Helpful Links

Anxiety

Separation Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

ADHD - A Guide for Families

Bullying

Bullying

Fear Stops Here

The Conflict Resolution Information Source

Cyberbullying

Stop Bullying Now

Child Abuse/Neglect

Break the Cycle

Child Abuse

Child Welfare League of America

Counseling/Mental Health

National Institute of Mental Health

American Counseling Association

School Psychology Resources Online

Focus on Adolescent Services

Frequently Asked Questions

Do School Counselors provide therapy?  No, school counselors, due to time limitations and case load, only do short term counseling. Students who need long term interventions are encouraged to seek therapists in our community.

 

Do School Counselors consult with parents? ABSOLUTELY! We encourage parents to contact us with their concerns so that we can work together to help their children reach their potential.

 

What is the role of the School Counselor in relation to parents and teachers? The school counselor’s job is to facilitate information and communication. The classroom teacher is always your primary resource regarding school work. However, the counselor participates in parent-teacher conferences, suggests interventions, serves as a resource, and provides referrals to other community agencies.

 

BULLYING

 

The Grenada School District does not condone and will not tolerate bullying or harassing behavior. Bullying or harassing behavior is any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications, or any physical act or any threatening communication, or any act reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic that (a) places a student or school employee in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her person or damage to his or her property, or (b) creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student's educational performance, opportunities or benefits. A "hostile environment" means that the victim subjectively views the conduct as bullying or harassing behavior and the conduct is objectively severe or pervasive enough that a reasonable person would agree that it is bullying or harassing behavior.  Bullying or harassing behavior will not be condoned or tolerated when it takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, or on a school bus, or when it takes place off school property when such conduct, in the determination of the school superintendent or principal, renders the offending person's presence in the classroom a disruption to the educational environment of the school or a detriment to the best interest and welfare of the pupils and teacher of such class as a whole.

 

The Grenada School District will make every reasonable effort to ensure that no student or school employee is subjected to bullying or harassing behavior by other school employees or students. Likewise, the District will make every reasonable effort to ensure that no person engages in any act of reprisal or retaliation against a victim, witness or a person with reliable information about an act of bullying or harassing behavior. The District encourages anyone who has witnessed or has reliable information that a student or school employee has been subject to any act of bullying or harassing behavior to report the incident to the appropriate school official.

 

The School Board directs the superintendent or designee to design and implement procedures for reporting, investigating, and addressing bullying and harassing behaviors. The procedures should be appropriately placed in District personnel policy handbooks, school handbooks that include discipline policies and procedures, and any other policy or procedure that deals with student or employee behavior. The discipline policies and The Board approves of the following disciplinary measures for use in the District for those students violating the District's student code of conduct: corporal punishment; denial of participation in special or extracurricular school activities (this does not include "recess"); before or after school detention; alternative school placement; disciplinary contractual arrangements; out-of-school suspension; in-school suspension; expulsion; and/or disciplinary probation.

 

The District's administrators may also take disciplinary action against a student for off-campus conduct occurring at any time that would have a detrimental impact on school discipline, the educational environment, or the welfare of the students and/or staff including but not limited to cyberbullying, defamation, intimidation or other threatening behavior.

Cyber-bullying

 

"Cyber-bullying" includes, but is not limited to the following misuses of technology: harassing, teasing, intimidating, threatening, or terrorizing another person by sending or posting inappropriate and hurtful e-mail messages, instant messages, text messages, digital pictures or images, or Web site postings, including blogs through the District’s computer network and the Internet, whether accessed on campus or off campus, during or after schools hours. In the situation that cyber- bullying originated from a non-school computer, but brought to the attention of school officials, any disciplinary actions shall be based on whether the conduct is determined to be disruptive of the educational environment or a detriment to students and staff.

 

Administration may, in its discretion, contact law enforcement or other appropriate authorities. A student who has committed a criminal act while off campus and whose presence on campus could cause a disruption to the educational environment or be a detriment to students and staff is subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. Such acts could include, but are not limited to, a felony or an act that would be considered a felony if committed by an adult, an assault or battery, drug law violations, or sexual misconduct.

 

Any disciplinary action pursued by the District shall be in accordance with the student's appropriate due process rights. The Superintendent and District's administrators shall develop the appropriate procedures dealing with student conduct and shall communicate this plan to students and parents/guardians. The plan may include the use of the District's administrators, teachers counselors, social workers, psychologists and and/or arrangement of such services with other units of state government. All employees are responsible for the regulation of student conduct.