Counselling Services
Your Counsellor Will:
- Advocate
- Consult
- Coordinate
- Counsel
- Empower
- Enable
- Facilitate
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- Listen
- Mediate
- Organize
- Orient
- Place
- Refer
- Teach
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Your Counsellor Is:
- A certified teacher who has special training in the areas of individual, group, and family counselling
- A professional who has the knowledge and understanding of the developmental needs of students
- A proactive, caring person who will help you to problem solve
- A resource person able to connect you with community supports and services
Britannia's Student Services Dept. Includes Your Counsellors and Support Personnel
2011 - 2012 Counsellors are:
- Grade 8: Mr. Shaddick
- Grade 9: Ms. Stewart
- Grade 10: Ms. Stewart
- Grade 11: Mr. Shaddick
- Grade 12, LSP 8 & 9: Ms. Richards
- Venture 8, 9, 10, IB 11, 12, International (Visa) students: Ms. Dhaliwal
Support Services Personnel include:
- SACY Youth Engagement Facilitator: Curtis Clearsky
- Career Info. Advisor: Paul Hayes (Mon., Tues., and alternate Fri.)
- School Nurses: Tracey Mueller (Fri. am) Vivian Nawrocki (Wed. am)
- Police Liaison Officer: Cindy Vance
Your Counsellor Provides:
- Personal counselling
- Educational counselling
- Career counselling
- Consultation and coordination for students, families, administrators, teachers and support workers
Your Counsellor Is Up To You!
- Open Door Policy means that you may self refer to any counsellor; although your grade counsellor will manage your academic file and learning plan.
Your Counsellor Is Trained To Deal With Such Issues As:
- Careers
- Child abuse
- Child development
- Conflict resolution
- Crisis resolution
- Decision making
- Drugs and alcohol
- Family concerns
- Friendship
- Gangs
- Integration
- Multiculturalism
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- Parenting
- Peer relations
- Personal safety
- Problem solving
- School adjustment
- Self esteem
- Separation/loss
- Sex education
- Stress management
- Suicide
- Teacher support
- Transition to post secondary
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If You Have Any Concerns Or Questions, Your Counsellor Can Help!
Multicultural Home School Workers Are Available To Support And/Or Translate
- Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin): Gloria Chiu
- Vietnamese: Toan (Tom) Lai
- Spanish: Mercedes Quiros de Carr
- First Nations: Warren Williams
- Other Heritage Languages: Available by referral
We Can Help In The Adjustment Process
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