Month: March 2020
Month: March 2020
Mental Health Resources During Covid-19
Our special guest, Samantha Kobs, a school counselor and an LPC in Oklahoma, shares valuable mental health insight and practical resources that we can pass along to our students, staff, and even parents in our communities. Add Samantha to our list of school counseling heroes! Self care tips for virtual learning Optional Upper School
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Coping Skills for Students’ Fears
So many of our students’ securities and routines have been stripped away within a matter of a few days. We’re left wondering, “Did we equip them with enough coping skills to handle these changes?” Use this free lesson and these tips to teach coping skills from a distance. Which Coping Skills Do My Students Need?
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Where Do I Start? Online Tools for Virtual Counseling
Overwhelmed? Confused? Uncertain? Do any of those words describe your current feelings about sorting through which online tools to use in this world of online counseling? We were thrown into this almost overnight. Take a deep breath and grab a cup of coffee. We are here to share some great advice on where to start
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Special guest Matt Berry, Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Missouri School Counseling Association, shares incredible resources in this episode. He talks about specific online programs, how he suggests using them, and gives wonderful wisdom about how to handle the challenges this new season brings. Check out this jaw-dropping list that Matt compiled full
DetailsWhere Do I Start? Online School Counseling During the Coronavirus
Special Guest Meredith Newlin, author of the book Captured Fireflies and veteran educator gives us step by step instructions on where to start with online school counseling during the Coronavirus school closures. We thoroughly enjoyed this interview and made a friend for life! We know you’ll instantly love Meredith just like we did! Here
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School Closed: Now What? The School Counselor’s Guide to School Closures
Across the nation many school counselors are uncertain of what to do next knowing their school closed early. This is a circumstance we have never faced before. Keep reading as we try to figure out how to do a face to face job without the benefit of being face to face with students. Make sure
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School is closed. What do we do now? Join us as we talk about how to navigate these uncharted waters as school counselors with no students over the next few weeks. We recorded this through video conferencing so it looks and sounds different from other episodes.
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Increasing School Attendance
Ever wondered why increasing school attendance is the school counselor’s job? Or how to increase school attendance for the whole school? We have answers!
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Increasing school attendance may be the biggest goal school counselors and school administrators set. Find out how we met and exceeded our attendance goals using fun and practical techniques you can implement immediately! We’ll talk about what one administrator said was the “greatest thing that made a difference” with attendance numbers. Plus, as always, we
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Using Games in School Counseling
I LOVE games. In fact, I’ve never lost a game of Pictionary. Unless you count the one game in question in 2003 that my sister claims she won. I had to quit due to my Pictionary partner’s bad attitude (my now husband), BUT we were ahead when we quit. Anyway, now that I’m a school
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