{"id":1220,"date":"2022-09-21T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/?page_id=1220"},"modified":"2023-08-06T22:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:28:34","slug":"counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Counseling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Allan Whitmore, Counselor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Let me introduce myself, my name is Allan Whitmore, I have been the school counselor at Midway since 2017.<\/p>

  • I started my counseling career 2001, the same year\u00a0 the Olympics came to Utah. At that time, I worked at JR Smith Elementary and Rocky Mountain Middle School.\u00a0<\/li>
  • Four years later, I was asked to move from RMMS to Heber Valley Elementary and spent four more years jumping back and forth between JR Smith and HVE. During that time, I was able to help introduce Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to all the elementary schools in the Wasatch District as well as RMMS.<\/li>
  • In 2009, I was recruited to join the Curriculum Department in the newly formed Canyons School District. I spent 8 years as a Positive Behavior Support Specialist helping over 40 schools implement behavior support systems to help their students be more successful.\u00a0 One project that I was privileged to be a part of implementing was Playworks, a national non-profit that works to make recess accessible and safe for all students.<\/li>
  • In 2016, Principal Thorne, asked me if I was ready to \u201ccome back home\u201d, and bring Playworks along as part of my counseling practice. I asked if he could wait one year, while I finished up my training with Playworks, and took care of finishing up other assignments with Canyons.\u00a0 He was willing, and one year later I made my Wasatch return.<\/li>
  • I grew up in the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon (Sandy, Utah), and graduated from Brighton High School.<\/li>
  • I received my bachelor\u2019s degree from BYU, in Recreational Therapy in 1993, the same year I married my wife, Lynda. I worked as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) at Primary Children\u2019s Hospital in their Residential Treatment Center that specialized in elementary aged children for eight years.<\/li>
  • After my first son was born (I have four sons; Jon, Mark, Jake, and Max), it was time to further my education, and I chose to get a master\u2019s degree in educational counseling. I attended the University of Phoenix in Salt Lake and graduated in 2001.\u00a0 My first interview was with Wasatch School District, and it has been a great fit.<\/li>
  • I live in Francis, Utah. I have the most beautiful, year-round, scenic commute to work as I follow the Provo River into the Heber Valley and onto Midway.\u00a0 Also, I am a proud pug owner, her name is Lucy.\u00a0 She is a distinguished black dame with a white spot on her chest and an illustrious graying face.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Our program<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Weekend Food Bags<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    This program facilitates the distribution of nourishing, shelf-stable food packages to numerous schools in Wasatch County. At the conclusion of each week, a designated staff member at the school will place packs of food into the backpacks of children. Should you wish for your children to take part in this no-cost initiative, kindly get in touch. allan.whitmore@wasatch.edu or call 435-654-0472.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Breathing Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Allan Whitmore, Counselor Let me introduce myself, my name is Allan Whitmore, I have been the school counselor at Midway since 2017. I started my counseling career 2001, the same year\u00a0 the Olympics came to Utah. At that time, I worked at JR Smith Elementary and Rocky Mountain Middle School.\u00a0 Four years later, I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasatch.edu\/midway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}