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Old 01-06-2010, 11:23 AM
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This is how your tax dollars are being spent. Instead of teaching the three R's they're more concerned with their emotional well being. So what it they can't read or do simple math.



Murrieta schools introduce counseling program for elementary students
By MICHELLE L. KLAMPE
The Press-Enterprise
Fourth- and fifth-graders in Murrieta schools are learning empathy, conflict resolution and other social and emotional skills in an effort to help them stay on track academically.
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District now offers a counseling program for elementary school students to help them cope with problems at home or school. Students may not be able to concentrate on school if they are worried or upset, school officials said.
"We don't want kids falling through the cracks," said Dean Lesicko, coordinator of student support for the school district.
The program, known as RAIN, or Re-engage Advocate Intervene Nurture, is designed to help address students' social-emotional needs so they have a better chance of academic success.
Counselors Chris O'Sullivan, Nancy Carey and Sharon Tucker split their time between the district's 11 elementary schools, where they work with students in classroom, small-group and one-on-one sessions, in a sort of pyramid of interventions.
The classroom instruction, provided to all fourth- and fifth-graders in the district, focuses on communication, conflict resolution and building empathy, which helps increase respect between students and reduce bullying.
In one exercise, students are asked to go to various corners of a room depending on whether they agree, disagree or aren't sure about a statement such as "Sometimes it's OK to fight." Once they've chosen their answer, they talk about why they reached their decision.
"We want them to know the skills," Carey said. "We want them to share the same language."
Students may also be selected for small groups if counselors or administrators think it would help. Small groups might include bullies and victims of bullying or children who have a common bond such as having a parent who died. The small groups allow students to get to know one another better and in some cases develop friendships they might not otherwise have made.
"The small groups have been a great experience for those kids," said Mike Marble, assistant principal at Monte Vista Elementary School. "They can find things in common."
Several Monte Vista students said they have made new friends as a result of the counseling program and the small groups. The students said they've also learned how to manage anger, communicate with their classmates, and more.
"I made friends with people I wouldn't have thought of," 10-year-old Christina Gregory said.
"I think it helps out people a lot," said Robert Canady, 11.
Since it began during the 2008-09 school year, the counseling program has helped reduce disciplinary issues and improved student attendance on elementary school campuses, school officials said.
In California, public schools are not required to have counselors for elementary students, making school counselors a rarity in elementary schools, Lesicko said. The district decided to pursue a program after administrators expressed a need for the services.
The program is paid for with a three-year, $1.1 million federal grant that ends after the 2010-11 school year. School counselors and other supporters of the program hope the school district will continue to pay for the program after the grant ends, given its impact so far.
"We want kids to develop and be productive" members of society, Lesicko said. "This gives us a chance to do that."
Reach Michelle L. Klampe at 951-375-3740 or mklampe@PE.com
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/s...6.44bbead.html
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Old 01-06-2010, 04:23 PM
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Social engineering at it's finest...

What the engineers don't seem to understand is that if you don't know your stuff, someone is going to eat your lunch.

It's like my perception of Obama, going around and kissing 3rd tier despot ass does nothing but create disrespect from A-holes who understand nothing but the ruthless exercise of power - either five fingers of "friendship" or five bullets in the guts - and Obama's giving them power.

Same with the playground bully, same for despots, same for ruthless business, same with getting ahead by getting a real education.

They're doing those kids and the country a disservice with dispensing trophies and diplomas to winners and losers alike for merely showing up, whether it's sports or curriculum.

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