The Huntsville City Schools Counseling and Guidance Program helps prepare students for success in academic, career, and personal/social development. Counseling and guidance is an integral part of each school's total education program.
Counseling Services Coordinator
Office: 256-963-9832
Location: Chapman Middle
Please park/enter via the main middle school entrance closest to the digital sign.
Counseling Resources for Parents and Students
- Character Education
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Character education is an important part of developing the whole student. Teachers and other school personnel, parents, and members of the community come together to support positive character development. Our monthly character words serve as a foundation for schools to promote strong character and citizenship among our students.
- Disaster Distress Helpline
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Disaster Distress Helpline Offers Immediate Crisis Counseling
Call 1-800-985-5990 or text "TalkWithUs" to 66746.
The Disaster Distress Helpline is a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week national hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling. The toll-free Helpline is confidential and multilingual, and available for those who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of natural or man-made disasters, incidents of mass violence, or any other tragedy affecting America's communities.
- Anonymous Alerts
- Bullying
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For information on bullying, please visit the Bullying Prevention & Resolution page.
- Suicide Awareness & Prevention
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Common warning signs that someone may be thinking about suicide include:
- Changes in mood
- Giving away prized possessions
- Putting final affairs in order
- Withdrawing
- Changes in physical appearance
- Prior suicide attempts
- Alcohol or drug use
- High-risk behaviors
- Making statements with themes of hopelessness, helplessness, and fear of becoming a burden
- Making verbal suicide threats, such as “I want to die” or “I’m going to kill myself”
- Any other significant changes
Crisis Resources in North Alabama
Contact Info/Hours Information/About Crisis Services HELPline:
HELPline is a 24/7 free hotline that offers a trained worker and caring crisis cousnelor who can provide a listening earwhen tiems are rough. If you consider it a crisis, so do we.
Crisis Services TEXTline:
Stressed out? Our trained counselors are here to support you through whatever you're going through. Our texline is secure and confidential, so go ahead: vent it out! We are open everyday 4 PM - 11:30 PM 211 Resources Hotline:
Dial 2-1-1
211 is a 24/7 resource line where you can speak to a specialist for free. We can help you find resources in your area. Things such as basic human needs physical/mental health, employment support, utility/rent assistance, etc. SPEAK North Alabama app
SPEAK North Alabama is a suicide prevention and Education app designed to help users easily access and recognize the signs of suicide in friends and family and get them the help they need, fast. It's not a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment, but rather a "first line of defense" that offers people some solid information and useful tools that they can use to help someone they love make thorugh a difficult time.
Type SPEAK North Alabama in the app store or click this link: SPEAK Program APP
Free Local Support Groups at Crisis Services of North Alabama: Crisis Services of North Alabama offers a variety of free support groups: Domestic violence, Sexual assault, survivors of suicide loss (bereavement), domestic violence survivors who are LGBTQ
Call the HELPline at 256-716-1000 for information, when we meet, and how to join!
National Crisis Resources
Contact Info/Hours Information/About National Suicide Prevention Hotline:
Trained helpers at the Naitonal Suicide Prevention Lifeline are online right now 24/7. All conversations are confidential and free. National Crisis Textline:
741-741
Crisis Text Line is free 24/7 support for those in crisis, connecting people in crisis to trained Crisis Counselors. Our first priority is helping people move from a hot moment to a cool calm, guiding you to create a plan to stay safe and healthy. YOU=our priority. National Crisis Chat
Crisischat.org
Lifelines Crisis Chat is a free 24/7 emotional support and crisis intervention service for people who are depressed, despairing or thinking about suicide. LGBTQ+ Resources
Contact Info/Hours Information/About TrevorTEXT
Text 678-678
TrevorText is a confidential and secure resource that provides live help for LGBTQ youth with a trained specialist, over text messages.
Available 7 Days A Week, (Noon - 1 am ET/ 9am-10pm PT)
TrevorLifeline
Our trained counselors are here 24/7 to support you. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgement -free place to talk, call. Trans Lifeline
We also have a website!
Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical need of our community. Need to talk? Call! Our peer support hotline is run by and for trans people.
We're availbalbe 7am-1am PST/ 9am-3am CST/ 10am-4am EST.
Volunteers may be available during off hours.
Planning for Your Future
- ACT/SAT
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Parents and Students,
If you participate in the Federal Free/Reduced Lunch program, PLEASE see your school counselor. You may be eligible for fee waivers to help pay for ACT, SAT, NCAA and college application fees.
- Career Information
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It's never too early to start thinking about your career! Do you want to be an engineer, a fire fighter, or an English teacher? There's something for everyone! We encourage you to start thinking now about the things you enjoy doing and the things you're passionate about. Use the links below to guide you as you explore different options for the future.
- Alabama Career Planning System (Kuder) - Find education and career exploration activities as well as college financial aid information. List of Alabama's Hot 40 Demand Occupations. Log in to the Kuder program (ask your Guidance Counselor for login information). Find careers that fit with your interests, skills, and values through interactive inventories and quizzes.
- CareerOneStop - A great place to compare occupations, salaries, and job outlook. Take advantage of the Tools and Resources such as the Skills Profiler, Ability Profiler, Interest Profiler, Work Importance Locator, and Employability Checkup.
- College Board Resources - Search college majors and career profiles. Search and compare colleges. Search your major to find colleges that offer it.
- Salary Comparison - Search careers by category and zip code to find job descriptions and base salaries based on location.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Search hundreds of jobs to learn about training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, job tasks, and working conditions.
- College Information
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Huntsville City Schools is pleased to provide resources relating to college and career preparation via our College Counseling page!
