Social-Emotional Learning - Vancouver Talmud Torah

COUNSELLING SERVICES AT VTT

Counselling | Consultation | Coordination | Education

VTT's full-time counsellor provides short-term counselling and educational programs to students. The counsellor works with the educational leadership team, teachers, parents, students and other community agencies to support the development and well-being of students.

Annual goals include:

Supporting individual students in focus sessions

Visiting classrooms and providing instruction on different elements that incorporate social-emotional learning

Coaching teachers in how to teach SEL skills

Creating a shared SEL vocabulary for staff and students to use

Participating in professional development and growth through ISABC’s personal counsellor meeting group, mental health and wellbeing groups, FISA’s school counsellor support group, and Prizmah’s school counsellor meeting group

Attending student IEP meetings, when appropriate

Social-Emotional Learning Tools

VTT relies on the following curricula and/or programs to support our SEL goals:

Zones of Regulation

MindUp

Erase Bullying BC

Safer Schools Together

Social Media Education with Mediated Reality

Sexual Health Education with Saleema Noon

Two new programs will be introduced in 2021-22

Supporting Students with Differing Abilities

VTT is proud to support students with a range of learning needs. In collaboration with our faculty, our Coordinator of Learning Support Services, works with teachers to help students develop executive functioning and organizational skills.