{"id":389,"date":"2021-05-10T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:30:36","slug":"counsellors-corner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/counsellors-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Counsellor&#8217;s Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ddvip-e8a450a5ca154b6eaed8317258e20a5e\">\n.flex_column.av-ddvip-e8a450a5ca154b6eaed8317258e20a5e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ddvip-e8a450a5ca154b6eaed8317258e20a5e av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-koiwv1wy-29b039784bbdf21d4e54171a9fb511d5\">\n.avia-image-container.av-koiwv1wy-29b039784bbdf21d4e54171a9fb511d5 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-koiwv1wy-29b039784bbdf21d4e54171a9fb511d5 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-koiwv1wy-29b039784bbdf21d4e54171a9fb511d5 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2820 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2820 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/WIN_20260910_13_41_54_Pro-280x300.jpg\" alt='' title='WIN_20260910_13_41_54_Pro'  height=\"300\" width=\"280\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/WIN_20260910_13_41_54_Pro-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/WIN_20260910_13_41_54_Pro-659x705.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/09\/WIN_20260910_13_41_54_Pro.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9qgt5-6d9fb8c9daa271f93255f445f46a44cf\">\n.flex_column.av-9qgt5-6d9fb8c9daa271f93255f445f46a44cf{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9qgt5-6d9fb8c9daa271f93255f445f46a44cf av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-koiwznv8-03eec0b436ab67e56cd45bf25929ff07 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Counsellor&#8217;s Corner<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Hello!\u00a0 My name is Meriel Fletcher and this will be my 5th year as a School Counsellor. I am a teacher with a Bachelor of Education and a Masters in school counselling.\u00a0 Prior to becoming a school counsellor, I was an elementary classroom teacher for ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For the 2026-27 school year, I will be at the school on:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and every 4<sup>th<\/sup> Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>The Role of School Counsellor:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7 I provide services in the form of short-term, solution focused visits as well as small group sessions and drop-in groups throughout the year. At times, I also teach classroom lessons focused on mental health and social-emotional learning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7 For those students requiring more team-based supports (Individual Education Plans and Behaviour Support Plans), I work collaboratively with parents and their classroom teacher to help support their social\/emotional and regulation needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7 I help connect parents\/families with outside agencies, resources (books, articles, websites, videos) and various community supports as needed\/requested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7 It&#8217;s important to know that school counsellors do not provide ongoing individual counselling. In cases where a more consistent therapeutic approach is warranted, I can help with referrals to community-based supports or resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>How to access support<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If you feel that your child would benefit from counselling services, please send me an email at <a title=\"mailto:meriel.fletcher@sd71.bc.ca\" href=\"mailto:meriel.fletcher@sd71.bc.ca\" data-linkindex=\"0\">meriel.fletcher@sd71.bc.ca<\/a>. Alternatively, you can let you child\u2019s teacher know and they will reach out to me. Consent for counselling services is valid for one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7Where there is a shared custody agreement or parents are not residing together and do not have a formal parenting agreement, consent is required from both parents.<\/p>\n<p>For more resources please follow this link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/home\/mental-health-and-wellness\/counsellors-corner\/\">Counsellor&#8217;s Corner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-20 14:46:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/brooklyn-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}