Bay Area San Francisco Counseling and Therapy Services: In-Service Training for Agencies and Educational Sites

6. School-based counseling and psycho-social education programs

BACF offers comprehensive, prevention-focused school-based counseling and psycho-social education programs to schools serving K through 12 students throughout Alameda and San Francisco Counties.

Services on offer to school communities include:

· One-on-one confidential, individual counseling for students during school or after-school time

· Small support groups for students challenged by particular psychological, emotional and/or social issues

· Whole class interactive psycho-social education to promote and improve social and emotional learning and skills in the classroom

· Class observation and behavioral modification plans for individual students and teachers

· Teacher support and consultation

· Crisis intervention and support

· Parenting classes, seminars and workshops

BACF endeavors to provide a prevention-based model, offering whole class, teacher and parent seminars on a range of topics that promote and support the healthy, social and emotional development of every student/family participating. Issues addressed include:

· Teaching non-violent communication to children

· Bullying

· Gender issues

· Children experiencing loss, grief or familial trauma

· Developing self-esteem

· Family systems and child development

· Positive discipline

· Co-parenting (sharing child-raising with a separated partner)

· Parenting the spirited or highly active child

· Understanding and managing difficult behavior in foster children