Keeping Track of Counselor Notes
A reader asked for ideas for how to maintain counseling notes and information. Q: First of all thanks for the effort and energy you put into your fabulous blog, it is really great! I am curious as to what kind of system you use to maintain student information? How is it that you maintain student records, keep track of counseling sessions, and other valuable information that can easily be lost without some sort of system in place? Any feedback on this would be great! A: Keeping track of notes and information was a struggle for me until my colleague, Shelly Blair, introduced me to Microsoft Access. As a side note, Shelly recently wrote a guest blog post for School Counselor Blog: Creating a Portable Sand Tray . Shelly introduced me to Microsoft Access to keep track of students and notes . I use the " issue database ," which can be downloaded for free. This is the best system I have found so far because it is free and it can be password protected . It is really easy to us...