Restorative Practices are ALL THE RAGE and while I'm typically critical of the latest trends in education, I love restorative practices and encourage everyone
We're school social workers, of course we're going to want to celebrate during National School Social Work Week! 🙌 Join us in acknowledging and thanking school social workers, including the SEWI clinical team, for the invaluable roles they play in student well-being and success. #SEWI #MSW #SocialWork #schoolsocialwork
Games are meant to be fun!
Seinfeld - 5x19 & 5x20 - The Raincoats, Kramer meets the close-talker
Great way for students to solve or deal with their problems independently. I've already heard my kindergarteners saying, "Go to the wheel of choices!"
Can your child tell which emotion is expressed on each cartoon character's face?
what I've been up to... I know I mostly post about Piper, but Sophie is happy & living her best life in my bay window!
BoomLearning.com - Amazing authors make awesome learning content! 79 cards to practice perspective taking skills are provided in this deck. Students are presented with 25 different social scenarios specifically related to TEENS. Students will be asked to make ‘smart guesses’ about what the main character in each of the scenarios is most likely to THINK and then SAY based upon: -The textual information that explains what is happening in the social scenario -Clues in the pictures (such as facial expressions, body language, activities that the students/people are engaging in etc). Students are provided with both open ended and multiple choice questions. ******The questions provided in this deck are a combination of the questions/scenarios found in my: -Perspective taking for teens | open ended set 1 -Perspective taking for tens | multiple choice set 1 The open ended and multiple choice questions from these decks have been combined INTO THIS DECK for students who work well with both forms of questions ******* You can also find this deck in a bundle here: https://wow.boomlearning.com/store/bundle/yaMgzWQ3AnAaD5GfH
One of the questions I see pop up pretty regularly on IG and FB is "How do I set up a school counseling self-referral system?" While having students use
At a loss when your child shows no remorse for his or her behavior? Learn 6 effective questions to build empathy when your child appears to show no emotion.
New to school counseling, new to elementary counseling, or looking to refresh your program? This starter bundle is a stellar set of resources to get you on an amazing start in your comprehensive school counseling program! Any Game Counseling Prompts for 26 Different Topics These low-prep counseling prompts will work with almost any game […]
This article and accompanying mind map explore the 10 unhelpful thinking styles that are keeping you from achieving your goals.
Man is a social animal. Hence, skills for dealing with social situations are as important as language and number skills. Some students do well on the platforms of social interaction. But, there is always a section of students who find it almost impossible to open up and self-express[1]. On closer scrutiny of such cases, educators ... Read more
Problem and Reaction Size Lessons: This 2-lesson set includes classroom guidance lessons on understanding the size of a problem and how a reaction can correspond to that. Through hands-on, movement-based activities, students learn about the size of problems using a bowling analogy. Then, they will p...
Helping students become better at regulating their own emotions is becoming more and more of a priority for school counselors. But how do you teach emotional
Social emotional learning (SEL) videos and channels on YouTube can be a great way to target emotional and social skills for students!
