School Councellor
The role of the school counsellor:
- Participate in the work of the school learning support committee
- Respond, as part of a team, to schools experiencing major serious
incidents
- Counsel students, individually and in groups
- Assess students' needs using psychological and educational tests,
rating scales and observation, and report the results to parents and
teachers
- Refer students or their families to other agencies concerned with
the health and welfare of students and liaise with such agencies as
required
- Provide advice to review committees concerning the education of
students with special needs
- Report and make recommendations when students have received a
long suspension from school
- Parents can ring the school and speak to the school counsellor.
