Middle school counseling

Promoting self-esteem in the classroom can be beneficial for all students, especially the period in which preteens and teens experience their most formative years. Here's what you can do in the classroom to help your middle school students feel more comfortable about who they are. #CultofPedagogyPin

Are you a new middle school counselor? A school counseling student thinking about what level might be best for you? Or maybe you're a seasoned vet beginning to feel a little burnt out? Read on for the top 5 reasons to fall in love with middle school counseling!

Whether your district calls it PBIS, RTI-B, or MTSS-B, chances are, you are providing your students with levels of support. This is a good thing! That said,

Sometimes your last school counseling lesson of the year comes so close to the end, that it doesn't seem helpful to teach a new social emotional skill. Or

Excellent and effective comprehensive school counseling programs aren’t a list of specific lessons or activities or celebrations, though. Great counseling programs meet the needs of their students. This means they look different. Your students can develop socially and emotionally and academically and behaviorally as a result of your work even if you don’t check off all of the boxes created by others.

Quick, fun, no-prep SEL lesson activities that are perfect for before and after breaks or any time you need an extra fun guidance lesson

Help students develop self-awareness by incorporating lessons that target social emotional learning in the classroom. Find ideas and lessons for addressing SEL along with actionable ideas for helping develop social emotional learning in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Picture this...you’re 11-years-old and have been happy as a clam at your elementary school for as long as you can remember. But, your small, safe world is

Teaching Social Skills to Middle and High Kids - Most middle and high school teachers like to hope that students come to them already pre-programmed with strong social skills and abilities. It would definitely make classes easier, but we know that it is not true in many cases.

Take the awkward out of hygiene conversations with your upper elementary and middle school students with hygiene lessons, individual counseling, family engagement, and collaboration. Read the blog post for tactical ideas and tools for helping your students practice personal hygiene.

This is friendship activity for middle school and upper elementary counseling and relationship building. Students learn the difference between true friends and toxic friendships. There is a reading and scenarios for students to determine if the friendships are true or toxic.

Grit and Mindset Lesson Plan

Building relationships with your grade 4 5 6 students should be your number one priority for a productive and engaging back to school class.

Tons of Counseling worksheets, games, and resources to help you with Counseling Elementary and Middle School students. Resources for Counseling and School based therapy are easy to use and fun for students. Several rapport building games to chose from for both in person and teletherapy counseling.

In this blog post, I discuss the importance of college readiness for middle schoolers and how as school counselors we play a critical role in helping our students prepare for the future.

Looking for meaningful ways to end group counseling? Check out these 5 group counseling closing rituals to use with your students! Group counseling activities for the last session of group. Group counseling lesson plans for elementary school counseling and middle school counseling last session of group. -Counselor Keri

I would love, love, love to be a student in my sweet friend Alisha's @missingtoothgrins1 class!😍😍 She does the cutest stuff, and it is always so meaningful!!! This Circle of Control anchor chart she uses in her classroom is at the to

How do we help our middle and high school students self-regulate? It begins with understanding! This blog provides 4 strategies on self-regulation for students. #selfregulation #sel #highschoolstudents #middleschoolstudents #classroommanagement

30 youtube videos for elementary school counselors to use during class lessons.

Plan individual school counseling sessions using skills checklists and a counseling map so you can be responsive and focused.