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Upcoming Presentation at the Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Conference: Promote Self-Care to Your School Community

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I’m so excited to present “Promote Self-Care to Your School Community” at the 2025 Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Conference!  🗓 December 4, 2025 | 3:50 PM 📍 The Penn Stater Hotel & Convention Center, State College, PA ➡️ Register now: https://ncyionline.org/conferences/pascac/    💬 Session Description: Self-care goes beyond bubble baths and spa days. It involves proactive, intentional practices that support physical, emotional, and mental well-being. For students, promoting self-care helps students manage stress, build healthy habits, and develop positive relationships. For educators, it can reduce burnout, boost productivity, and support a positive school culture. Discover creative ways to promote self-care through standalone programs and integrate self-care into existing programs. I can’t wait to connect with school counselors, counselor educators, and graduate students at #PSCA25! 💙✨  Want me to bring this session to your school or organizati...
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Vibe Check Bulletin Board for Your School Counseling Office

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I am absolutely obsessed with this  Vibe Check bulletin board ! 🤩 A teacher friend recently posted this Vibe Check bulletin board and I was immediately smitten. I HAD to have it for my School Counseling Office. It just screams middle school to me. 📓💻✨ Typically I design my own bulletin boards in Canva and print everything out. You can view FREE printable bulletin boards I have made here . Sometimes, however, it is nice to have something that is already done. This Vibe Check bulletin board was so easy to pop out and put up. It looks amazing and adds the perfect middle school "vibe check" for the School Counseling Suite. 🤩 I just love all the little details including the cups that look like Stanleys ... so middle school! Shout out to Miss Macon ( @miss_macon ) for sharing this find. Below are the materials I used to create this  Vibe Check bulletin board . Vibe Check bulletin board  (I purchase from Amazon, but you can also find it here and here )...
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Wings Up! FGCU Graduation Re-Cap & Fort Myers, Florida Travel

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Seeing all the pictures of students moving into dorms and the start of the academic year has made me nostalgic for my trip to Florida Gulf Coast University's graduation.  For the past two years, I have had the privilege of teaching future school counselors as an adjunct faculty member in the School Counseling Master’s program at FGCU.💚💙🦅 At the beginning of May I took a trip to Fort Myers, Florida to attend Florida Gulf Coast University Graduation.  In this post I will share about attending FGCU graduation and my trip to Fort Meyers.  I was so excited to be able to participate in the FGCU graduation ceremonies as an adjunct professor. I wore my doctoral regalia from my Duquesne University Counselor Education and Supervision PhD Graduation.  The first graduation of the weekend was the first cohort of students to go through the  ASCA Recognized School Counselor Preparation Program  at FGCU. It was great to see students that I had for a semester of internsh...
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The Life of a Middle School Counselor - Plus How to Open a Lock Template Link

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That's Middle School, baby... Not gonna lie, I have been OBSESSED with finding out all the new Taylor Swift Album details. I decided to make a special image just for middle school counselors. When I woke up this morning to get the Taylor Swift news, I immediately thought of making a "The Life of a Middle School Student" Image using a combination lock. I actually made one and posted a countdown for our first day of school! Combination locks make me think of middle school. They are kind of the quintessential middle school thing... The thing about combination locks though, is that they can be a big stressor! Honestly, I still remember how stressed I was about opening a combination lock in middle school.... and that was back in the 1990s...  A few years ago, I created a "how to open a combination lock" image to help students feel comfortable opening those dreaded combination locks.  I realized I never posted those images here... soooooooooooo without further ado, be...
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Tips to Optimize Your ASCA Virtual Conference Experience 2025

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A great option to still get top notch professional development and connect with other school counselors across the country is to attend the ASCA Virtual Conference! Below I share tips that Andrea Burston (@jyjcounselor) and I compiled to help you optimize your ASCA virtual conference experience. Make a Schedule Familiarize yourself with the conference schedule and determine what sessions you want to attend. Use the virtual event platform to add sessions to your schedule. Be aware of the conference time zone when planning to attend live sessions. For example, the 2025 ASCA Conference is in Long Beach, CA so the time is Pacific Time. Here's a link of all the 2025 ASCA Virtual Conference sessions:  https://bit.ly/asca25virtual . ..But Be Flexible Don't be hard on yourself if you can't attend live sessions. One major perk of attending the ASCA Virtual Conference is that you have access to all the virtual sessions through October 15, 2025. Get Organized Make a plan for recording...
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