Counseling Students Get Hands-On Experience Leading Enrichment Program

Description

In small group settings segmented by grade, students at the K-8 school received academic, personal and social support from LMU School of Education graduate students while learning skills such as active listening, friendship-building, motivation and self-direction.

Sheri Atwater, professor and director of the SOE Counseling Program, developed the enrichment program, known as SUCCESS Coaching. “This was a win-win for our program and St. Anastasia,” Atwater says. “It gave our LMU students valuable hands-on leadership experience in group counseling while fulfilling our SOE mission to collaborate with community partners in providing important services that they identify.”