Counseling Consent Information

As part of new legislation, this notification is to inform you of staff services related to school counseling.

School counseling services are more fully explained in board policy FFEA, and student mental health is covered in board policy FFEB. Information about threat assessments can be found in board policy FFB.

All District employees:

Shall report alleged abuse or neglect of a student as required by law; and
May verbally inquire about a student’s daily well-being without parental consent.

District employees and contractors will not provide assistance with social transitioning.

Under state law, a child may consent to counseling for themselves as it relates to suicide prevention; chemical addiction or dependency; or sexual, physical or emotional abuse.

Routine Counseling Services

State law requires school counselors to provide the following services as part of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program:

A guidance curriculum to help students develop their full educational potential, including the student's interests and career objectives.
A responsive services component to intervene on behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or social development at risk.
An individual planning system to guide a student as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own educational, career, personal, and social development.
System support to support the efforts of teachers, staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the educational, career, personal, and social development of students.

School counselors routinely provide the following services:

Advise students and their parents regarding the importance of postsecondary education, coursework designed to prepare students for postsecondary education, and financial aid availability and requirements;
Early mental health prevention and intervention;
Building skills related to managing emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and responsible decision-making;
Substance abuse prevention and intervention;
Suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention;
Grief-informed and trauma-informed practices;
Positive school climates, meaning the quality and character of school life, including interpersonal relationships, teaching and learning practices, and organizational structures, as experienced by students enrolled in the District, parents of those students, and personnel employed by the District;
Positive behavior interventions and supports;
Positive youth development; and
Safe, supportive, and positive school climate.

Forms, screeners, and other documents that are routinely used in the process of providing counseling services to your child will be found on campus counseling websites.

Should the District recommend additional mental health care, or the completion of a form or questionnaire not posted, the form will be provided to the parent and consent obtained before the form or services are provided to the student.

Further information will be communicated soon related to consent options.

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