…Not adding any additional comments or feelings to it. Simply saying “Your welcome” or adding “thank you” to a compliment. It feels good to be able to take someone else’s words as they are. While helping that student get their app in on time is part of your job and maybe not that big of a deal – it may be for that parent. They may have been anxious about the process and glad you were able to help. To them it IS a big deal and by saying it was no b…
…source useful and worth sharing with parents and families. Of course, we’d welcome counselors who are interested in creating a course or a package as well! Please contact Swami at [email protected] or create a profile by visiting this link. SC|CS Partnership We’re excited to be working with The Counseling Geek to support the SC|CS scholarship. For every dollar we generate from referrals through the site, we’ll donate 5% to the SC|CS scholarshi…
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…following along online (in between sleeping and diaper changes). Advice welcome! I know many of you are practicing school counselors and have children of your own. What would you tell yourself when you started now that you know what you do? How does being a school counselor make parenthood harder/easier? Got any favorite tips, blogs, toys, tools, etc? PLEASE comment below or get a hold of me via email or social media! I love being able to conne…
…d the reader’s favorite posts of the year. I hope you enjoy the rewind and welcome 2016 with open arms. Thanks for reading and here is to another great year next year! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Free School Counseling Group Curriculum – Academic Success Groups I was searching for a curriculum to use for a short term academic group with struggling students at my school site. I had a hard time finding a short one so I put something together…
…also add static and consistent material to every email you send. Perhaps a welcome, a reminder of why they are receiving the email blast or a seasonal announcement. You can use any of the other drag-n-drop template components to add this content (the text box, image placeholder, etc. After you have finalized your content – you will hit a confirmation page and a button to schedule your campaign. If you are happy with your progress – you can hit the…
…ace quiet to focus so you can use your working memory to its maximum—well, welcome to the clan of the creative. Having a somewhat smaller working memory means you can more easily generalize your learning into new, more creative combinations. Because you’re learning new, more creative combinations. Having a somewhat smaller working memory, which grows from the focusing abilities of the prefrontal cortex, doesn’t lock everything up so tightly, you c…
…l leave with ideas of how to tackle parent nights, board reports, and even classroom guidance. We do more public speaking than you may think as school counselors. No matter your comfort level with public speaking – we hope you join us Wed. July 1 for the final morning session. All comfort levels welcome! [Tweet “Taking presentations from Blah to Blazing w/ @CounselingGeek & @TheSmiths_CNSLR #ASCA15 #scchat”] Below I have embedded the slides for th…
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Welcome to the fall shopping list for Professional School Counselors. If you are new to this (roughly) bi-monthly feature – please check out the past editions of the School Counselor Shopping List for other school counselor tested and approved items, resources, books, and other goodies. I hope you enjoy this fall edition and check out a few things that may help your programs to grow. Amazon Kindle App for Android (and Apple…boooo): FREE! I have f…
