Fleming's counseling services include small groups available for students to participate in each year. These groups are open to all students and are aimed at meeting their social, emotional, and/ or behavioral needs.  It may be a short group (i.e. 6 weeks) or a longer group (12 weeks).

Groups will run about 45 minutes per week, and will be during their academic intervention (or Multi-Tiered System of Support/MTSS) time, so as to not disrupt their academic and/ or first instruction classes.

• During a group, students may share feelings, participate in role-plays, play games, and engage in other activities.

• Students participating in these social/emotional learning groups will not be in an academic intervention group on that one day.

• Parents and guardians can request their student to participate in a group, as well as classroom teachers. 

• Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or feedback. Not all groups run all years, but we want to hear from you if there is an interest.

  
  
  See the list below for groups offered this year, and use this page as a reference if you and your child are interested in having them participate in a group. 

Thank you!

Coori Sellers, School Counselor, (802) 857-7701
Emily K. Jones*, LMSW, Howard Center clinician, (802) 857-7721 

*If your student is not formally working with Emily and you do not wish to have your student participate in a group or lunch bunch, please let Emily know. 

If you are interested in any of these groups, please obtain a form from the Counseling Office or contact Ms. Sellers.

On certain years, if there is not enough interest in a particular group, we may not run it. You will receive a letter letting you know when a group your child has enrolled in starts. 

Girls Group
This group is aimed at empowering students to form and maintain healthy peer relationships. We will learn about the language of peer aggression, The role of the bystander, normative beliefs, friendship, leadership and cyber-bullying.

Changing Families
This supportive group is for students whos’ familes are experiencing changes at home, such as divorce and separation. Students will connect with one another, discuss changes at home, responsibilities of kids and adults, and reaffirm their own identity.

Friendship Lunches
Do you want to make new friends or need to strengthen existing ones? These groups will be during lunch time and are for students who want/ need to strengthen friendships. We will do a daily check-in and play games while we eat lunch together.

Ready..Set…Relax
This is a group for students who want to feel more empowered to take an active and productive approach to handling stress at school, home, and in the community.  We will learn different ways to calm our bodies. Sometimes we may listen to calming stories, paint, draw, use clay, do role plays, breathe, and stretch.

Social Skills
This group teaches students basic and advanced skills used to help solve problems.

Feelings, Feelings, Feelings
This group teaches students all about feelings! Also works on how to make healthy decisions.