Student Services

Falk Student Services provides support to students who may encounter learning obstacles, social and emotional stress, and/or illness at any time during the school year. We do this by offering counseling in a variety of settings and by providing learning support to identified students.

Our focus encourages students to engage in strategies that foster social, emotional, and academic growth. The professionals who staff our support programs work together to complement and coordinate services so the best possible plan of action is developed for each student.

Counseling

The aim of Falk Student Services is to support the growth of the whole child. That includes providing counseling to students and delivering social and emotional lessons in classroom and small-group settings.

Counselors are available to be with students:

• to build relationships with them and work in partnership with families;
• to listen, reflect, and validate students’ feelings;
• to provide a safe(r), calm(er) space;
• to advocate for students’ needs;
• to mediate conflicts with peers;
• to offer small-group counseling around a specific issue or topic;
• to help brainstorm solutions to students’ problems;
• to help navigate the high-school placement experience;
• to offer risk assessment related to self-harm or substance abuse; and
• to connect students and families to supportive community resources.

Social and Emotional Learning

Social and emotional lessons are an integral part of the Student Services program at Falk.

Falk’s educational support team:

• collaborates with teachers in the design and implementation of instructional strategies that facilitate the learning of students with and without disabilities;
• works with teachers and parents to support the inclusion and growth of all students;
• supports Social Justice–related activities that encourage global thinking;
• maintains a culture of community that values diversity and belonging, in keeping with the Falk School philosophy and beliefs about children; and
• maintains high expectations to actively engage students in their own learning, responding to their unique strengths, interests, and needs.

Educational Support

Together, we share the responsibility to:

• work in partnership with teachers and parents to support the inclusion and growth of students with identified disabilities;
• collaborate with teachers in the design and implementation of instructional strategies that facilitate the learning of students with and without disabilities;
• maintain a culture of community, one that values diversity and belonging, in keeping with the Falk School’s philosophy and beliefs about children;
• differentiate the instructional environment to ensure that students are making meaningful progress as they learn together; and
• maintain high expectations to actively engage students in their own learning and to respond to their unique strengths, interests, and needs.

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