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. The calls to "do something"
Counselor Keri
Working with students with anxiety in the school setting really requires a team effort! Caregivers and school personnel need to ...
Pawsitive School Counselor
Have you noticed an increase in your screen time? With our new reality, we are more reliant on virtual resources ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
The value of social-emotional learning is undisputed amongst both teachers and counselors. We know that kids need to learn SEL ...
Counselor Up, Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor and Social Emotional Workshop
Working with a co-counselor can be such a wonderful part of our jobs. We have someone who understands our job's ...
Counselor Up
Social emotional learning in academic instruction is having its moment. While counselors have been supporting the whole child and taking ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy, Counselor Chelsey and EduKate & Inspire
Parent buy-in for counseling services can be challenging in many communities. Some parents comes with preconceived ideas about counseling and ...
The Responsive Counselor
Restorative practices are sweeping the education world and for very good reason. This approach to discipline focuses on repairing/restoring the ...
Counselor Chelsey
As counselors, we know that parent engagement and involvement is important. We also know that it can be tricky to ...
Carol Miller Counseling Essentials, Counselor Up and Pawsitive School Counselor
Involving parents in your school counseling program and in the school in general can often get overlooked. I remember the ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
After fidget spinners came on the scene, teachers began banning self-regulation tools from the classroom. Students misused them and teachers ...
Counselor Keri, The Responsive Counselor and The Counseling Teacher Brandy
High stakes state testing can generate a lot of anxiety for students and adults alike. Counselors are uniquely prepared to ...
Counselor Chelsey, Social Emotional Workshop and Counselor Up
A school counselor's relationships with the teachers in their building is so important for student success. These ideas from Chelsey, ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy and School Counselor Stephanie
At some point, you will have to call Child Services on a family due to abuse or neglect. This is ...
Counselor Up
Has your school experienced loss, been effected by natural disasters, or had a particularly stressful year? If so, you know ...
Pawsitive School Counselor, Counselor Up and Social Emotional Workshop
Part of tiered school counseling services are school counseling referrals from teachers. Getting teachers to make referrals can be a ...
Simply Imperfect Counselor and Counselor Katie
Do you host parents events at your school? Are you thinking about it? Parents events can be a great way ...
Little Miss Counselor
It’s the beginning of the school year filled with fresh haircuts, the sound of new squeaky sneakers, and the smell ...
School Counselor Stephanie and The Counseling Teacher Brandy
We asked Stephanie of School Counselor Stephanie and Brandy of The Counseling Teacher to share how they introduce the school ...
Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
Creating a counselor parent relationship at the beginning of the year is super important. Parents are experts on their children. They ...
EduKate & Inspire
Presenting guidance data is a great way to help your school understand what your program does, the impact you have ...
Counselor Chelsey and Carol Miller Counseling Essentials
Collaborating with specialists, such as speech and language pathologists, can help maximize student progress. When everyone working with a student ...
Little Miss Counselor
Mother’s Day is a special holiday where many of us show gratitude for the love, support, and care that’s been ...
Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor and The Counseling Teacher Brandy
Testing season can be a time of stress in schools for students and teachers. It can be hard to maintain ...
School Counseling Confessions
When I first heard that my husband’s job transfer would move me from my little town in Massachusetts to living ...
Cynthia Morton
One of the challenges that we rarely talk about in our profession is when a parent is also a coworker. ...
Counselor Up
I have a saying, “If it’s uncomfortable, give it to the counselor.” Any time that an awkward or uncomfortable ...
Little Miss Counselor, The Counseling Teacher Brandy and School Counseling Confessions
Develop Systems and Work with Others Triaging requests for assistance helps me from feeling overwhelmed by the high number of ...
The Counseling Teacher Brandy
From time to time, you are going to have a conversation with an angry parent. No matter how hard you ...
Laurie P Mendoza, Counselor Keri and Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor
How Do You Handle a Phone Call from an Angry Parent? It may be one of the worst parts of ...
Counselor Chelsey
Being a school counselor or school psychologist can feel a little like you’re on your own island. You’re not a ...
Counselor Keri, Social Emotional Workshop and The School Counselor Is In
Teacher Counselor Relationships Have you had a relationship with a teacher that did not get off on the right foot? ...
School Counselor Stephanie
During back to school season, my co-counselors and I put together a presentation for staff about our counseling program. It is ...
Mental Fills, The DIY Counselor and The Helpful Counselor
Managing behavior referrals often fall under the realm of school counseling. However, most school counseling programs have few, if ...
Social Emotional Workshop
Finding ways to more effectively support families of students with autism was one of the biggest sources of growth for me as ...
Carol Miller Counseling Essentials
For many high school sophomores and juniors, March starts the beginning of college tours. Many high schools have spring break ...
Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor, EduKate & Inspire and Mental Fills
School counselors work each day to help students develop the social skills to not bully, to help when they see ...
EduKate & Inspire, Social Emotional Workshop and Little Miss Counselor
School counselors serve as experts on school-wide approaches to prevent bullying and encourage a positive school climate. Check out how some ...