Mrs. Hegerty is an Elementary School Counselor at Wilson Hill and Brookside Schools. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology Education from The Ohio State University and a Master of Education in School Counseling from University of Dayton. She also has mediation training from the Interfaith Center for Peace, Second Step Training, Intervention Assistance Training Level II, Active Parenting Instructor Training, Advanced Meditation Training, and Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher Training. Jen has worked on the 2009-2011 Worthington School Counselor Workhorse Team which created the 2011 board adopted Worthington Schools K-12 Comprehensive Program which aligns with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) standards for the national school counselor model. She currently serves on the Worthington School Counselor Leadership Team. She is a member of the Ohio School Counselor Association (OSCA) and American School Counselor Association (ASCA). She also supervises practicum and intern students from The Ohio State University and University of Dayton. She has also been featured in a New York Times article about responsive services to Wilson Hill families in need and wrote an article for OSCA Spring 2011 Advocate on responsive services for elementary students. Jen also written several children's picture book manuscripts. Her manuscripts core theme is helping children work through their feelings and problem solving what to do. Jen's first manuscript was Jorge's Journey/b>, a boy named Jorge who has questions about his heritage. What to Do Series: I Will Remember You about a boy named Caleb and his experience with grief and loss. The Adventures of Sadie and Summer: What to Do When Your ICK gets Sick and My Family is Changing.  In both books, Sadie and Summer work to solve how to handle feelings of change. In the book When Your ICK Gets Sick, Summer helps Sadie overcome her being nervous about being start student for the day while walking to school. The are able to remember ways to deal with strong feelings that they were taught by their school counselor, Mrs. Peacelovin.  In the book, My Family Is Changing, Sadie and Summer help the neighbor kids deal with common feelings of change with the help of their fearless school counselor, Mrs. Peacelovin.  She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Central Ohio Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

At Brookside and Wilson Hill Schools, Jen provides responsive services and educational coaching to students, staff, and parents individually and small groups; teaches classroom school counseling curriculum in the social/emotional, academic, and career domains. She also provides individual student planning by creating IAT (Intervention Assistance Team) tier I, II, III intervention plans for 21st Century differentiated learning. Her school program aligns with the ASCA model and the Worthington Schools K-12 Comprehensive Program.

Groups: Jen offers small groups to children within the schools that she works. If you are interested in having your child participate, please contact Jennifer at jhegerty@worthington.k12.oh.us. These groups include:

• New Student Group- a transition group for new students, first grade through sixth grade, to introduce them to making new friends and new beginnings at a new school.
• The Guys Group- working on communication skills , problem solving conflicts, and building relationship skills in "Guy World".
• Volcano Group- working on anger management, problem solving situations that trigger anger and frustration, and ways of handling strong emotions in a constructive manner.
• Family Changes Group- working with children whose parents are going the different types of family change: deployment, absentee parent, parents separating, relationship termination, divorce, and remarriage.
• Chicken Little Group- working with children who worry or are anxious about life and need to develop coping strategies on handling strong feelings in a constructive manner.
• Get Organized Group- working with children who are having problems with organizational skills, study skills, and focusing skills.
• Grief Group- this is a support group offered in conjunction with Riverside Hospice Outreach Program. Mrs. Hegerty and a social worker from Riverside co-lead the group to help students who have lost a loved one.
• Girlfriend Group- this group covers information on handling conflicts with friends and relational aggression (targeting other girls and using the relationship of others against them). Strategies are shared for stopping relational aggression as well as understanding the roles girls take in social groups.
• Recess Ambassador Group- students work on developing skills for helping themselves and others solve recess conflict through mediation, problem solving, and exploring different social problems that happen at recess. When Students complete the group, they receive a Recess Ambassador Lanyard that they wear at recess. Big stuff for an elementary student!

Yoga and meditation have had a significant impact on her personal and professional life. With Jen's love for teaching and sharing information, she integrates yoga and meditation principals into her lessons to help students to learn different ways to relax, de-escalate strong emotions, and calm down through movement, deep breathing, self-talk, and guided imagery.

Parenting Booklist: Jennifer created a Parenting Booklist as a service to adults and children who need resources ASAP!Over the years she has needed parenting resources on various topics and have always had to hunt for them. The books are broken down into different categories and different reading levels from primary grade level, intermediate grade level, and adult. In conjunction with www.Amazon.com , this site provides resources to view, evaluate, and even purchase without leaving your home.

Additional Services Offered:

• Parenting Booklist
• Group Presentions

For more information, please call 614.883.2750 (Brookside) or 614.883.3300 (Wilson Hill) or e-mail: jhegerty@worthington.k12.oh.us . Thank you for visiting Jen Hegerty's website!

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