Counseling Corner
Great Seneca Creek Elementary
School
August/September
About the Counselor
Beth Yetter, School Counselor
I grew up in Silver Spring, Md and have lived in Montgomery
County most of my life. I went to Frostburg State University for
my Bachelors in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. I
then earned my Master’s degree in Counseling from Trinity
University.
I have been teaching in MCPS for 8 years. I live in North
Beth Yetter
What does Ms. Yetter
do?
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My job is to help support students,
families, and staff members! I may
fulfill that role using the following:
Small Group Counseling
Bethesda with my fiancé, whom I love to go one adventures
with. I love to go boating, hiking, or to the beach. I love to
Sharing of Resources and Referrals
exercise and workout, while enjoying outdoor adventures as
Collaboration with Stakeholders
Parent Conferences
As your school counselor, my goal is to help every student
be the best student they can be; this includes working
directly with students as well as collaborating with families
and staff.
504/EMT Meetings
Classroom Guidance Lessons
Small Group Counseling
Individual Counseling
much as possible.
I love all sports! I played soccer in college and enjoy watching
and participating in any sporting event!
I am looking forward to getting to know every student at Great
Creating/Utilizing community
partnerships
Member of the Professional
Seneca Creek, as well as their families!
Learning Community for Social
Emotional Learning
All students
will get to
know and
become
introduced
to Kelso and
his wheel of choices. Kelso is a frog that supports students in problem solving and making choices.
Students are excited to have a CHOICE when it comes to solving their own small problems. Students will
identify the difference between a small problem and a big problem, and what to do when something
happens. Students know to talk to a trusted adult when they are having a big problem and try at least 2 of
Kelso’s choices when having a small problem.
By October students will be able to list the 9 choices for appropriate behavior, apply the choices to the
appropriate situations, and evaluate the choices by adding or deleting options. In class we will role play
various scenarios where students must make a choice. Please talk about the choices at home and
encourage your kids to use them in family situations as well! Lots of kids might wonder if these work
with sibling problems at home, and the answer is YES!!! Here are the 9 choices we will discuss here at
school:
1. Go to another game 2. Share and take turns 3. Talk it out 4. Walk away 5. Ignore it 6. Tell them to stop
7. Apologize 8. Make a deal 9. Wait and cool off.
Check out Kelso’s Parent Website at http://kelsoschoice.com/community/parent-page/
How can you help with your Child’s Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Asking their child’s teacher
about how SEL is used at school
Participating in SEL trainings to
become more familiar with SEL
concepts being taught in their
child’s school
Volunteering to assist in their
child’s classroom
Giving their children choices,
Emphasizing their child’s
asking what they can do to solve
strengths before discussing what
a problem and helping them
might be improved upon.
identify pros and cons of
Making a list of feeling words
alternative solutions
with their child and being an
Making sure that the
“emotions coach,” encouraging
consequences of misbehavior are
him/her child to express feelings.
fair and consistently enforced
Encouraging their child to
share and be helpful to others
by participating in
community service projects