• Counseling for students and families as requested by the individual student, parent, or faculty member
• Short-term responsive service for acute difficulties
• Referrals for long-term support
• Coordination of care within the school for students working with a mental health provider outside of school

• Responsive to students' needs
• Deals with specific concerns, topics, or developmental issues
• Complements classroom SEL lessons

• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development. SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve personal and collective goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible and caring decisions.
• Classroom lessons focus on five broad, interrelated areas of competence:
  • Self-awareness
  • Self-management
  • Social awareness
  • Relationship skills
  • Responsible decision making
• In Early Childhood, students receive a 30-minute lesson every other week
• In Lower School, students receive a 45-minute lesson every five weeks
• In Middle School, students receive lessons through advisory, retreats, and tailored classroom conversations

American Psychological Association
Child Mind Institute
Common Sense Media
Focus on the Family
The Gottman Institute
The Greater Good Science Center
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology