Beginning School Counselors
Throughout my school counseling internships, I found both of these signs to be present and in the plain view for students and staff to see. For beginning school counselors, these are a MUST!
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| Where is Ms. Dwyer? |
The sign above is usually made by the school counselor to show students and staff where they are during the day. It can be extremely helpful when students and staff come to your office. There are several different ways to make these signs and it is up to the school counselor on how crafty they want to be! These signs are usually accompanied by a brass brad that holds an arrow pointing to where they are.
Disclaimer: It is also up to the school counselor to remember to change the arrow each time they leave their office or are occupied with students :)
The sign below is another crucial sign that I believe all school counselors should have in their office for students and staff to see. This sign has to do with one of the main ethical considerations for school counselors. In a 2002 article in the Journal of Professional School Counseling, "Confidentiality is a professional's promise or contract to respect clients' privacy by not disclosing anything revealed during counseling, except under agreed upon conditions". This sign should be read to students or students can read it to you, before counseling occurs to ensure the students understand how confidentiality works. I like the sign below because it is simple and students can understand the text easily. Again counselors can make their own and get crafty! Yay :)
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| Confidentiality |
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