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A Cabarrus County School Survival and Counseling Program According to a recent report by the N. C. ~epartment of Public Instruction, many students are not graduating or achieving competency levels because among other reasons, they "lack adequate counseling for their needs and lack strategies to survlve in the world in which they exist". For many of the learning disabled, the emotionally handicapped, the mentally handicapped, and the disadvantaged, among others, the missing element in the school program lsa comprehensive plan of counseling.and survival which encompasses the family, peers, community and school life. Thls Survival and Counseling Program will serve and benefit these students. Thls program w111 incorporate school personnel, a certified counselor, community resources, other contracted personnel and good peer models to help meet the students' needs. The counse'lor will have skills in social work, stress management, family counseling, and job counseling. The counselor will meet 8t least six times on an individual basis with students who have been referred because of truancy, suspension, court referral, child abuse, 8nd /or other problems. The counselor will lead at least ten student group counseling sessions where role playing, group discussion, situational problems, etc. may be videotaped and critiqued along with other learning experiences. The use of good peer models will be necessary in the counseling and survival activities. A student support group will become available through the experiencing of survival activities and other learning experiences. These situations and experiences will result in the students' growth in loyalty, support, carlng, and trust and in their becoming more involved with positive school and community activities. 5ocial and communication skills will be positively increased. The survival activities will take place in the fall, winter, and spring. These students and peer models will experience these activities (such as white water rafting, cross-country skiing, over-night camping, etc.) which will be designed to help individuals evoke courage and independence. At the same time they will begin growing socially and become caring, sharing members of the group instead of being loners simply from lack of social and communication skills.