School Counseling Department
Liberty Middle School counselors provide a comprehensive counseling program aligned with the ASCA national and ISCA state model to address academic, career, and social-emotional development. They are trained professionals with a minimum of a master’s degree or higher in school counseling or a related field. School counselors provide education, prevention, and intervention for ALL students. Through the MTSS support system based on data decision-making, they help identify, place, and provide specialized interventions.
Services School Counselors Provide:
- Short-term Individual Counseling
- Small Group Counseling
- Crisis Intervention
- School and outside agency referrals for students and their families
- Collaborate with students and their families, educational staff, and community stakeholders
- Serve as the grade level 504 Case Manager
- Actively participates in school leadership teams
- Assist in transition preparation between elementary and high school
- Advocates for all students needs and acts as a change agent for educational equity
School Counselors help Students with:
- Goal-setting
- Developing skills and behaviors for academic achievement
- Life changes: family dynamics-divorce/separation, grief and loss, displacement
- Emotional management
- Interpersonal skills
- Stress management
- Friendship changes
Accessing the School Counselor
Liberty middle school counselors’ loop with their students so that the students have the same school counselor all three years. Students are taught at the start of the school year how they can access the school counselor. Each counselor has an online referral form available on their Schoology group. Educational staff may also refer a student. Parents are welcome to reach out to the school counselor directly.