GROWING TOGETHER....

TO
THE MEANINGFUL SUCCESS

SILVIYA KULANDAI
PSYCHOLOGIST/COUNSELLING
PSYCHOTHERAPIEST
SEED THAT IS PLANNED TO
PLANT(GOAL)
As a School Counselor I envision a
future where all students are achieving
their greatest potential emotionally,
personally, and professionally. We
support our students to strengthen
their families and communities with
compassion, empathy, and acceptance.
We help them to be a strong self-
advocates who respond to life’s
challenges with resilience, Students
lead their professions as innovators and
successful collaborators. They are
driven life-long learners who are able
to adapt to an ever changing world.
STAGES OF THE GROWTH
•Seed-Goal
•Sprout-School counseling program, assessment
•Sapling-Direct, indirect counseling, intervention
•Small tree-Data tracking, program result, evaluation and improvement
•Strong tree- life-long learners who are able to adapt to an ever changing world.
 OBJECTIVE

 Implement small group sessions and individual sessions to enhance growth and
development in the personal social domain.
 Respond to student and school needs by providing prevention, intervention and
treatment counseling service in groups or individual settings that will facilitate
an understanding of self and the environment.
 Help students regulate emotions and develop interpersonal skills.
 Use elements and themes of the organization Model to deliver the school
counseling program.
 Adheres to ethical standards of the profession and framework established by the
UAE government.
 Provide training to teachers regarding learning and mental health topics, such as
behavior management, referral process, ADHD, etc.
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
 Counseling is a complex helping process in which the counselor establishes a
trusting and confidential working relationship. The focus is on problem-solving,
decision-making and discovering personal meaning related to learning and
development.
 Consultation is a cooperative process in which the counselor-consultant assists
others to think through problems and to develop skills that make them more
effective in working with students.
 Coordination is a leadership process in which the counselor helps organize and
manage a school’s counseling program and related services.
CONT...
 Leadership is practiced by counselors when they are engaged in system wide
change as needed to ensure student success.
 Advocacy is a process in which the counselor advocates for students’ educational
needs and works to ensure these needs are addressed at each level of a child’s school
experience.
 Collaboration and teaming is used by counselors to work with all stakeholders,
both inside and outside of the school system, to create programs that support the
academic achievement of all students.
 Data is utilized by counselors to measure the results of the program as well as to
promote systemic change within the school system so every student graduates
college- and career-ready.
SCHEDULE OUTLINE

Seed-Goal
1. Elementary level (K-5)

2. Middle level(6-8)
3. High school level(9-12)

Plans of action, strategies, and data have been developed

in accordance with the level that was previously specified.
SCHEDULE OUTLINE
 Sprout – Program management

It includes
1. School counseling program, assessment

2. Annual administration conference

3. Calendars for three different levels.(each month

programs will be planned, executed and evaluated with
reports).
SCHEDULE OUTLINE
Sapling- Provide
1. Direct- services such as individual and group
counseling, social and emotional, bullying prevention
and responsive services, parents partnership etc.
2. Indirect counseling- services like consultant, referral
and making decisions along with the team
3. Intervention

4. Career planning
SCHEDULE OUTLINE
 Small tree- Accountability

1. Data tracking
2. Program result

3. Evaluation and improvement

4. Program assessment
SCHEDULE OUTLINE
 Strong tree- Administrative activities

It includes,
1. Coordination of programs
2. Chairing committees and meetings
3. duties