Archive for 'August,2011'
Teen Journaling Can Build Teacher-Student Connection
Ever ask a middle or high school teacher if he/she has had their students journal for a week, a month or longer? You are likely to hear how it improved student-teacher connection, classroom rapport, and a [...]
It’s never too early to start socializing
When we think about children socializing, we automatically imagine a group in school, forging friendships and playing together. However, we develop social skills as early as the first few months of our lives, and there is [...]
Social Skills Central Joins The S-O-S Team Blog
Our sister site Social Skills Central has joined The S-O-S Team blog. Team members contribute monthly articles giving readers valuable information on their specialties in ADHD, anxiety, high functioning autism/Asperger’s, bipolar, social skills, and special education. [...]
Standardized Testing and School Counselors: Where Do We Fit In?
As school counselors, our expected role in standardized testing typically starts and ends with the administration of the exams. Currently, the stakes of high stakes testing have never been greater. Therefore, we must move past the [...]
Separation Anxiety Disorder – More than Just First Day Fears
My daughter will turn 1 next month and is currently experiencing a terrible bout of separation anxiety. It’s a stressful phase for all of us, and one made worse by her blood curdling screams, but a [...]
Middle School – An Important Time To Teach Empathy and Compassion
The middle school years are an important time to teach empathy, and compassion. Pre-teens have the full range of feelings while still willing to acknowledge and communicate about them. How We Learn to Hide, Deny [...]
The School Counselor as a Collaborative Leader
School counselors will wear many professional hats throughout each school year. A very important role is engendering collaboration between a child’s parents/guardians and the staff of the school. Creating a collaborative environment is vital to [...]
Standardized Testing: Twelve Steps Toward Student Success
“Welcome to a great school year … Let us make this school year the best ever,” all proclaim! With the advent of a new school year come myriad challenges to academic success. One such challenge, [...]
The Art of Storytelling
When you cast your mind back to your childhood, what are some of the most enduring memories you have? The majority of us look back and remember the things that made us smile, feel secure, or [...]
It’s School Counselor, Thank You : Moving Away From Guidance Counselor
What’s in a name? It may seem that using the titles school counselor and guidance counselor interchangeably has little influence on one’s professional abilities. After all, they really are the same thing….right? The [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
• I can not stress enough being aware of the movement difficulty invol
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and