A Peer Support Specialist uses their lived experience to support others in their recovery journey. Keep reading to learn what they do.
A Peer Support Specialist uses their lived experience to support others in their recovery journey. Keep reading to learn what they do.
This social skills small group plan will help your students learn important social skills such as finding things in common with others, being a good friend, perspective taking, apologizing, standing up to peer pressure, and giving effective compliments. This resource includes 6 NO-PREP sessions that include a detailed lesson plan with objectives, discussion points and activities. There is also a survey to measure growth and two bonus activities. This resource is part of a social skills small group bundle! Click here to save 20%! ***************************************************************************************************************************** What's Included: The Following 6 Sessions: Session One – Finding Things In Common Session Two – What Is A Good Friend? Session Three – Perspective Taking Session Four – How To Apologize Session Five – Standing Up To Peer Pressure Session Six – Giving A Compliment Each Session Includes: Objectives Discussion points Activity directions/materials A poster/visual aid to use during the lesson or to display in your classroom or office. 2 Bonus Activities: Social Skills Roll And Respond "All About Social Skills" Booklet 2 Assessments For Data Collection: A self-assessment to be completed by the child An assessment to be completed by teachers/families Family Communication Forms: A permission form A follow up note for each lesson to let families know which topics were covered and encourage further conversation at home These family communication forms are provided in an editable format (this is in PowerPoint, so you must have PPT to access the editable version). Modifications for virtual and social distancing lessons For more information, please see the preview. ***************************************************************************************************************************** Ideas For Use: Social skills lessons or small groups Friendship skills lessons or small group With students who could benefit from learning to interact appropriately with others With students who have Autism ***************************************************************************************************************************** What People Are Saying About This Resource: Jocelyn said "Great tool - I used the activities one on one with some students and they really enjoyed it! " Katrina said "Awesome small group!" ***************************************************************************************************************************** Please remember to leave feedback and check out some of my other products you are sure to love! Healthy Or Unhealthy Friendship Activity Assertiveness Activities For more updates on my new products: Follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers! Follow me on Pinterest! Follow me on Facebook! Follow me on Instagram! To read the terms of use and copyright information for this resource, please click here.
People who recognize their own strengths tend to be happier and have greater self-esteem. However, when a person uses their strengths every day, they can...
Let clients create their own Feelings Faces chart! 16 blank faces and feelings included on this download.
As a counselor, sometimes I work with kids who have a hard time identifying their feelings, especially the fact that feelings can range from slight to intense. One of the interventions I use is a feelings thermometer.
Download our free CBT worksheet to help kids and teens understand the relationship between their feelings, thoughts & actions
Developing a strong sense-of-self is a crucial part in strengthening self-esteem. Judging ourselves by character traits that we think we ought to have and not the traits that we possess naturally sets us up for disappointment. The trick to developing a powerful sense-of-self and self-esteem is by finding out what our 'genius' is. Children and teenagers have a hard time recognizing their 'genius' or character traits. Limited vocabulary and cultural stereotypes hinder their ability to find and understand their strengths and realize their full potential. In essence: they are fish that are comparing themselves with squirrels. They spend the majority of their
This week's social curriculum objective is Resisting Negative Peer Pressure. It's not something I taught last year, but when I saw it in my resource book (More Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School), I thought it was really important to include because so many kids don't necessarily understand what peer pressure is completely or can always recognize it. I started the lesson out by sharing a video I found on YouTube. It is a narrative explaining to students the different types of peer pressure that they might find themselves experiencing. The link to the video is here. Afterwards, I asked students: What did you notice about what peer pressure can look like? What surprised you? What did you not know before? Next, I shared with them this anchor chart and explained that YES! Peer pressure can come in many forms! There is Spoken and Unspoken. After the overview of this anchor chart, students shared their own experiences with peer pressure that, at the time, they did not recognize as someone pressuring them to do something they did not want to do or someone having power over them. For example, one student in my class realized that he was being peer pressured to play only the games that his friend wants to play. He told us that he never gets to choose the game or if he does say what he wants to play, his friend doesn't agree to play that game. As a class, we helped this student come up with ideas as to what to do and say to his friend. We also talked about how confidence is key, whether you are "popular" or not, people will see your confidence and want to follow your example. I used an example from Wonder, by RJ Palacio. The character Summer is very confident and people wanted to be her friend because she was always confident in her choices of choosing kind. Put Down: Insulting or calling someone names to make him or her feel bad Reasoning: Giving reasons to do something or saying why it is OK to do Rejection: Telling someone you will not be their friend if they don't do what you want them to do The Huddle: A group stands together talking or laughing and leaving someone out The Example: The "popular" kid does something, wears something, or purchases something to set the example and everyone else follows The Look: Giving a look to someone that tells them they are "so not cool" right now After our discussion, I read The Juice Box Bully, by Bob Sornson and Maria Dismondy. While reading the book, I stopped and checked to see if students were recognizing the type of peer pressure the characters were demonstrating throughout the story. Earlier this month, we also read Each Kindness, by Jacqueline Woodson and My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig. It was great to hear the connections students were making with these books as well during our discussion. Throughout the week and throughout the school year, I will keep coming back to the social skills I teach in Unit 1. I think it is extremely important to give children the "tools to survive" so that they can be successful in the classroom and outside of it. Do you teach about Negative Peer Pressure? What resources do you use? You might be interested in also teaching How to Build a Classroom Community with the resources below
Our Existential Therapy Authentic Living Worksheet PDF can be downloaded and used with all your clients, giving you and them the ability to fill it out on a digital device or print it out.
Help students build refusal skills against peer pressure with StoryboardThat's lesson plans include scenarios, engaging activities & discussions for engagement.
Did he seriously just say that? How often has one of our students with Autism, ADHD, or other difficulties said something completely inappropriate to a peer or adult, but not even realize that what they said was inappropriate!? This activity provides a way for students to learn that some thoughts should be kept to themselves! Students ...
November's Brilliant Activities for Birth Educators helps families to understand baby's input and output through the first month of life. It is a fantastic hands-on activity that creates...
Teaching students about respecting personal space (and getting consent) before entering is important - "Personal Space Camp" and practicing the skills is a great way to do it!
For our last lesson of the year, I reviewed the 3 different ways we respond to conflict. With our older students I go into the brain stem a...
WOW has it been a long time since my last post!! I am really going to try and be a lot better about blogging during the school year. I do a lot of self-esteem activities during the school year with s
working this one and finding it quite illuminating: downloadable blank worksheet
Finding your why gives meaning and focus to your everyday actions. Use a find your why worksheet from this collection to discover your life’s purpose today.
