While at Parma High School student can expect to learn the ability to think critically, act ethically and contribute to the enhancement of society. This can cultivated through the development of self-awareness, self-management, Social Awareness, Responsible decision making and Relationship skills that are utilized in all areas of academic learning.
Some students may meet individually with the counselor to assess the need to work on a specific area and be given individualized learning tools and tasks to work towards skill development in a certain area.
Characteristics of Social and Emotional Learning
■ Self-awareness: The ability to accurately recognize one’s emotions and thoughts and their influence on behavior. This includes accurately assessing one’s strengths and limitations and possessing a well-grounded sense of confidence and optimism.
■ Self-management: The ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations. This includes managing stress, controlling impulses, motivating oneself, and setting and working toward achieving personal and academic goals.
■ Social awareness: The ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures, to understand social and ethical norms for behavior, and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.
■ Relationship skills: The ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups. This includes communicating clearly, listening actively, cooperating, resisting inappropriate social pressure, negotiating conflict constructively, and seeking and offering help when needed.
■ Responsible decision making: The ability to make constructive and respectful choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on consideration of ethical standards, safety concerns, social norms, the realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions, and the well-being of self and others.
~ descriptions from http://www.casel.org/social-and-emotional-learning/core-competencies.
Group Opportunities
Counseling groups are offered on an as needed basis dependent on the needs of the student body. Groups may include Friendship, Emotional Awareness and Self-Regulation, Grief, Loss, and Big Transitions etc.
