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Hello! I am Debbie Leffler, Elementary School Counselor.  The 2020-2021 school year will be my twenty-ninth year in education, twenty-second year as the Elementary School Counselor at Conestoga.  I also spent a few years teaching in New Underwood, South Dakota and coached volleyball and track.  I earned my Bachelor's Degree at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and my Master's in School Counseling at South Dakota State University.  My husband and I have two boys, our oldest recently graduated from SCC with a building construction degree and our youngest is a freshmen at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa majoring in graphic design and sport marketing and managemnt and is a part of the Spratan's Track and Field team. 

As a School Counselor, I perform the following roles in order to promote positive development in academic, career, and personal/social domains:

          *Individual counseling

          *Small group counseling

          *Classroom guidance

          *Consult and collaborate with parents, teachers, administrators, social workers, and students

          *Provide information and resources to parents and guardians on a variety of issues

          *Provide support during personal crisis