Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-4 › Subject 160-4-8 - STUDENT SUPPORT › Rule 160-4-8-.01 - Student Support Services

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Definitions
.
(a)
Alternative Education Program
				(AEP)
- an educational program that serves students who are eligible to
				remain in the regular classroom but are more likely to succeed in a
				nontraditional setting such as that provided in an alternative education
				program, as well as students who are excluded from the regular classroom
				because of disciplinary reasons.
(b)
Counseling
- a process
				where some students receive assistance from professionals who assist them to
				overcome emotional and social problems or concerns which may interfere with
				learning.
(c)
Guidance
- a process of regular assistance that all students receive from
				parents, teachers, school counselors, and others to assist them in making
				appropriate educational and career choices.
(d)
School Climate Management
-
				systematic plan for addressing the factors that affect school climate including
				a consistent management style and leadership by the principal, a code of
				expected behavior, a code of disciplinary responses, a code of ethics for
				educators, a Student Support Team, delivery of counseling and psychological
				mental health services, methods to reduce absences and increase attendance,
				physical health support services, efforts to enlist parent and community
				support, utilization of volunteers, support by and for the parent teacher
				organization, a preventive safety plan and a crisis response plan, staff
				development, and the maintenance program for the school's physical
				plant.
(e)
School Counseling
				and Guidance Services
- guidance program planning, implementation and
				evaluation; individual and group counseling; classroom and small-group
				guidance; career and educational development; parent and teacher consultation;
				and referral.
(f)
School
				Health Services
- a process to address medically related health and
				safety issues and address requests by parents and physicians that the school
				provide appropriate health procedures to allow students to remain in school and
				increase opportunities for academic success.
(g)
School Psychological Services
- psychoeducational evaluation; crisis intervention; case study;
				consultation to student support teams, parents, teachers, and administrators;
				behavioral observations and analysis; and psychological counseling.
(h)
School Social Work/Visiting
				Teacher Services
- technical assistance on school climate issues;
				assessment and intervention, including written social histories; individual,
				group, and family counseling; and networking of appropriate home, school, and
				community services to address identified student problems.
(i)
Student Support Services (SSS)
- integrated and collaborative programs of school counseling and
				guidance services, school climate management and student discipline, school
				health services, school psychology services, alternative education programs,
				and school social work/visiting teacher services, provided individually or
				through a team approach, to all students at all grade levels.