Valley Grande Elementary School

Counseling and Guidance Program

Connecting the Home and School for a Better Community

Overview of Counseling and Guidance Program

    The Dallas County Schools, in  an effort to meet the aim of helping each student obtain a positive self-concept and a wholesome personality for effective individual societal functioning, will implement a comprehensive guidance program in grades K-12.

The Dallas County schools recognize the comprehensive

counseling and guidance program as an equal partner in its educational mission. Every student in our school has a right to become a literate and productive citizen of society.

The Dallas county schools recognize the individual as a unique personality and believes that every student should be provided sufficient opportunities to develop moral, cultural, intellectual , emotional, and physical capacities to the maximum of his/her ability.

Valley Grande's Elementary Guidance Program Components

The comprehensive counseling and guidance program components are structured to organize the work of counselors. The activities  and services include the counselor services of guidance curriculum, individual planning, responsive services, and counseling and guidance system support.

Mrs.  Sheila Graves, Counselor

Helpful Guidance Websites:

School Violence, Bullying and Coping with Tragedy

Resources to Help Cope with Tragedy
National School Safety Site
Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program
Bullying in Schools
Links to Preventing School Violence and Bullying

Building-Based Student Support Team (BBSST)
Building-Based Student Support Team is a school-based, problem solving approach to meet the needs of at-risk students in regular education classroom settings. Team members discuss issues related to specific individual needs of students and teachers and offer teachers assistance in resolving problems. The team is composed of regular program teachers, administrators, counselors and other individuals, as needed (ie. special education personnel). This team pools their expertise from many areas to help resolve many school and student issues. Using this collaborative approach, educators are given the opportunity to address concerns and find solutions. Through this team effort, referrals to programs outside the regular classroom can be significantly reduced. Educators can receive immediate support when confronting specific academic, social, and/or behavioral concerns regarding students.

BBSST Forms

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Mrs. Kine from DHR talks with some of the V.G. students about respecting themselves.

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However, due to the fast changing nature of the Internet,
we strongly urge parents to preview recommended sites and to always supervise their children when online.

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