Working with students with anxiety in the school setting really requires a team effort! Caregivers and school personnel need to be on the same page to encourage similar strategies, recognize triggers, and use common language
The Counseling Teacher, 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 ...
Counselor Chelsey
As counselors, we know that parent engagement and involvement is important. We also know that it can be tricky to ...
Confident Counselors
Involving parents in your school counseling program and in the school in general can often get overlooked. I remember the ...
Confident Counselors
At some point, you will have to call Child Services on a family due to abuse or neglect. This is ...
Confident Counselors
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Confident Counselors
Develop Systems and Work with Others Triaging requests for assistance helps me from feeling overwhelmed by the high number of ...
The Counseling Teacher
From time to time, you are going to have a conversation with an angry parent. No matter how hard you ...
Confident Counselors
How Do You Handle a Phone Call from an Angry Parent? It may be one of the worst parts of ...
Confident Counselors
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 ...