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Counseling and Guidance in the Preschool and Lower School
Julia Stoll and Kacey Farrell
Contact: stollj@thewalkerschool.org or farrellk@thewalkerschool.org
The Preschool counselors work closely with the students, teachers and parents to form a team to support all students as they grow through the stages of development appropriate to the pre-school child. The counselor provides individual supportive counseling for students and assistance to parents and teachers as they interact with the students.
Confidentiality
An on-going practice of each counselor is to routinely inform students and parents that all communication (verbal and/or written) between a student and the counseling staff is privileged and held in the strictest confidence unless confidentiality is first waived by the student. Exceptions to a student's privacy include information regarding danger to self or others or abuse of a child. Legally and ethically, confidentiality must be broken in such instances and all relevant parties notified with, whenever possible, the knowledge of the student. When confidentiality must be breeched and when appropriate, students are given the choice to disclose information directly (with the counselor present) or have the counselor do so.
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