Standard # 3: Family and Community.
Performances School Services Professionals demonstrate the ability to: 1. empower families to be involved in collaborative approaches to their children's development; 2. advocate for and protect the rights of students and their families; 3. maintain positive working relationships with community-based agencies; 4. work collaboratively with other professionals and programs to benefit students; 5. communicate issues of families to other school personnel. |
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| Knowledge School Services Professionals have knowledge and understanding of: 1. family systems and how they impact student growth; 2. rights of parents and students; 3. availability of local and extended agencies, services, and resources; 4. how to identify and work with various community service providers; 5. diverse cultures and cultural factors which influence student and family relationships with schools; 6. evolving social and demographic issues. |
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| Dispositions School Services Professionals believe and are committed to: 1. sensitivity to and appreciation of issues of diversity; 2. respect for the needs of individual students and families; 3. sensitivity to the issues, needs, and workings of community agencies; 4. using positive approaches when working with students and families to resolve problems and achieve solutions; 5. a proactive position toward programs which bring together families and community resources. |
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| Related Indiana Standards for School Counseling
Professionals |