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As a school counselor or other mental health provider in a school, you rarely have the resources to see students in individual
Empower students to escape negative thinking traps by guiding them to reframe negative thoughts. Once students identify these cognitive distortions, real change
Time to stock your school counseling office with all the games, supplies, and kid-favorite items! We asked Confident Counselor contributors to share
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Counselor Chats
Conversations: Phone Calls from an Angry Parent
How Do You Handle a Phone Call from an Angry Parent? It may be one of the worst parts of the job and seems to happen at 3:05 on a Friday afternoon. Those calls are tough to manage and tough to not take personally. Take a deep breath and check out our colleagues’ great tips
Working with a co-counselor can be such a wonderful part of our jobs. We have someone who understands the ups and downs
Bullying Awareness Month is coming up in October. It is an important month to highlight anti-bullying programs and initiatives in your school. If
Beating Stress During the Holidays and AfterOur positions can be challenging and stressful. It is important during this hectic time of year to be
Counseling Activities with Everyday items
5 School Counseling Activities Using String
EduKate & Inspire
Creating hands-on counseling lessons can be easy and inexpensive. You can often find inspiration by looking through your junk drawers or craft boxes! String is one craft supply that many people have sitting around and it can easily be incorporated into hands-on lessons for school counseling. String is a great tactile tool that is inexpensive and comes
Halloween is coming! Which at my house means there is a lot of excess candy lying around that I can’t (shouldn’t) eat all by myself. If only I had access ...
Target's Bullseye's Playground (did you know that’s the real name for what we all call the “dollar spot”??) is great, but I've also been loving some finds at the dollar ...
I am constantly on the hunt for affordable craft supplies to use in counseling lessons and small groups. I troll the dollar aisles of all my favorite stores squirreling away ...
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Teaching Conflict Resolution: Strategies for School Counselors
The Responsive Counselor
No matter what your school looks like, chances are you’re helping students to effectively and peacefully manage conflict. We are all human and conflict is a part of our lives! Teaching students conflict resolution is
Teasing between peers can be an ongoing battle causing chaos in the classroom. It’s important to educate students on the difference between playful and mean teasing. Improving student communication can ...
I don’t know about you, but my counseling grad program didn’t spend a lot of time focusing on whole classroom instruction. I was ready for individual counseling. I was sooo ...
Every year there are students with challenging behaviors that disrupt, well, everything. Daily crises take over your schedule and they seem unresponsive to intervention plans. Teachers and staff are exhausted. ...
