimidating to me. Even after Grad School I didn’t feel completely prepared for them. After many years of experience, I now have several tools in my toolkit that I can confidently offer to you. Today we’re diving into how you can implement individual counseling sessions in a way that will best serve your kids. These tips can be used in both in-person and virtual settings.

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Some topics covered in this episode are:

• How to get started with individual counseling: who you are going to see, when you’re going to see them, and how to get organized

• 3 ways to know which students need these sessions

• What an individual check in is and how it differs from a counseling session

• Why you need to implement referral forms 

• Evaluating whether or not a student needs to continue individual sessions

• My #1 organization and scheduling tips and how to track progress and attendance 

• Casual campus check-ins

Resources Mentioned:

• Referral form

• Scheduling FREEBIE

• Sign up for my freebie portal

• Amazon sticker packs

• Triangle tier graphic on @twoblondescounseling

• Episode 24, Classroom Management Strategies for School Counselors

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School Counseling Simplified is a podcast offering easy to implement strategies for busy school counselors. The host, Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling, shares tips and tricks she has learned from her years of experience as a school counselor both in the US and at an international school in Costa Rica.

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