Amherst Education Center

The School Counseling Program has a multidisciplinary team approach, requiring the collaboration and teamwork of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and members of the community. The School Counselor assists students with a variety of educational, social, and personal needs. The School Counselor can provide assessments, individual and group counseling, student class scheduling, as well as many other services as needed.

The School Counseling Program encourages questions, comments, and input from parents and guardians, and/or anyone interested or involved in the educational and personal development of the students.

The mental health support program offers eligible students the opportunity to receive behavioral support throughout the school day. An on-site therapist will provide intensive services to improve student behavior, to assist in crisis counseling as well as individual and group counseling.

Help, Understand, Guide, and Support Mentor Program provides consistent support and guidance to students throughout the school year. Students involved in the mentoring program may be going through a difficult and/or challenging situation, a period of life in which they need extra support in school.

The goal of H.U.G.S. is to help students involved in the mentoring program to gain the skills and confidence necessary to be successful students.

Effective School-wide Discipline is a program designed to reward students for positive behaviors. The intent of ESD is to encourage students to develop life-skills, social skills, respect, and responsibility. Students have the opportunity to earn points based on academic and behavioral accomplishments. Points can be used as personal and class rewards, such as gift cards, treats, and bonus points towards classroom assignments.