Counselor
Counselor
Greetings, and hope all is well, I am Dr. Bennett. I am elated to have the opportu...
Counselor
I am Ms. Eskew, and I am very excited to be one of the school counselors at Yargo this ...
As of January 2021, both Ms. Eskew AND Dr. Bennett will be full-time at Yargo! Please see below for updated roles and responsbilites and who your child's school counselor is.
Ms. Eskew is a full-time school counselor at Yargo. She is provides classroom lessons and individual counseling for:
- Pre-K
- Kindergartern
- 1st Grade
- 4th Grade
- *some individual students in grades 2,3, and 5 receive individual counseling from Ms. Eskew
Ms. Eskew leads the following small groups:
- Resiliency small groups (grades 3-5)
- Girls empowerment and social skills groups (grade 5)
Please contact her for help with:
- Attendance
- Foster care support
- McKinney-Vento services
- School supply and other resource support
- Child safety and wellbeing
- School-Based Mental Health program or mental health referrals
Dr. Bennett is a full-time school counselor at Yargo. She provides classroom lessons and individual counseling for:
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 5th Grade
- Indvidual counseling for students recieving school counselor services as a part of their behavior plan in ALL grades
Dr. Bennett Leads the Following Small groups:
- Boys Advocacy and Empowerment Group
- Zones of Regulation Skills Group
Please contact her for help with:
- Hosptial Homebound Services
- Behavior plans
- Behavior-specific RTI
What is an elementary school counselor?
- A certified, specially trained professional educator that serves ALL students in the school
- A special friend when a child needs someone to listen
- A caring person who provides help and guidance to teachers, parents, students, and administrators
- Someone who counsels with students both individually and in groups
What does an elementary school counselor do?
- Conducts a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate counseling program
- Conducts staff development for faculty
- Utilizes referral services and community resources
- Conducts parent and teacher conferences
- Provides classroom lessons to each class under the domains of social-emotional learning, career and college exploration, and academic skills such as organization and goal setting
- Works with identified groups of children with specific needs to provide both proactive and responsive interventions
- Provides brief, solutions-focused individual counseling to students
- Provides individual counseling to
- help students develop effective communication skills
- help students develop positive interpersonal relationship skills
- help students develop positive coping and self-regulation skills
- help students set positive goals, exercise responsibility and improve academic success
- help provide support during a crisis
A child may see the counselor for:
- Review and discussion of academic need
- Any problems that they may have that are impacting academic performance
- Divorce or changing family issues
- A loss of a family member or close friend
- Decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Improvement and aid in the development of positive self-esteem
- Family concerns or fears
- Developing and increasing social and organizational skills as it relates to academic performance
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