Tag: Counseling Activities
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Random Acts of Kindness: Maria Dismondy Guest Post
*Updated* Random Acts of Kindness or RAKs are a great activity to support social-emotional learning in the classroom. I’ve found that when kids are busy trying to find nice things to do for others, they spend less time some of the friendship problems that seem to crop up in elementary school. Picture books are a great way to…
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Fun Ways to Welcome New Students
Welcoming new students to our schools is one of the things school counselors should do during the first few weeks of school. Leaving old friends and familiar surroundings can make students feel alone and isolated. Typically, meeting a new friend (or two) and learning the procedures and layout of the building can do wonders to…
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Play Therapy Activities & Resources for $1
I went to the dollar store to stock up on some items for play therapy. Check out the video to see what I discovered and how I plan to use them with kids! (I’m working on a transcript and will update this post ASAP) Pin Me!
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20+ Counseling Themes in Star Wars – The Force Awakens
Star Wars – The Force Awakens is full of counseling themes that can be utilized when helping children and teens (even adults!). Why use movies to address emotional and behavioral issues? Movies are made to connect with the audience on a personal and emotional level…at least the good ones have been. The feelings and challenges…
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DIY: Build-a-Person for Play Therapy
*This post contains affiliate links. If you buy something through one of the links, you won’t pay a penny more but this website will receive a small commission, which helps keeps the lights on. I admit it: I’m totally addicted to Pinterest! I love finding and sharing ideas with other counselors and Pinterest is a…
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Counseling, Coping Skills, and Crocheting: OH MY!
How are you with practicing self-care? Do you take the time to recharge your batteries or do you give and give until you pass out from sheer exhaustion? People who take care of others are sometimes the worst practitioners of self-care. We get into the business of helping others but then we tend to forget…
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18 Coping Skills: Strategies for Children and Teens
Coping skills have been a pretty popular topic for discussion over on The Helpful Counselor Facebook Page. So many great ideas were shared that I thought it would be good to write a coping skills blog post to have them in one place. 🙂 Here are some of the great coping skill strategies (in no…
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GoodBye Resolutions, Hello SMART Goals
Forget New Year’s resolutions…SMART Goals are much more helpful! Let’s take a look… How do you feel about your past New Year’s resolutions? How successful have you been? Now…think about your past goals? How successful have you been? If you’re anything like me, you have achieved waaaay more goals than resolutions. New Years Resolutions Don’t…
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Liana Lowenstein’s Counseling Activities for Children
I am honored beyond belief to have been named “Favorite Counseling Website” by Liana Lowenstein in her November Newsletter! I’m totally blown away…I have been using Liana’s material ever since I started working with children and families (many moons ago). I first discovered Liana Lowenstein’s work when I started working as a counselor at Whaley…