Counseling

Chinook Trail counselors provide a number of services to help your student succeed.

Classroom Guidance Lessons

We reach 100% of the student population through bi-weekly classroom lessons on a variety of developmentally relevant topics, including problem solving, emotional regulation, conflict resolution, etc.

Small Group Counseling

Students who need more targeted interventions in specific areas are referred for short-term, small group counseling, either by the teacher or the parents. Small group topics vary from friendship skills to anxiety/worry to family changes, etc.

Individual Counseling

When students have more intensive individual needs, counselors meet one-on-one for short-term (6-8 weeks) counseling sessions.

Military Family Life Counselor

The Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) provides support to military children for a variety of issues, including low self-esteem, behavioral problems, and changes at home. MFLCs understand the issues military children face and can be especially helpful during challenging periods, including deployments and PCS moves. The MFLC Counselor is licensed with a master’s degree or higher, and has a positive effect on general behavior, performance in school, and relationships with family members and teachers.

MFLC Topics

Licensed counselors in the MFLC Program help children and families with a variety of topics, including self-esteem, communication and relationships at home or school, life skills such as problem-solving and adjustment, behavioral issues like bullying or anger management, and major life changes such as deployment, reunion, divorce, or grief.

All conversations between a child and their counselor remain confidential, with exceptions only in cases involving domestic violence, abuse, or threats of harm to self or others.

Eligibility

Children are eligible if their parent or guardian is an active-duty, National Guard, or reserve service member, a designated Department of Defense civilian, or a surviving child of one. Parent/guardian consent is required for counseling sessions for children aged 18 and younger.

Confidentiality

Conversations with the school counselor are kept confidential unless a counselor determines a student:

is in danger of harming themselves or someone else
is being hurt by another individual.

In these cases, they have a legal and professional obligation to report that information to the proper authorities in order to ensure the safety of all.

Resources for Families

Safe to Tell: Anonymously report anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family, or your community. We take your reports any time, any day.
Love and Logic: Never before in history have parents faced so many challenges! That’s why the Love and Logic approach provides a variety of simple and effective strategies for parenting children from birth to adulthood.
RULER: A program primarily for elementary school students. It supports relationships and well-being and teaches students how to identify, understand and manage emotions while expressing concern and compassion. The program has four anchor tools: the Charter, Mood Meter, Meta-Moment and Blueprint.
Sources of Strength: Using the Sources of Strength Elementary Model, students and staff are invited into creating communities where belonging, wellness, and connection are the norm, leading to increased purpose and agency, therefore diminishing downstream negative outcomes.
Kelso's Choice: Using the tools the program provides, counselors and teachers show kids the difference between a big problem and a little problem. Once kids know that difference, Kelso’s Choice offers them a variety of tools to solve small problems.