News from the Counselor's Corner
Fort Jackson School Counseling Mission
It is the mission of the Fort Jackson School Counselor to provide curriculum that offers each student the opportunity and guidance necessary to develop skills in order to serve the community and society and to achieve personal fulfillment in the areas of
- Effective Communication
- Dealing with Change and Transitions
- Thinking and Problem Solving
- Developing Individual Strengths
- Building Positive Relationships
- Exploring the World of Work
The School Counselor's commitment is to develop a Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade Comprehensive Guidance Program to address the mental, physical, social, and emotional development of each Fort Jackson School student. The School Counselor and her puppet friend encourage problem solving skills and students practice these skills with their classmates at play.
  
Look at what we're learning in Guidance(click this link).
Parent's Information on Personal Safety and Bullying (click this link).
Fort Jackson Developmental Guidance
The Fort Jackson School Developmental Guidance Program includes all students. The School Counselor teaches ongoing skills in guidance and/or small groups in the areas of:
Acquiring Self-Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills
Improving Academic Skills
Developing Career Awareness Skills
The Fort Jackson School Counselor works with children:
- In Classroom Guidance
- In Small Groups
- Individually
- In Times of Crisis
  
The students learn about:
- Listening Skills
- Successful Learning Skills
- Friendship Skills
- Solving Problem Skills
- Careers Exploration Skills
- Personal Safety Skills
- Appreciating Strengths and Diversity in Oneself and Others
- Identifying and Understanding Feelings
- Making Choices and Understanding Consequences
Guidance and Counseling Programs
Programs offered for the students include:
- KELSO Choice Problem Solving Program
- New Kids On the Block (Orientation for New Students )
- Someone To Talk To Child Abuse Awareness Prevention Program
- Beyond Stop, Look, and Listen: Personal Safety (Pre K Program)
- Parent Away Individual and Small Groups (Deployed Parent Program on Request)
- Red Ribbon Drug Awareness Prevention Program
- Interpersonal Relationship Small Groups
- Small Groups and/or Individual Counseling on Loss, Death, Divorce, and etc.
Parents' Corner and Card Shop
  
Parenting materials are available in the Pierce Terrace Parents' Corner. This area is locate in the Pierce Terrace Information Center and offers many games and parenting materials for you and your family plus a comfortable area to relax and browse. The Pierce Terrace Card Shop provides free cards for military families and is located in the school entry near the office.
 Children's Coloring and Actitivity Booklets
- So You're the New Kid in School
- So You're Moving to a New School
- The New Baby (Available with Parent Request)
- Divorce and Separation (Available with Parent Request)
- Retention: I'm Staying Back (Available with Parent Request)
- Memory Booklet on Death (Available with Parent Request)
The New Baby Activity Booklet
Separation and Divorce: Parents Don't Divorce Kids Activity Booklet
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