School social work activities

Here are some great ideas from Big Life Journal if you are feeling strong emotions in public:

Games can be the perfect tool to introduce and teach social emotional learning skills to kids and young adults. These are the skills that help kids become more self-aware, develop positive relationships, show empathy towards others, manage emotions, use self-control, resolve conflicts, and make posi

5 creating school counseling activities that use candy to help you make your individual, small group and classroom counseling lessons more engaging.

Ready to go student check-in activities to find out what your students are thinking and feeling. Find the ones that work for you!

A crisis plan (sometimes called a safety plan) can sound intimidating, but it's a resource at its core. It is a list of what to do, safe places to go, ways to

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been found to promote academic success and increase students' commitment to school. Generally, there are five key components that make up social emotional learning. These competencies include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision making. Today, I'd like to focus on ways to help students develop self-awareness. Self-awareness includes one's ability to recognize emotions, have an accurate self-perception…

Social emotional learning is a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. I had a reminder this week of why the explicit teaching of these skills is so important for our kiddos, especially in these crucial younger years. During the quarantine, my son switched to an older preschool room and we were […]

Social Emotional Workshop offers practical tools for social emotional learning and counseling.

I'm sharing 5 Mindfulness Activities for Kids. Now, more than ever is the time to teach them how to manage stress and emotions.