Your Guidance Counsellor

​Your Guidance Counsellor

Unit 3 Lesson 1

​Learning Intentions

​Today we will:

• learn about a guidance counsellor's duties

• talk about the guidance counsellors in this school

• ​do a quiz on the information you learned

Poll

Do you know what a guidance counsellor does?

• Yes

• I have some idea

• No

​A guidance counsellor can help you with:

​your academic needs, e.g. they can help you learn study skills or make a study timetable

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​A guidance counsellor can help you with:

​your academic needs, e.g. they can help you learn study skills or make a study timetable

personal school issues e.g. ​bullying or struggling in a class

​A guidance counsellor can help you with:

​your academic needs, e.g. they can help you learn study skills or make a study timetable

personal school issues e.g. ​bullying or struggling in a class

non-school issues that are causing you distress e.g. moving house, divorce, etc.​

Poll

Do you know who the guidance counsellors in this school are? (there are three)

• Yes, I know them all

• I know one/two of them

• I don't know any of them

Ms. Croke

Mr. Mulvey
and
Ms. Clarke

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Poll

Do you know where the guidance counsellor's offices are?

• Yes

• I think so

• No

​Where do you think the offices are?

​Front or back of the school?​

Upstairs or downstairs?

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Go up the stairs to the right after reception.

The two offices will be on your right.

The first office is Ms. Croke.

The second is Mr. Mulvey.​

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​The offices are upstairs

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Poll

If you want to speak to a guidance counsellor, do you know how you would arrange a meeting?

• Yes

• I have an idea

• Not a clue

​There is more than one way to contact a guidance counsellor - can you come up with some ideas?

​Contacting a Guidance Counsellor - you can:

​1. ...talk to your Year Head who would refer you to a Guidance Counsellor

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​Contacting a Guidance Counsellor - you can:

​1. ...talk to your Year Head who would refer you to a Guidance Counsellor

2. ...message them on Teams

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​Contacting a Guidance Counsellor - you can:

​1. ...talk to your Year Head who would refer you to a Guidance Counsellor

2. ...message them on Teams

​3. ...use a self referral form

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​This is Ms. Croke's office

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The self referral forms are on the shelf to the left.

Fill one in and pop it under the door.​

You simply write your name and class and pop it under the door.

A guidance counsellor will come and find you​ some time after this.

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​This is what the form looks like

Multiple Choice

Do you think that what you discuss with your guidance counsellor is private?

• Yes, totally private

• Yes, mostly private

• No, not at all private

What you talk about is private, but there are limits...

​You have a right to privacy

​Unless your safety is being compromised, your discussions with your guidance counsellor are private.

​You have a right to privacy

​Unless your safety is being compromised, your discussions with your guidance counsellor are private.

Your guidance counsellor is a MANDATED REPORTER, which means they must make a report if they believe you are not safe.​

​Now, time to test ourselves!

Multiple Choice

Can a guidance counsellor help you learn how to study?

• yes

• sometimes

• no

Multiple Choice

Can a guidance counsellor teach you maths?

• yes

• sometimes

• no

Multiple Choice

Can you talk to a guidance counsellor about your pet passing away?

• yes

• sometimes

• no

Multiple Choice

Name the guidance counsellors in this school

• Mrs. Allen, Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Kissanne

• Ms. Croke, Mr. Mulvey and Ms. Clarke

• Ms. Croke, Mr. Mulvey and Ms. Kissane

Multiple Choice

Are your conversations with a guidance counsellor private?

• Yes, all the time

• Most of the time

• No, never

Multiple Choice

Where are the guidance counsellor's offices?

• Prefabs

• Upstairs

• Downstairs

Multiple Choice

Which stairs do you use to get to the offices?

• The stairs by the staffroom

• The stairs by the fountain

• the stairs by reception

Multiple Choice

If you want to talk to a counsellor, what do you do?

• Talk to your DLG teacher

• Talk to your Year Head

• Talk to Helen

Multiple Choice

What's another way to contact a counsellor?

• go to the gym

• talk to Lisa in the office

• fill in a self-referral form

​Create an infographic about Guidance counsellors.

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An infographic has lots of information and images (see example)

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Use Canva.com

​[freeze] Make an infographic about guidance counsellors

​You must answer these questions:

• who are the guidance counsellors?

• where can you find them?

• how do you get an appointment with a counsellor?​

• what can you talk to the guidance counsellor about?​

• are your conversations totally confidential?

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​Make sure your infographic looks good - think about design, colours, images, and fonts!