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About The Teacher
Lyman Moore Middle School is one of the three outstanding public middle schools in beautiful, Portland, Maine. We have two counselors and one social worker comprising a key component of Support Services for our five hundred students in grades six through eight. One of us is assigned to each grade and that one counselor or social worker will move up ("loop up") with those students from that grade into the next grade. I am happy to serve as the 8th grade counselor this 2011/ 2012 school year, completing a three-year loop with these students and fmailies. We are confident that this looping plan will insure continuity for students and families throughout the middle school experience. We welcome your thoughts as well. Students can meet with any of the counselors or social worker during their school day, or before school starts, or after school. We make visits to classrooms to re-orient students to the process each fall, but bascially, students contact us one of these ways: * Filling out a 'Request to See You' slip in our school counseling offices; * Asking a teacher or parent to contact us on their behalf; * Calling our office from the classroom telephone to see if we are available right that moment (with teacher permission). We are often able to see a student immediately, but not always. If we are unavailable when a student comes to see us then we follow-up with the student as soon as we are able to do so. Sometimes students who have never asked for help before in school find it easier to reach out to us through their teacher who might ask us to see the student, or, by agreeing with a parent one evening that, well yeah, it's okay for you to call the counselor and ask her to meet with me. Ideally, we try to be visible around the building and in classes as we introduce ourselves to explain how we work. We try to get to know each student to promote academic and personal development -- so it is NOT a bad sign to know or see the counselor! MAINE HEALTH AFFILIATES COUNSELING Our school is also incredibly fortunate to have additional independent counseling practioners this year whose services include a broad range of in-school, in-community and in-home counseling and support. They work through the private insurance, MaineCare. They are a phenomenal resource for families through the school. These Counselors: * Have private offices at Lyman Moore, but work independently as a separate agency, not the school. * Are not effected by a school budget since they are a separate agency * Work with students individually and / or with families * Provide in home visits or counseling when needed * Are an excellent source of community outreach and referral * Are skilled in adolescent development and family work * Are friendly and fun colleagues to have around our building! Current counselors are: Erin Soucy with Maine Health Affiliates, and Keita Whitten, with Community Counseling, and Project THRIVE. You can reach them through e-mail or through a phone call to our offices. We would be happy to help you in the referral process to see one of these counselors in our school. ...and WE WANT TO MENTION... We are also an approved site at Lyman Moore for CACREP counselor interns who have completed University and State educational requirements and are now ready for "field work" in a middle school, supervised by Patricia Brinkman as a trained, practicing school counselor also trained in counselor intern supervision. Interns are also supervised bytheir own University advisor. Counselor Interns abide by the ethical and practice guidelines of the school and the American Counseling Association.

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