Counselor's Corner

Kasey Reder, M.Ed
School Counselor
513-921-6328

 

About the Counselor

This is my 4th year working as the School Counselor at St. Lawrence School.  In 2002, I received my Bachelor's degree in Psychology (with Minors in Family Development and Spanish) at the University of Dayton.  In 2004, I received my Master's in School Counseling from the University of Cincinnati.  Prior to St. Lawrence I worked as a School Counselor at Catholic Social Services in Northern Kentucky.  Please feel free to call if you ever have any questions or concerns!    

 

What does the counselor do?

My role is to advocate for the needs of children in order to help them learn better while they are here at school.  This includes one-on-one counseling, classroom programs, groups, mediation, consulting with faculty and parents, and providing crisis intervention when necessary.

For a list of the Counselor programs or some of my favorite websites see below.


2008-2009 Counselor Programs:

 

First grade: Thinking, Feeling, Doing Program – Teaches students a greater awareness of feelings, self-esteem, and cause/effect of actions they choose.

 

Second grade: Positive Action Program – Empowers students with positive thoughts and actions when they feel poor self-esteem, sadness, anger and fear.

 

Third grade: Thinking, Feeling, Behaving Program – Helps students to recognize feelings, manage their reactions, and find solutions to problems they may encounter with others.

 

Seventh grade: CITE Learning Styles Assessment – Helps students discover their own learning style preference from nine different types of learners (see words learner, see numbers learner, hear words learner, hear numbers learner, hands-on learner, say it learner, write it learner, by-myself learner, and with others learner).

 

Eighth grade: Mediation Training and Mediation Team – Selected Eighth grade students learn active listening, paraphrasing, and probing question skills that they use throughout the school year for conflict mediation with grades two through seven.

 

Eighth grade: Careers Program – Using a Holland Self Directed Search method, the students complete a career questionnaire to find compatible careers.  Students research and write a report on one possible career.  

 


Helpful Links

 

ADHD

            http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/adhd.html

            http://www.addinschool.com/

            http://add.about.com/

 

Grief

            http://www.fernside.org/

            http://www.dougy.org/

            http://www.kidsaid.com/dougypage.html

    http://www.griefnet.org/library/biblio/children.html

 

Divorce

            http://www.divorcesource.com/info/children/elementary.shtml

            http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/hesguide/humanrel/gh6600.htm

            http://www.divorcemag.com/articles/Children_and_Divorce/

 

Bullying

            http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=771

             http://www.pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/bully/bully_intro_pg1.htm

            http://www.lfcc.on.ca/bully.htm

            http://www.stoppingschoolviolence.com/

            http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/bullying.html

 

Self-esteem/Depression

            http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/strengthen_children_self.html

            http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/self_esteem.html

            http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/self_esteem.shtml

    http://www.apa.org/topics/recover.html

           

Learning

            http://www.schwablearning.org/

    http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

            http://www.ldonline.org/

             www.factmonster.com

             school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

 

Social Skills/Anger

            http://www.apa.org/topics/controlanger.html

            http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/angry_child.shtml

            http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/socialization.shtml

 

General Parenting Information

            http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/parenting/

 

 

 

 

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