🎓 Southeast Delco School District – School Counseling Program

Mission

The mission of the Southeast Delco School District School Counseling Program is to nurture, educate, and challenge students to become lifelong learners who possess:

• Knowledge

• Compassion

• A desire to serve the global community

Our program also strives to promote equitable access to educational services for all students. The focus is a comprehensive, developmental counseling program that addresses the academic, career, and personal/social development of every student.

Our Counselors

Each school is staffed with School Counselors who:

• Lead small groups

• Work individually with students

• Collaborate with administrators, teachers, parents, and outside agencies

School Counselors often assist students with academic challenges, social issues, and emotional concerns. While they are not therapists, they serve as a first point of contact for parents with questions or concerns.

Counselors can:

• Help parents identify and access needed services

• Gather important information

• Provide education and guidance on a variety of school-related issues

Please consider your school counselor as a “first stop” resource to support your child’s success.

🧭 Guidance Lessons & Individual Counseling

Guidance Lessons

Students at Darby Township School are introduced to the STOP, WALK, TALK strategies through interactive lessons. During these lessons, students:

• Participate in role-play scenarios

• Learn to respond to inappropriate remarks, gossip, cyberbullying, and other forms of unsafe or disrespectful behavior

• Understand the role of the bystander in promoting a safe and respectful school environment

Individual Counseling

Students may request to see the school counselor by asking their teacher for a guidance pass. Counselors also meet with students based on teacher or parent requests.

During individual meetings, students can:

• Understand and accept themselves

• Cope with family changes or crises

• Develop decision-making skills

• Practice conflict resolution and anger management techniques

Some examples of situations where school counselors can provide support include:

• My parents are getting a divorce, and I’m scared about what’s happening in my family.

• My best friend and I seem to be fighting a lot lately and just can’t get along.

• I am the new student and worried I won’t fit in.

• My parents fight more than they used to—is it something I did?

• My father lost his job, and everyone at home seems upset all the time.

• I have been having nightmares and it takes me a long time to fall asleep.

• My grandmother passed away.

• Mommy just had a new baby, and I feel like everything is changing.

• I do my homework but often forget to bring it to school.

• I am worried about my friend because she’s been acting differently lately.

Our school counselors are here to support students in navigating challenges, building coping skills, and promoting social-emotional well-being.