 The team of counsellors and therapists at GD Goenka World School has many years of experience working with children and young people in various schools. All our counsellors are qualified and have been trained by organisations offering recognised accreditation for counsellors such as Delhi University and have been trained in leading mental health institutions such as VIMHANS in India and similar organisations abroad. Our counsellors work in tandem with the students their parents and teachers to achieve the best state of mind possible in the present turbulent academic, personal and social life. The counsellors are not only approachable to all those who come with their set of issues and problems, but they go that extra mile to reach out to the anxious young minds. We understand that parents have enormous expectations from their wards which our team here understands well and are suitably equipped to handle and advise them on the right course to take. 
Special children have special needs. Their special nature requires more expertise and insight of the inherent issues which need to be dealt in a more sensitive and supportive manner. The Specialised Education Plan (SEP) makes the learning and development of the child easier and more conducive to meet the requirements of the ordinary world. The boarding children who live for most part of the academic year in the school and thus face an altogether different set of issues be it missing home or adjusting to the new environment or facing a personal crisis. These and many other related concerns are handled by the team on a regular basis not only during school hours but after as well. Special individual and group counselling sessions are held on Saturdays in the school premises besides regular workshops on life-skills are held throughout the year. On any given hour and day, the boarding staff and children are free to pick up the phone and call up any of the counsellors. We go a step beyond and hold interactive sessions with house parents to help the parents and children and staffers cope up with the same. COUNSELLING WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED IN THE ACADEMIC SESSION 2009-2010 TOPIC | CONTENT | GRADES | MONTH/YEAR | RESOURCE PERSON | Time Management | An interactive session was held to help students understand the importance of time as well as help them decide a path to choose and achieve their goals consciously. The aim primarily being that of making the right career choice at the
right time. | 11th – 12th | August 2009 | Ritu Dhingra
(Counsellor) | Study Habits | An interactive session was held to help students recognize their priorities in doing things daily and give an insight to reach out for their short term and long term goals. | 6th – 9th | September - 2009 | Ritu Dhingra
(Counsellor) | Careers in Business
And Management | The relevance of entrepreneurship and the emerging careers in the field was discussed. | 11th – 12th | October - 2009 | Prof. Mishra
(GDGWI Lancaster
Univ.) | Workshop on behavioral,
Emotional and learning
Concerns in children | The objective of the workshop was to sensitize the teachers to understand various behavioral, emotional and special learning issues in children and help them to be better equipped in dealing with the current social and emotional pressures on children. | Faculty
Members | November - 2009 | Dr. Jitendra Nagpal
Ms. Puja Agarwal
(VIMHANS)
(MOOLCHAND Med City)
DELHI | Personality enhancement for
teenagers | The workshop highlighted the importance of recognizing, understanding personal traits in students and overcoming weaknesses. | 11th – 12th | November - 2009 | Mrs. Jamila Khan
Mr. Riyaz Khan
(Transmission) | Bullying Workshop | An awareness interactive session was conducted on various forms of bullying. Different strategies on “how to avoid being a victim” of bullying and “how not to become a bully” was discussed. | 6th – 9th
(BOARDERS) | November - 2009 | Ritu Dhingra
(Counsellor) | Career in Design and
Apparel | An informative workshop on various courses related to design and apparel management at the undergraduate level was held. | 10th – 12th | December - 2009 | Ms. Rakhi Mittal
Ms. Vijaya Sethi
(Institute of Apparel
And Design, Gurgaon) | Self Awareness and
Motivation | A set of exercises and games were carried out to help students understand their motivational graph. Different strategies were discussed to equip students to feel motivated in life. | 10th | February - 2010 | Ritu Dhingra
(Counsellor)
Mr. Riyaz Khan
(Transmission) |
List of students who have made it to Universities abroad/India (Grade 12 Batch 2009-2010) | Name | University | | 1. Anchal Gupta | Babson College(US)
Univ. of Warwick(UK) | | 2. Druv Jain | Queens Univ.(CAN) | | 3. Jayavanshi | Southern Methodist Univ.(US) | | 4. Harshad Fathepuria | Pennsylvania State Univ.(US) | | 5. Faiez Rana | Univ. of Colorado (US) | | 6. Shrirang Gupta | Univ. of Michigan Arbourn(US) | | 7. Rahil Ahmed | Univ. of British Columbia(CAN) | | 8. Ayush Aggarwal | Southern Methodist Univ. (CAN) | | 9. Tajshree Singh | Cardiff Univ.(UK)
Southern Methodist Univ. (US) | | 10. Ranak Singh Mann | Winchester School Of Arts Univ Of Southhampton (UK) | | 11. Varun V Aggarwal | Cardiff Univ.(UK)
Southern Methodist Univ. (US) | | 12. Meghna Ahluwalia | City College (London) | | 13. Shyne Sheetam | Univ. College London (UK) | | 14. Ekamdeep | Univ. of Michigan (US) | | 15. Gyan Prakash | Univ Of Amsterdam(US) | | 16. Prachi Sharma | The York University (CAN) | | 17. Karan Sancheti | Univ Of Bath (UK) | | 18. Aseem Rishi | Swiss School Of Tourism And Hospitality, Switzerland | | 19. Bulbul Soni | Pearl Academy Of Fashion Design, Delhi | | 20. Shiva Bhushan | Manipal Institute Of Tech. | | 21. Tanisha Khurana | Kelly Business School, Indiana
Univ Of Purdue
Univ Of Arizona
| | 22. Tanisha Kohli | Johnson Wales, Boston | | 23. Madhivi Mishra | Canberra Univ, Australia | | 24. Natasha Kapoor | National Univ Of Singapore | | 25. Aastha Arora | ISBF (Lse Delhi) | | 26. Rajat Sharma | IILM (Delhi) | | 27. Tanya Sharma | Univ Of Purdue
Warwick, UK
Manchester, UK
Arizona, US
New York Institute Of Tech | | 28. Dhwani Thapar | LSE, UK
Warwick, UK
Dorham Univ, UK
Univ Of Exeter, UK
Univ Of Saint Andrews, UK Univ Of Southern California, US Emory Univ, US Boston Univ, US Univ Of Virginia, US James Madison, US |
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