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Counselors' Page
Benefits of a Comprehensive Elementary School Counseling Program
Benefits for students
* Improves academic performance and success
* Develops decision-making and problem-solving skills
* Promotes career exploration and development
* Broadens the student’s knowledge of the changing world.
* Increases opportunities for consistent counseling services throughout the school year
Benefits for parents
* Provides support for parents regarding their child’s educational development
* Involves parents in their child’s educational development and long-range planning
* Increases parent/school communication
* Increases knowledge of the assistance parents and students can receive from the counselor and school
Benefits for the school
* Promotes a program responsive to the students’and school’s needs
* Encourages positive & supportive working relationships
* Enhances the role of the counselor as a resource person
* Links to school & community resources
(Info. courtesy FBISD Devel. Guidance and Counseling Program)