Tag: Behavior
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New Counseling Games and Activities + Coping Skills Freebie
The post below is filled with some of my counseling games and activities available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. There is a coping skills freebie at the bottom of this post for my newsletter subscribers. Not on the list? Just pop your email in and the download will be sent to your inbox! Learning…
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20 Things You Can Say to Help an Angry Child
So what do you say to an angry child? Does it matter if the child is your client, student, or your own offspring? Do you find yourself reacting differently depending on who is in emotional distress? It really shouldn’t matter, but all too often it does. I speak from experience on this one! Every once…
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4 Simple and Effective Classroom Management Strategies
Classroom management is critical. Without it, time is wasted, teachers are frustrated, and learning is halted. Visiting a variety of classrooms is a great way to pick up classroom management strategies. Over the past 14 years, I’ve had the good fortune of being able to visit over 60 different classrooms and learn a wide variety…
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3 Ways to Add Character Education & Common Core to Career Prep
Imagine today is Career Day. What do you see? I get a flash from my own elementary school memories. I can remember gazing up at the impressively dressed firefighter who towered above me and my floor-sitting cronies. I consumed all sorts of descriptive details about his death-defying feats and physically demanding routines. He was my…
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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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Response to Intervention: The Ultimate Social Skills Checklist
I have learned (the hard way) that not all social skill deficits are one & the same. In an effort to save time, I tried to have grade level social skills groups. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but once my groups got underway it became pretty clear that the children in…
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11 Strategies to Use with Strong-Willed Children
I’m super excited to have Colleen, from the One Stop Counseling Shop, stopping by The Helpful Counselor to share strategies to use when working with a strong-willed (or defiant) child. Welcome! Tell us a bit about yourself: My name is Colleen and I’m a school social worker in a small rural district in Illinois. My caseload…
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Building Community In The Classroom
Welcome to Teacher Tip Tuesday, where classroom management tips come from those in the classroom! If you’ve missed the last two classroom management tips you can read about (and snag a free printable) using raffle tickets here or ADHD testing accommodations here. Today Shelley, from The Perks of Teaching Primary, shares the resources she uses to…
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4 Great Books About Manners
Using books about manners is a fantastic way to help children and adolescents develop and maintain appropriate social skills. Books about manners can be used to introduce different types of manners, establish expectations, and discuss appropriate/inappropriate behavior(s). Here are a few of my favorite books about manners: Manners by Aliki Why I like this book about manners: I really…
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ADHD Testing Accommodation
Teacher Tip Tuesday is back with a few things to keep in mind when testing students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Students with ADHD may require special consideration in testing situations. Claire, from Different Drummer Secondary English, has joined us to offer a few pointers to keep in mind while creating assessments. So tell us…