Author: Paws-itive School Counselor

Laura Filtness is the School Counselor in Knoxville, TN and was the 2017 TSCA Elementary School Counselor of the Year. You can visit her blog, Paws-itive School Counseling or follow her on Twitter @sassy_school. Laura creatively infuses her love of dogs into her counseling program. The best way to sum up Laura's love of her dogs is that she proudly once won a crazy dog mom contest. Her dog, Boss, is a certified therapy dog with H.A.B.I.T. and loves helping kids read.

Posts from Paws-itive School Counselor

Class Lessons, Group Counseling

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Teaching Resilience – 6 Tools to Bring Your Lessons To Life

Resilience is one of my favorite topics to teach and one of my favorite small groups to run. I always ...

Teaching Resilience – 6 Tools to Bring Your Lessons To Life

Crisis Response

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Supporting Grieving Students with Take Home Grief Bags

Why use grief bags? This year I wanted to help close the gap between home and school when providing grief ...

Supporting Grieving Students with Take Home Grief Bags

Advocacy

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Interactive School Counseling Bulletin Boards

Are you in charge of bulletin boards at your school? Me too! This year I wanted them to make them ...

Interactive School Counseling Bulletin Boards

Group Counseling

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Get Started with School Counseling Book Clubs

School counseling book clubs in elementary school are some of my favorite twists on a classic small group counseling. I ...

Get Started with School Counseling Book Clubs

Crisis Response

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5 Tips to Help You Prepare for A School Tragedy

This year I started at a new school. It’s been a while since I moved schools, so I had forgotten ...

5 Tips to Help You Prepare for A School Tragedy

Organization, Your Office

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10 Tips for School Counseling Office Organization

Whether you have an office the size of a closet, a whole classroom or even a traveling cart, school counseling ...

10 Tips for School Counseling Office Organization

Your Office

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Books We Love for School Counseling

A book is a dream you hold in your hands. – Neil Gaiman I love this quote because it ...

Books We Love for School Counseling

Group Counseling, Your Office

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Weird! Book Series: Three Stories, Three Points of View

A counselor friend of mine recommended the Weird! book series by Erin Frankel to me and I am so glad she did. ...

Weird! Book Series: Three Stories, Three Points of View