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Responsive Services Counseling Referral Process

Developed By: Guidance and Counseling Section, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education In Partnership With: Missouri Center for Career Education Missouri School Counselor Association. Responsive Services Counseling Referral Process.

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Responsive Services Counseling Referral Process

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  1. Developed By: Guidance and Counseling Section, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education In Partnership With: Missouri Center for Career Education Missouri School Counselor Association Responsive ServicesCounseling Referral Process Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Linking School Success with Life

  2. Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Program Content • Personal and Social Development • Academic Development • Career Development Program Components • Guidance Curriculum • Individual Planning • Responsive Services • System Support Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  3. Responsive Services Component:Help/Support for Students The focus of this presentation: • Procedures for helping/supporting students in order to remove barriers to academic achievement. • Consultation/Collaboration among those involved in student’s life. • Development/implementation of graduated interventions. • Referral Process for individual students. Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  4. When a concern for a student arises… Identify Area of Concern Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Linking School Success with Life

  5. Potential issues/areas of concern: Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  6. Staff Intervention StrategiesGraduated Intervention • Crisis Situations (e.g. suicide, self-harm, abuse): Require immediate response; contact the Professional School Counselor (PSC) ASAP. • Recurring, chronic challenging behaviors: PSC consults/collaborates with families/school staff to plan home/classroom intervention strategies prior to formal referral. Pre-referral strategies may include: • Parent/guardian contact: Home-based strategies • PSC/Student/Teacher conference: Classroom- based strategies • PSC/Student/Peer dialogue—peer support strategies Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  7. Staff Intervention Strategies: Graduated Intervention (Cont’d) • Classroom/Home/Peer Intervention strategies are implemented and monitored for effectiveness. • Effectiveness of strategies (student’s response) is measured to determine next steps (e.g., continue strategies, modify strategies, formal referral & PSC direct intervention with student). Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  8. A formal referral is made to the Professional School Counselor If more intensive intervention is required… Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Linking School Success with Life

  9. A referral may be made by… • Student (Self) • Peer • Teacher • Parent • School nurse • Administrator • Outside Agencies or Individuals Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  10. Completing the Referral Form • Area(s) of Concern • Pre-Referral Intervention Strategies and Student’s Response to Intervention • Reason for Referral • Student’s Strengths/Interests Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  11. Completing the Referral Form (cont’d) Specific Observable Behaviors • After checking the concern(s), please list specific behaviors that describe the concern(s) • Frequency • Duration • Intensity • Base descriptions on observable, specific behaviors (fact rather than opinion). Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  12. Completing the Referral Form (cont’d) Parent/Guardian Contact • Teachers make contact with parents before making the formal counseling referral • Indicate the outcome of the parent/guardian contact Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  13. Professional School Counselor’s Role in the Referral Process • Parent/guardian support • Group counseling • Individual counseling • Mandated reporting (hotline) • School nurse referral • Referral to outside agency or individual • Special services referral • Referral to Administrator • Other After a referral is made, the PSC, in collaboration with teachers and/or parents/guardians, develops an action plan that may include: Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  14. Professional School Counselor’s Role in the Referral Process (Cont.) The PSC will follow-up with the referring person while maintaining student/family privacy & confidentiality Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  15. Confidentiality • Professional School Counselors are bound by the ASCA Ethical Standards regarding confidentiality • Information is to be kept confidential unless: • Disclosure is necessary to prevent clear and imminent danger OR • Legal requirements demand information to be revealed (Example: subpoena) • The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) dictates that any documented information becomes a part of a student’s cumulative record Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  16. District Policies • [Insert here--any school board policies regarding referral procedures, confidentiality, mandated reporting, referral to an outside source, documentation, suicide, and legal & ethical issues here] Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  17. Data collection is essential in the referral process… Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Linking School Success with Life

  18. Use of Data • It is helpful for the PSC to collect data regarding student behaviors • This is necessary to determine which interventions to use and to assess the effectiveness of interventions used • Data may be collected from: • Any/all referral form(s) • Attendance, grades, discipline referrals, cumulative file, nurse visits • Specific observable behaviors (checklists, narratives, interviews) • Data may be used to develop a report to present to stakeholders Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Programs: Linking School Success with Life Success

  19. Questions? Thank you for your time! Missouri Comprehensive Guidance & Counseling Program Linking School Success with Life

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