Author: Rachel Davis
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Planning and Assessing your Comprehensive School Counseling Program
Having a clear plan for your counseling sessions is essential in delivering a data driven school counseling program. Paired with assessment tools, you can’t go wrong! Let’s refer to the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies to determine how we can easily plan and assess your program. How to Plan Your Comprehensive School Counseling…
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Indirect vs Direct Student Services: A Guide for School Counselors
As counselors we know that working directly with the kiddos is the best part! But, there’s some backend tasks that are also essential to running a smooth school counseling program. I referenced the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies to determine how to distribute and focus our efforts so we can maximize student success!…
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Productivity Practices for School Counselors
As a counselor your day is ever-evolving and full of surprises. This is one of the best parts about the job right? The unpredictability sure isn’t boring! However it can make creating a daily schedule pretty tricky! I’ve developed these easy to implement strategies to make each day organized and efficient. Design your Daily Schedule…
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School Counseling Hot Topic Referrals
Do you ever find yourself getting multiple counseling referrals for the same hot topics? When you have a high area of need, sometimes you need to teach and reinforce the same skill across all three tiers! In my experience some hot topics have been anxiety and self-control. I recommend taking a comprehensive approach to teaching…
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4 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching Classroom Counseling Lessons
Teaching class lessons didn’t always come naturally to me. In fact, I used to dread class lessons because I lacked confidence and felt unprepared. How to schedule, plan, and teach class lessons was only briefly covered in my grad school classes. And classroom management was not covered at all! When I landed my first counseling…
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12 Go-To Counseling Games for the Holiday Season
The countdown to winter break has begun! With Thanksgiving break that felt too short and Christmas break still a couple of weeks away, being a school counselor in this busy season can feel overwhelming sometimes. One of the ways I like to bring in the holiday spirit is by using holiday-themed games in my classroom…
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How to Conduct a Mid Year Check In using a Data Wall
We often think about analyzing data at the end of the school year to reflect on program progress. I am a huge proponent of this and love showcasing my findings in an End of the Year Report, however data tracking isn’t only for the end of the year. In fact, it’s imperative that we are…
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5 Ways to Embed Teaching Gratitude in Your School Counseling Program
It feels like we were preparing for BTS season just a little while ago, and here we are, bracing ourselves for Thanksgiving already! One of the things I love most about the festivity that the end of the year brings is that amidst it all, we are reminded to be grateful for all we have.…
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How to Use Social Emotional Learning Worksheets and Counseling Journals
I am a firm believer in hands-on, engaging games and activities, but occasionally I like to use social emotional learning worksheets to help reinforce concepts or promote self-reflection in students. A great way to do this is by using a collection of worksheets or journals in small groups or with individual students. Gratitude Journals Gratitude…
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Favorite Fall-Themed Counseling Resources to Spruce Up Your October
It’s Fall, ya’ll! And that for most of us means incorporating Fall themed activities into our school counseling program. With Halloween coming up and October also being Bullying Prevention Month, it does feel like a double whammy, right? In my experience, kids love seasonal activities, especially the ones we do towards the end of the…