As a school counselor or other mental health provider in a school, you rarely have the resources to see students
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Time to stock your school counseling office with all the games, supplies, and kid-favorite items! We asked Confident Counselor contributors to share
A day in the life of a school counselor is never easy. We never know what’s going to come our way, and
One box I can always count on being checked on the needs assessment is ☑WORRY. Our students are coming to school with
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Confident Counselors’ Resolutions
There is something magical about the way a new year can feel like a clean slate. In schools, we are pretty lucky because we get this clean slate twice a year. As we head back to school this week, we are working on resolutions, not just our students, but for ourselves. What are your personal and professional resolutions for the new
Collaborating with specialists, such as speech and language pathologists, can help maximize student progress. When everyone working with a student is on
It’s important to be organized as a testing coordinator. When I was a high school counselor, I was in charge of AP
Bullying is something school counselors address in whole class lessons, small groups, individual counseling, and in quick emergency sessions. It is helpful
Counseling Activities with Everyday items
5 School Counseling Activities Using Tissue Boxes
Mental Fills
Inspired by reading Counselor Keri’s “Five Ways To Use Coffee Filters In School Counseling,” I excitedly went through my resources and office supplies to create and share 5 ways counselors can use tissue boxes in counseling. The recycled tissue boxes below can be used both as craft projects and/or therapeutic tools in groups and individual
If you're like me, you saw the gratitude tree in the Target dollar spot and grabbed it for a fun fall activity! But now that fall is over, are you ...
Following the positive response of “Five Ways To Use Tissue Boxes in Counseling,” I wanted to share additional ways I use crafts in my therapy practice. Because brown lunch bags ...
Let’s face it, kids are used to having worksheets and templates and preprinted note pages, but sometimes I don't have time to gather those fancy materials. In my office, I ...
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Class Lessons, Group Counseling
Teaching Resilience – 6 Tools to Bring Your Lessons To Life
Pawsitive School Counselor
Resilience is one of my favorite topics to teach and one of my favorite small groups to run. I always include goal setting, identifying problems, coping skills, healthy habits, and positive relationships as components of
As school counselors, it’s easy to talk to students about things that are bugging them, help with problems they are having, and be their champion when they need one. It’s ...
Do the students at your school need clarification about what bullying really means? Do they refer to any mean act as bullying? Maybe they keep severe bullying under wraps because ...
At the end of every school year, I ask my sixth grade students to reflect back on all the classroom lessons they can remember from Kindergarten on up. Without fail, ...
