Before I left the school I worked at for six years, I made sure to take some pictures of my office to show you a little tour. Then, at my new school, I had the MOST AMAZING SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICE EVER. But in the stressful time of packing it up after the hard choice to not return, I forgot to…
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Helping students become better at regulating their own emotions is becoming more and more of a priority for school counselors. But how do you teach emotional regulation? What does that look like? It’s a pretty meaty topic! Let me break it down for you. Lots of times, kids learn how to regulate their emotions through the co-regulation process between them…
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Restorative Practices are ALL THE RAGE and while I’m typically critical of the latest trends in education, I love restorative practices and encourage everyone to jump in. The truth is that most school counselors will find themselves really connecting with all of the ideas. The tricky work is in figuring out how to help your school begin to adopt them….
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Are you home? Spending a lot of time at home? Maybe getting slightly bored at home? Helping your students the best you can but have a little time left over? Wanting to do “counselory” things with this time? Here are four ideas: 1. Get your PD on! This is an awesome time to dive into some of those PD books…
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It took me a few years to realize this very important fact: the more organized I am as a school counselor, the better I am at my job. I’m not naturally organized so this was a tough realization for me to face. Nonetheless, it was incredibly true. Why? Because there’s always more to be done than there is time for….
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In some of the educator/counselor Facebook groups I’m a part of, there has been a lot of talk about R-E-S-P-E-C-T. People complaining their students are disrespectful, people wondering how they can teach respect to their students, and people worried that their faculty and students have differing ideas of what respect really means. As human beings, we all have an innate…
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