School social workers take an active role in ensuring that our students social and emotional needs are met.  Students engage in individual and group activities in collaboration with instructional staff.  Social workers work with families and agencies to help problem solve individual crisis situations.

The focus of the Greater Amsterdam School District’s Counseling Department is to provide a Developmental School Counseling Program consisting of a comprehensive plan of academic, career, and personal development. The program is an essential part of the total school program and supports the goals established for all students.

Through a series of sequential and developmental activities, the counselor ensures that he/she is meaningfully involved with each student during each year of the secondary school experience. In this way the student is in the best position to learn, plan, and make positive decisions with the ongoing support and assistance of a school counselor.

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