Student Support
Here for our Students
The School Counselor at Brentwood Academy works collaboratively with BA teachers, coaches, and administrators to give emotional and social support to BA students and faculty. In addition, student and parent resources are available for BA families to provide a collective approach for meeting the needs of each whole student.
Adolescents are faced with many challenges on a daily basis. By providing proactive psycho-educational learning, we believe our students will enhance their ability to become resourceful, resilient young men and women when faced with these challenges. The school counselor is available and ready to respond as our students have needs. She is committed and passionate about offering assistance to our BA students and families.
Meet Winston
We are excited to introduce Winston, the BA facility dog, to the BA community. After spending the first year of his life training to be a service animal, Winston had a career change and was matched as a facility dog to Brentwood Academy. Since then, he has been trained specifically for the BA students and faculty. Winston has a great skill set, but it is his calming and loving presence that has already been the biggest asset to our school community. Whether he is picking up trash around campus, giving people hugs in the hallways, providing comfort in a counseling session, or showing off his special handshake, he puts a smile on the faces of people who see and interact with him.
Please accept the following as resources. The student support team suggests that you seek out the most appropriate resources for your child’s needs and your family values.
Referral Process
It is important to identify students who need additional assistance beyond the proactive support all students receive. We ask our faculty members to be diligent in being aware of student emotional and social needs. Because of their involvement in our student body, they are the most effective referral source for our students. As an initial step, parents who become concerned about their child should communicate with their child’s advisor who can refer directly to Mrs. Hall, if necessary. If parents encounter a situation in which they need to go straight to the school counselor, please email Mrs. Hall with the link below.
Alyssa Hall
School Counselor
alyssa_hall@brentwoodacademy.com
Alyssa Hall is a licensed professional school counselor who holds a master of science degree in school and clinical counseling and an educational specialist degree in professional counseling. Her student services include meeting individually with students based on referrals, helping provide character development in class lessons and through the advisory program, and building rapport with students by being involved in multiple facets of the students' school life. Her role as the school counselor includes providing a trained listening ear to students, teaching self-care wellness tools to students when appropriate and referring students with on-going needs to mental health providers. Mrs. Hall is a co-sponsor for the Upper School Leadership Team (SLT) with hopes to develop and identify student leaders who share care, concern, and compassion for the BA students and faculty.
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