Guidance Team


Fern Bluff’s guidance program has been designed to identify and prevent problems before they occur through bullying prevention techniques, cultural awareness, conflict resolution, character education and pro-social skills. Our goal is to instill appreciation of diversity among people, respond to identified individual student needs and provide instruction to students and families about healthy choices and substance abuse prevention.  These services are delivered through classroom guidance, small group counseling and individual counseling.  In addition, the counselor is the coordinator for other activities such as Red Ribbon Week, the BITS program and campus testing coordinator, as well as serving on numerous committees. 

Because Fern Bluff is such an ethnically diverse and multilingual community, cultural awareness is an important component of the program.  The population of students with special needs includes speech and hearing impaired, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, autistic and visually handicapped which creates the need to teach tolerance of individual differences.

Parent information and important dates can be found in the Counselor’s Quarterly, published in August, November, February and May. 

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Counselors

Suzanne O'Brien

Susan Hartsfield