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Below are a list of resources I have compiled that school counselors can utilize for supporting military children and families.  Please feel free to add your own favorite resources in the comment section below or share them on the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page  or via email .  Resources on the Web: "Best Day Ever"  - Google Doodle image by a military child of father coming home. This image could be used in individual and small group sessions.  Corner on Character  blog by Barbara Gruener - Barbara has literally TONS of information for supporting military children and families. She also has posts about ways she supports our troops at her school! The Corner on Character is a great resource for all things school counseling and character education! In Our Classrooms: Supporting Children of Military Families   from Edutopia. Great article about ways to support military children.  Military Child Education Coalition  - This site has lots of informatio

There is a new tweet chat in town geared toward Elementary School Counselors! Carli Segal ( @carlicounsels ) author of Carli Counsels Blog  started a weekly Twitter chat for Elementary School Counselors called  #ESCCHAT   Anyone is welcome to attend the weekly chats on Thursdays at 8pm EST. I am super excited to be moderating the Elementary School Counselor Chat ( #ESCCHAT ) this week on Tech Savvy School Counseling ! So if you want to share ways you are tech savvy and learn more ideas, come #ESCCHAT with us on Thursday, May 23 at 8pm EST. For more information on participating in a Twitter Chat, check out this post Dr. Erin Mason and I wrote about #SCCHAT . Have you participated in a Twitter Chat? What is your favorite part about participating in a Twitter Chat? Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counse

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! In my latest post Advocating for Children Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder   for Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , I share ways that you can make a big impact in the life of a child diagnosed with a mental disorder through advocating. How do you advocate for children diagnosed with a mental disorder? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post on the Free Spirit Blog! I started writing for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April of 2012. Check out the  Counselor's Corner  for more Free Spirit Publishing Blog Posts by me! I love  Free Spirit's books  and I am so excited to contribute to  Free Spirit's Blog , "a springboard of ideas for teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about kids!" Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certif

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! In my latest post Mental Health Awareness Month   for Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , I share fun ways you can educate your workers about mental health and wellness. How do you support mental health and wellness at your school? What things do you do to take care of your own mental health and wellness? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post on the Free Spirit Blog! I started writing for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April of 2012. Check out the  Counselor's Corner  for more Free Spirit Publishing Blog Posts by me! I love  Free Spirit's books  and I am so excited to contribute to  Free Spirit's Blog , "a springboard of ideas for teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about kids!" Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Cer

I am trying out Storify as a method to archive the School Counselor Tweet Chats. Let me know what you think! For more information about School Counselor Tweet Chat (#scchat) and transcripts of previous chats, visit http://bit.ly/scchat-info . [ View the story "May #SCCHAT - iPads in School Counseling K-12" on Storify ] Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counselor Blog , a place where school counselors share innovative ideas,  creative lesson plans,  and quality resources. Connect with Danielle via  email ,  Twitter ,  Pinterest ,  LinkedIn ,  Google+ , and become a fan of the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page .

Our May #SCCHAT was held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8pmEST. The topic was iPads in School Counseling K-12. Andrea Burston ( @andreajburston ) moderated the chat. This transcript is chock full of iPad app recommendations and ways you can use iPads in your work as a school counselor. Check out the  full chat transcript here ! To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #scchat,  click here . For transcripts of previous #SCCHATs, schedules for future School Counselor Tweet Chats, and information on how to participate, visit #SCCHAT Info:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . There is a lot of Twitter buzz building about the 2013 ASCA Conference (#ASCA13) in Philadelphia, PA! We plan to share information with you all soon about our second annual School Counselor Tweet Up, which is a great opportunity for you to meet and network in real time with your #SCCHAT friends! We are currently looking for future moderators and topics. If you are interested in moderating, please email me or

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on  Tuesday, May 7, 2013  at 8pmEST. The topic for this month's School Counselor Tweet Chat is Andrea Burston ( @andreajburston ) from  JYJ Counselor  will be moderating the chat about iPads in School Counseling K-12 .  We will be chatting about how school counselors can utilize iPads in their work as school counselors at the elementary, middle school, and high school level. Come ready to share your favorite apps and how you use them! You will learn lots of ways you can use the iPad in school counseling! We look forward to tweeting with you! Join  School Counselor Blog  and  SCOPE  for #scchat the first Tuesday of the month @ 8pmEST!  For transcripts of previous #SCCHATs, schedules for future School Counselor Tweet Chats, and information on how to participate, visit #SCCHAT Info:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . If you are interested in moderating a future School Counselor Tweet Chat,  direct message me  on twitter! Dr. Erin Mason i

I am running the Pittsburgh Half Marathon as a Girls on the Run SoleMate benefiting Girls on the Run Magee's Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Last spring I had the opportunity to serve as Girls on the Run coach at my school.  It was such an empowering and rewarding experience for everyone involved. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a non-profit organization that "inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running." Coaches teach a 10-12 week curriculum that focuses on body image, self-esteem, relational aggression, nutrition,  wellness and other topics relavent to adolescent girls. All of the activities have a component of physical activity or running. The Girls on the Run program culminates with a 5K event. To learn more about Girls on the Run check out the Girls on the Run website and watch the video below! I would love to answer questions you may have about hosting a Gi

April showers... BRING MAY FLOWERS! Spring has finally sprung where I am in Pittsburgh, PA! Temperatures have been in the 70s this week and I hope that sping is here to stay! Even if it spring hasn't sprung yet where you are, here are a few ways you can brighten things up by bringing May flowers into your School Counseling office and activities. Grow Respect! In a recent post for the Free Spirit Publishing Blog I shared about a lesson I did that I called " Growing Respect ." This lesson is an example of how you can use concepts that children and adolescents already understand to teach new information. I used the concept of how a flower grows to teach students about growing and nurturing respect. I took this lesson a step further for a girl's group. We talked about growing respect and then planted sunflowers I purchased from the dollar spot at Target. Students enjoyed watching the progress of their sunflowers' growth throughout the group. It was a