School Counseling
Here, you will find information on our counselor and curriculum, as well as course descriptions, departmental news, resources, and upcoming events. Please check in often as our page will be updated regularly. We hope you will enjoy your visit!
GSMS School Counseling Brochure
Our Counselor
Select the name of the counselor to find more information and the icon to email.
Click on the following links for information:
Parents and Teachers: Information on Teens and Sexual Abuse
Erin's Law- Passed in Alabama in June 2015
Erin's Law: Child sex abuse survivor bringing crusade to Alabama
Talking To Your Child About Sexual Abuse
Parents and Teachers: Information on Teens and Sexual Abuse
GRIEF:
Grief is normal and healthy, and grieving people should honor these feelings of loss. They need loved ones to listen to them when they want to talk about their loss and to hold them when they feel overcome by emotions. Most importantly, the bereaved need patience from others. Although grief has stages, it does not have a specific timeline.
Learn more about grief, including the different types of grief and how grief counselors can help, with this guide. Brought to you by Learn Psychology.
Helping Young Hearts Heal: A Guide to Grief Support for Children
Our school is committed to your child's complete wellness and life-long health; therefore, throughout the year, we will be utilizing the evidence-based P.A.T.H. curriculum from ThriveWay. Prevention and Awareness for Total Health (P.A.T.H.) is a schoolwide approach to address state-mandated topics, promote positive coping skills, and strengthen character building. The purpose of this comprehensive curriculum is to concentrate on critical prevention areas and expand into additional life skills and character traits. The program contents include grade-level comprehensive lessons focused on prevention mandates: bullying, substance awareness, types of abuse, and mental health; plus, seven lessons on character education for elementary grades K-6. The curriculum is delivered to the students; students do not have direct access to lessons.
Each developmental phase for elementary students brings its own unique set of challenges and opportunities. We strive to equip our students with personal tolls that will help them combat those challenges, protect physical health and safety, foster kindness, enhance relationships, promote mental wellness, maintain perspective, employ positive coping skills, and build resiliency. We want our students to do more than survive - we want them to thrive!
We believe that schools and families must work together for the betterment of the whole child, and our communication with you is a key factor in the success of that mission. We are excited to share this information with you as we use P.A.T.H. to empower students to make choices that will protect their safety, enhance connectedness, and encourage life-long physical and mental health.