Use this list of free resources to use as social emotional learning activities to help you work with kids and young adults. As a special educator for 10 years, I can say without a doubt that we need more social emotional learning supports for kids and young adults. Some of my best days in the classr
Dealing with change is a normal part of the student experience. In this lesson, we will explore some ways to deal with change more effectively.
Restorative practices in elementary schools are incredible, but they look a little different than in the secondary levels.
Roll and Respond Icebreakers are a great addition to any small group counseling program and are a fun way to get kids talking. I use these in my Lunch Bunch groups and they are well used! This icebreaker is also part of the April Counseling Bundle which contains 3 other lessons and activities at a...
Share your school values from the moment your students enter the front door.
Home page for ALL's free teaching resources on underage drinking and its effects on the brain, including primers, curriculum plans, and videos.
One box I can always count on being checked on the needs assessment is ☑WORRY. Our students are coming to school with worries about friendships, home life, their school performance and so much more. Researchers estimate that nearly 32% of adolescents (ages 13-18) experience an anxiety disorder. Additionally, in a survey of children aged 10-11 in England
It is important for middle school students to be practicing social-emotional learning throughout the year to help support them socially, behaviorally, academically, and in preparation for high school. Skills such as relationship building and self-management skills will help middle schoolers to cope with what can be a difficult time developmentally. Find below 20 different activities that you can use with your middle schoolers to support their social-emotional learning (SEL).
A school counseling needs assessment helps quantify our impact and plan for future changes. Kate from EduKate and Inspire makes it easy with Google docs.
30 youtube videos for elementary school counselors to use during class lessons.
Spread the word: 199 Shares Facebook Twitter Email More Do you remember growing up in a world without smart phones and tablets? Our students today will most likely never know what it’s like to be more than one touch away from family, friends, and new ideas. Technology geared towards children sometimes gets a bad rap, but these 7 apps are winners in my book! They help students name feelings, practice deep breathing exercises, and more. These 7 apps are wonderful […]
Environment matters. From the office walls to your desktop, what you put in your school counseling office sets the tone for your relationship with your students. How do you make your students feel welcome? What do you want your students to be doing and thinking when they come into your office? For me, it's all
In kindergarten we read My Mouth is a Volcano written by Julia Cook. Toward the beginning of the year we read another story about interrupting (see post here) but it's always a good reminder to reinforce appropriate social skills. Students enjoy this book and end up laughing at the predictable sequence that occurs each time he has a thought - words pop into his head, slide down his tongue, rumble in his tummy, get pushed by his tongue and erupt! It is only when he is interrupted by others that he starts to feel the effects and changes his behavior. After the story we brainstormed ideas that we can try when we are about to "erupt." We wrote them erupting out of a volcano! Then I had students pick an idea that they would try when they're about to erupt, and write it on this cute printable from Miss Gibson you can download here.
It's important to help children develop their social-emotional skills, and the zones can be a very helpful tool for therapists, psychologists, teachers and parents to help kids manage and learn about their "big emotions". This Zones of regulation poster will be a great addition to any spacesuch as a therapy office, school counselor office, school psychologist office, calming corner and more! THIS LISTING IS FOR AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD, PRINT YOURSELF POSTER. NO PHYSICAL PRODUCT WILL BE SHIPPED. Printable sizes include (High resolution, 300dpi ready to print JPG files):- 5x7''- 8x10''- 11x14''- 12x16''- 16x20'' Once downloaded, you can print at your own home or take it to your preferred print shop or have it printed online. NOTES* Colors may vary depending on your screen* No materials nor frame are included for this* THIS PRINT IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT ALLOWED. COPYRIGHTS ARE RESERVED.© ALL DESIGNS are property of LightandSaltDesignco. This design is copyrighted.
Check out this engaging lesson on Peer Pressure using an M&M game.
Grief small group counseling lesson plans to accompany Inside Out the movie. Uses sadness, joy, and other emotions to guide students through their grief journey. Includes link to teachers pay teachers.
Counselors near and far have been excited for the arrival of Disney Pixar’s movie Inside Out. Disney’s movie, about a girl who is forced to leave her friends and life as she knows it behind to move across the country for her dad’s new job, is a gold mine for helping kids develop social and emotional skills! While reading through the posts over at the Elementary School Counselor Exchange on Facebook, I noticed that someone asked for a list of counseling themes in Inside Out. This got me thinking…so I pulled out a pad of paper and came up with
Updated for 2023!!! This is a great directive to use with clients, students, or your family to discuss this past year and what you'll bring into the New Year. It's so important to take an active role in noticing what you want to bring into the new year and what you want to leave behind. I've included two different blank forms that can be used. Hoping this next year brings lots of joy! Questions to ask: What does it mean to leave something behind? What are some things you had to leave behind? What are some things you were glad to leave behind? What are some things you still want to leave behind? What do you want to take with you into the new year? What are you proud of from this year? What do you want to do more of in the new year?
Self-Exploration House for grief groups in schools or individual therapy. Great DBT counseling technique to use with clients.
This sheet encompasses some of the burdens held by our exiles, managers, and firefighters. It looks at painful beliefs and emotions held by exiles; and the burdens of our protectors in the form of the extreme. roles they took on to protect our exiles, or protect the internal system from the intense emotions of our exiles. A tool in alignment with the Internal Family Systems model of therapy.
Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
My recent “Inside Out” Study Guide for helping teens and adults understand emotions has been getting positive feedback on Pinterest. Today I’m sharing some ideas for helping younger kids and tweens (grades K-8) use the Disney/Pixar movie to better understand their feelings. 1. An emotion pie chart To be honest, I can’t take full credit. One of my young clients* came up with this idea on his own. He had the brilliant idea of turning his face into a pie chart and using the five colored emotions from Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” to represent the mix of his feelings. He then drew a key identifying the significance of each color. You can use this idea even if you or your young one haven’t seen the movie. Neither of us had actually seen the movie at that point, but he had seen a trailer […]
Help your students refocus on their goals and identify the strengths they have that will help them persevere and finish the school year strong with this fun perseverance activity!
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Art Therapy Group: My Past & Future Today in my art therapy group we did a thought-provoking project using a tracing of our hands to represent what we were into in the PAST and what we hope for in the FUTURE. Since this was such a personal exercise, I will only show you mine. This was a project written by Cynthia Emerlee,Art Therapist Read more:http://emerlyearts.blogspot.com/2014/05/art-therapy-group-my-past-future.html#ixzz40cvVZcHX
