Tag: Group Counseling

  • Fun Ways to Welcome New Students

    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…

  • Tone of Voice Lesson with Taylor Swift & I Prevail

    Tone of voice goes a LOOOONG way in communication. Unfortunately many children and teens have a hard time understanding that how you say something is just as important (if not more) than what you say. Teaching kids how to identify tone of voice and how it can be perceived by others is not easy. For…

  • 18 Coping Skills: Strategies for Children and Teens

    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…

  • GoodBye Resolutions, Hello SMART Goals

    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…

  • A School Counselor Friendship Lunch Bunch Linky Party

    A lunch bunch may look different for different counselors, but basically a lunch bunch is a group of students who meet with the school counselor/social worker during lunchtime with a specific goal in mind. Goals vary from group to group…one lunch bunch may be a one-time “meet and greet” for new or transitioning students or…

  • Elementary School Counseling Linky Party 2013

    Elementary School Counseling Linky Party 2013

    Marissa over at Elementary School Counseling had a great idea to host a “Favorite Feature” Counseling Blog Linky Party. Be sure to check out the blogs that are participating…they are full of great ideas. I love how technology allows us to reach out  and share our strategies and techniques with one another! So here we…