School Counselor Blog

I am always in search of books I can use for individual counseling, group counseling, and classroom lessons. When I find something great, I love to share it with my readers! What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety was recommended to me by Lacey, a School Counselor Blog Facebook Fan . I knew there was something special about this book the minute I opened it! About What to Do When You Worry Too Much What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Barbara Huebner is an entertaining guide to help children overcome and conquer anxiety.  What to Do When You Worry Too Much uses metaphors, stories, art, and writing to help children understand their worries and learn how to gain control over them. What to Do When You Worry Too Much explains anxiety in kid-friendly terms. The book begins by comparing worries to tomatoes.  Like tomatoes, if you "water" worries by paying attention to them and "feeding" them, they will get out of control fas...

After hearing so many good things about "bucket filling" books I had to try them out for myself.  I recently got "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" and "Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for the Young Child" .  About "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" The concept of "bucket filling" in "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" is quite simple.  Everyone has an invisible bucket with them at all times. When our bucket is full we feel happy, when our bucket is empty we feel pretty bad. "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" explains many specific ways to fill a bucket and many specific ways a bucket can be emptied. Our invisible bucket can be filled by kindness and caring or emptied by negativity and meanness. One of the ways a bucket can be emptied is by "bucket dippers." "Bucket dippers" are bullies who try to empty other people's buckets in an attempt to fill their own. What "bucket dipp...

A reader asked me where she could get lessons on RESPECT for middle school. Q: My hat off to you!  As a counselor we many hats, and you seems to be wearing many more than that.  I appreciate reading the blogs which I’ve signed up to receive from you.  I would like to know if you have any articles or activities dealing with “RESPECT” and “Personal Self”?  If you do, I hope you would share them with me.  Do you have an archive of your counselor’s blogs?   I’m a counselor in the middle school and I love it! A: There are many different websites and books I use to find lessons. Below, I have written about a new resource I have use to find lessons on respect (and much more!) and other resources I have used in the past. Also, see the bottom of the School Counselor Blog website for an archive of all of my previous posts! Safe and Caring Schools I recently got the Safe and Caring Schools series from Free Spirit Publishing for my school. The series is g...