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Easing Test Anxiety and Stress as a School Counselor
Help! Our kids are stressing about the test! Have you heard this plea from the teachers in your building? I know I have! Because I don’t have my own classroom, it’s also hard to sometimes address this on a full-scale need. There are some kids that always seem to be
Counseling Office Storage Solutions
If you are like me, time is of essence and storing and searching for counseling materials needs to efficient, quick and easy. Any time searching for something is lost time, so materials need to be ready to go at all times. I’ll show you some of my favorite storage ideas
Mindfulness in School Counseling
Mindfulness can help students increase their academic performance, develop social skills, and provide them with coping mechanisms to handle they stressors. Mindfulness can also help students become more confident because as they learn to control their emotions and learn to self-regulate, they feel better about navigating life’s difficult situation. I
5 Tips For Starting A GSA At Your Middle School
A few months ago, a couple of my students asked me if I would talk to my administration to see if we would be able to start a GSA–or Gender-Sexuality Alliance also known as Gay-Straight Alliance. They wanted to have a place for students to come together in a safe place
100 Affirmations To Help Build Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
Affirmations are words we say to ourselves to affirm our self-worth. What we tell ourselves reinforces our self-esteem and can be either positive or negative. It’s important to help our students build a positive mindset. Our mindsets becomes our belief systems about ourselves and if we work at telling ourselves positive affirmations,
Teaching Coping Skills and Self Regulation in School Counseling
I spend a lot of time teaching students coping strategies. One of the things I want to make sure they learn is how to self regulate their emotions when they are feeling stressed. I want them to know what to do when they are in class and they begin to
Using An Escape Room As A Growth Mindset Counseling Lesson
Each year I go into the 8th-grade classrooms for 3 days to talk about mindset, goals setting, and future planning. This year I wanted to throw a new twist on Growth Mindset, so I decided to challenge all the classes with an Escape Room. The evil Dr. Dread has broken
Best On-Screen School Counselors
As we head into the holidays, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to find a way to give way to the seasonal stress and spend a moment to de-stress with a little humor in our profession. When Sam Frenzel, a writer for Teach.com, asked me if
How to be a Tech Savvy School Counselor
Here is my presentation and links to the different tech tools that will help you to be a tech-savvy school counselor. For Notetaking/ Inspiration and Ideas/Lesson Planning: • Evernote– • PollEverywhere • Livebinders • Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ • Dropbox For Presentations and Newsletter: • Emaze– • Prezi • HaikuDeck – • Powtoon– • YouTube YouTube Downloader–
Guest Post–Using Calma and mindfulness to help students in schools
I have really seen the benefits of using mindfulness techniques with students. I have a calm down corner in my room, and have taught all my groups coping strategies using mindfulness. I’m always on the lookout for new strategies and programs that will compliment what I already do. I am
Be The Change — A Lesson on Empathy
It’s important to help students understand the importance of empathy–especially with the recent natural disasters, the shootings, and the political climate. Teaching empathy to your students helps them to build a sense of security and stronger relationships with other children, and staff members. In addition, teaching empathy: Positions children
A Lunch Bunch Lesson on Team Building, Self-Control and Listening
If I handed you a piece of paper, a pencil, and 13 small Lego pieces, would you think that you could teach team building, self-control, and listening during a lunchtime group? Not only is it possible, but it is a fun activity your kids will love. I did this activity
