Comprehensive Program Information

FSMS Cub Counseling Mission Statement:

Cub Counseling is centered on building relationships which positively influence student potential in diverse settings as students learn to navigate social/emotional development while focusing on excellence through purpose.

Program Definition:

The Cub Counseling Program will be delivered by school counselors, administrators, and teachers through various means. The program will address intra-personal effectiveness, interpersonal effectiveness, post-secondary planning, career readiness, personal health, personal and safety. The intention of the Cub Counseling Program is to serve students, parents, teachers, staff, and community members affiliated with FSMS. Our program will have a year at glance of major activities to be completed throughout the year. It will also include integrated classroom guidance to be provided by counselors and teachers through different presentation styles including but not limited to lecture presentations, videos, games, and activities. 

FSMS Counseling Philosophy:

It is the desire of the Cub Counseling Staff for students to find purpose and excellence in their personal social/emotional/educational development, learn to value and honor healthy relationships, and to recognize the unlimited potential within themselves.

FSMS Counseling Core Beliefs:

1. Every student has the potential to learn when provided with a safe and healthy environment.

2. Every student is valued as an individual with individual needs.

3. All students should be provided with resources and tools to help them identify their strengths, weaknesses, and potential.

4. Students along with their parents are responsible for monitoring their educational progress with the assistance of the school counselor.

5. Counselors will participate in professional development that is focused on improving their skills and knowledge.

 

FSMS Counseling Comprehensive Program 2021

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Counseling Approach:

​We have an integrative approach to counseling. Just like we believe we cannot create a "one shoe fits all" mentality about academics, we also can not expect all students to benefit from one type of intervention or assistance.

Some of the approaches we consider when speaking with students would be: reality, existential, humanistic, cognitive, and cognitive behavioral. While as a school counselor, we are not providing therapy for students, we are providing emotional support. As such, we must have a plan to help meet the needs of our students.

• Reality approach- Reality approach helps students problem solve and find solutions to help them achieve their goals.
• Cognitive approach- Cognitive approach helps students recognize and change thought patterns to change responsive emotions.
• Behavior approaches- There are two types of behavioral approaches we use when dealing with students -classical conditioning (Pavlov's dog) and CBT theory. 
  • Classical conditioning  helps students discover expectations for behavior by  learning appropriate behavior through repetition and reinforcement.
  • ​CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Theory) helps students make connections between their thoughts and their behaviors. In order for a student to truly change their behaviors they need to make a connection with how their thoughts affect their behavior.
• Existential approach- Existential approach helps students acknowledge their free will to make choices and their search for meaning in their behavior.
• Humanistic approach- There are actually two approaches under this category that we find to be helpful -Student centered and Gestalt theories.
  • Student-centered keeps the student as the central focus during discussions on how they feel and their responses.
  • ​Gestalt theory helps students see differing perspectives and  how to accept responsibility for their own actions.