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Counselor: Kristi King

 

Our Counselor

The Guidance Counselor is a full-time professional at South Dorchester K-8 School who provides services to students, parents, and teachers. Ms. King provides the following services:
 
  • Individual counseling - when students are self, teacher, parent, or staff referred (with parental permission for extended counseling)
  • Group counseling - topics such as study skills, changing families, friendship and social skills, are addressed
  • Lunch bunches - students invite friends to join then for a supervised lunch in the counselor's office
  • Classroom guidance - teaching topics which include: bullying prevention, study and test taking skills, stress management, communication skills, peer reversal skills, tolerance, etc.
  • Parent support - which includes parent conferences, referrals, parenting information, and workshops
  • Peer mediation - a program whereby student peer mediators assist fellow students resolve minor conflicts in a confidential setting
  • SCA - sponsorship of community service projects and spirit days

Ms. King may be reached at 410-397-3434 or at kingk@dcpsmd.org. For further resources, please see links below:
Disclaimer: This web page contains links to one or more web pages that are outside the DCPS network. DCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages.
 
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Questions about AD(H)D? Check it out.
Maryland Department of Education's Parent Information
National Standards for School Counseling - Role of Counselor
National Standard for School Counseling - Why Elementary School Counselors?

 

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