I am very proud to be the counselor at Longfellow. I am also a counselor at Highlands. The years that I have spent in my two schools have allowed me to become very familiar with many of my families. This closeness allows me to provide support quickly when needed.

Schedule: Monday afternoon, Tuesday, and Thursday

Focus areas:

• Classroom guidance: I provide 16 weeks of 45 minute lessons once a week at each grade level.
• Small groups: I am very committed to the power of groups to provide support for students. They are the best way I know to build empathy and a feeling of support and safety for students.
• Individual work with students: I enjoy talk, play, sandtray, drama and art therapy sessions with students.
• Parent education: I am a parent education instructor and have taught Parenting Teens, Strengthening Your Stepfamily and Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. I really enjoy facilitating the wisdom that parents share in class.
• Mentoring: I co-ordinate several mentoring programs at Longfellow.
• Parent/staff consultation: I am always happy to consult with parents and staff as needed.
• Other: Lunch discussion and play groups offer an open door and a place to be heard and make new friends. With two colleagues we co-ordinate after-school program referrals for students at Longfellow.

Janet Cardoza

Educational background and experience: I have a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Idaho State University.

I have been married for 28 years .My husband and I have two grown sons living in Brooklyn and a step-daughter in Seattle. I miss them very much and my husband and I travel to see them whenever we can. We love the outdoors and do lots of hiking. We have three dogs, two cats and one horse. I am very passionate about animals and their care. I have a colorful history of world travel as a child. I was born in Bahrein and we lived in Cronulla, N.S.W, Australia, Bordeaux, France and Beirut, Lebanon. These experiences have been invaluable in my counseling career. I spent a lot of time being the “new kid”.

To email the counselor please use the following convention:
firstname.lastname@boiseschools.org

For more information about our District's Counseling program:
District Counseling Department | Classroom Guidance Units | Small Groups
Parent Education | Individual Student Counseling & Parent/Staff Consultation