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Friendship drama doesn’t have to take over your counseling office.
30-Minute Groups: Social Drama and Friendship Skills gives counselors ready-to-use lessons to help students build healthier relationships and navigate conflict.
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Flag Day is an opportunity to teach children the meaning behind the American flag, citizenship, and respect.
I'm Your Flag, So Please Treat Me Right! helps make those conversations meaningful.
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The language we use shapes how we view students.
When labels focus on what's wrong with a child rather than the challenges surrounding them, we can miss the bigger picture.
The words we choose shape how children see themselves.
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Do you know a student who is surrounded by people every day, yet feels completely alone?
15-Minute Focus: Relationships & Belonging helps educators recognize student isolation and build school cultures where every student feels safe, seen, and supported.
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Looking for a body image book for kids?
How to Be Comfortable in Your Own Feathers helps children build confidence, self-acceptance, and healthy self-esteem while learning to appreciate what makes them unique.
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Kids need opportunities to struggle.
Not overwhelming struggle—but the kind that helps them discover they are stronger and more capable than they thought.
Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do is stay close and let them grow.
#growthmindset #schoolcounselor
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Understanding behavior changes everything.
Positive Behavior Principles by Dan St. Romain provides practical strategies educators can use right away to support positive behavior and student success.
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The spaces we create send a message.
Through our words, actions, and everyday interactions, we help people understand whether they belong and whether it is safe to be themselves.
#Belonging #SchoolCounselor
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📚 June Book Sale!
Featured picture books are just $8 each for a limited time.
Shop now:
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June is packed with opportunities for meaningful conversations about safety, belonging, family, and community.
What June observance will you be recognizing this year?
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The goal isn’t to fix the feeling or rush past it.
Sometimes students need less instruction and more presence. Calm, supportive phrases help communicate: You are safe. You are not alone.
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#Separationanxiety can affect a child’s school day before it even begins.
30-Minute Groups: Separation Anxiety helps PK–3 students build coping skills, confidence, resilience, and independence through ready-to-use 30-minute lessons.
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The pressure to make summer count is real.
After a busy school year, maybe meaningful moments look less like perfection and more like slowing down, reconnecting, and finally having room to breathe again.
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#schoolcounselor #educators
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Big emotions can feel overwhelming for kids. 💥
Soda Pop Head helps children recognize anger, understand triggers, and practice calming strategies before they “blow their top.”
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The feedback on this card deck has been amazing. 💙
Let’s Get Curious: Resilience & Self-Belief helps students build confidence, reflect on self-talk, and learn through conversation, scenarios, and play.
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Compassion is not the same as excusing behavior.
When we see students compassionately, we’re not lowering expectations, we’re creating space for reflection, solutions, and growth. Punishment and blame rarely create lasting change. Compassion paired with accountability often does.
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