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Speech Therapy, Occupational therapy, Counselling, Occupational Therapy,…

- - - - Speech language pathologists or speech therapists help to assess and provide intervention for speech, language, swallowing, stuttering and voice problems. Research has shown that children with speech and language delays benefit from early intervention, achieving favourable outcomes to become confident communicators. Speech therapy helps children to become fluent communicators, which in turn enhances skills needed to succeed in life, such as:
      - Active involvement in academic activities at school
      - Developing healthy friendships and social skills
      - Independence to engage in daily activities such as reading directions or writing a note.
      - Developing literacy skills to read, write, and speak to successfully function in society.
- - - - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in adolescents and children can impact the academic achievement, physical, and social-emotional well-being of a child. Students may intentionally hide their OCD symptoms in order to better blend in with their classmates. Because some OCD rituals take time or are confusing for peers, sometimes it can be hard to a child with OCD to create and maintain meaningful relationships with their peers. OCD children can often miss a lot of school, and these absences or tardies can impact academic growth. "Checking, intrusive thoughts, and repetitive rituals may impair focus and conception, preventing students with OCD from fully engaging in tasks” such as completing assignments, listening in class, and actively participating (Dyches et al., 2010). Through various interventions the School Counselor will be able to assist students with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and help ensure that these students' academic, social/personal, and career development needs are being met.
        If a student has Obsessive compulsive disorder, a counselor may need to do the follow:
        
        Deliver instruction to teachers, parents, and students that raises awareness about OCD, working to remove the stigma that may be associated with someone with OCD and promote social-emotional well-being.
        
        Counselors can provide short term counseling to help students with transitions or deal with anxiety they may be feeling. They can also help students with OCD who may be experiencing conflict with peers. Counselors should not, however, provide long-term counseling.
        
        A counselor may provide a referral to school and community resources with the intent of removing barriers to learning and helping the student return to the classroom if they are not currently in school.
        
        Educate teachers, administrators, families and community stakeholders about specific ways in which the student’s OCD may influence the students ability to function successfully in a general education classroom; this may include looking at the classroom environment and how the space or routines in a day may exacerbate a student’s symptoms. This includes providing resources and information to all stakeholders. Counselor’s will be a part of developing the student’s IEP if his/her OCD is impacting learning and an intervention is needed..
        
        A counselor may need to ensure that the child has access to mental health services, and if they don’t, they can act as an advocate. Counselors do not, however, directly connect a student with a mental health care provider.
        
        Counselors can advocate for screening and assessments if the child has not yet had any. There are numerous assessments that could help a child. Counselors can also assist with data collection for these screenings.
- - - - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: OCD manifests itself in four main ways: contamination/washing, doubt/checking, ordering/arranging, and unacceptable/taboo thoughts, all of which a school counselor can offer support for a student with OCD. School counselors can also offer support to teachers who have OCD students in their classroom, and provide them strategies to help the student thrive in the environment.
      - Eating disorder: eating disorders can greatly impact a child’s wellbeing, happiness, and success in the classroom. Students with eating disorders often are trying to control their environment and will go to great lengths to hide their disorder. Counselors can offer support and strategies to help support students.
      - Emotional Behavior Disorder: EBD is often characterized by an inability to build or maintain adequate relationships with peers and/or teachers, for which a school counselor can provide support. School counselors can provide strategies for classroom teachers with EBD students, and can work directly in counseling sessions with EBD students.
      - General Anxiety disorder: (GAD) When individuals feel strong anxiety about situations that are varied and not limited to one specific area.
      - Social Anxiety Disorder:Students with social anxiety feel overly concerned with how others see them. They feel extremely self-conscious and fear being embarrassed, making mistakes, or looking foolish. As a result, they may feel anxious about participating in social and performance-based situations.
      - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition brought on by the overwhelming stress of a trauma. Someone can develop PTSD after a traumatic or terrifying event in which physical or emotional harm was experienced, threatened, or witnessed. A child may have a sensitivity to large groups or loud noises, and accommodations in the classrooms may be necessary.
      - Separation Anxiety Disorder:Students with separation anxiety disorder often have severe stress about being away from home or loved ones, or even just anticipating that separation.They also may have excessive worry that something bad will happen to a loved one. This anxiety may be especially prevalent in younger students just starting school. A counselor can support them with the transition to being at school all day if school is new for the student.
      - Autism Spectrum Disorder: Autism is a spectrum and can manifest itself in a variety of ways. For some students with autism, they may have gaps in their social intelligence and ability to work or interact with other students in a successful manner, and this is when counseling services would be the point of reference for main support. The school counselor can provide short-term counseling for a student, but also provide resources for a teacher so that they can manage a child with autism that may be challenged socially within the general education classroom.