National School Counseling Week

In typical fashion, I was a week late celebrating National School Counseling Week.  Better late than never, right? I decided to have a little display each day to be available for staff.  So here is what I did.

Day 1:  I made banana bread with a sign that said Let What you Love Be What you Do.  I then wrote a thank you card for the staff supporting the School Counseling Program.

Day 2:  Stress relief tips.  I found so many great resources from pinterest.  I have also read great things about lavender and how it can help with stress and relaxation.  I bought some lavender lotion from Bath and Body works and had it displayed at the front desk with information about lavender.  I also found a stress management model and made hand outs for staff to take.

Day 3:  I bought green and calm tea and put in a basket to take.  I also had a Keep Calm and Drink Team sign in a frame.

Day 4:  I brought in fresh strawberries and another cute sign I found on pinterest.

Day 5:  I tried to make a healthy oatmeal bake but it was gross.  I finished with a message on the morning announcements thanking staff for their support.

Here are some pictures of my displays.  Hope all of you counselors out there had a great week!

On a Scale of.....

One of my favorite counseling techniques is scaling feelings.  In an elementary school, I am constantly educating my students on feelings.  What is a feeling? Is it normal? What does it do to your body? What causes certain feelings?  When a student visits with me, I always ask how they are feeling as my initial conversation.  The students typically use my bear of feelings poster to help identify.  I then ask students on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the angriest, 10 being the happiest, what number they are.  The student visualizes in their head and provides me with a number.

I have been looking for a feelings scale all over pinterest and driving myself crazy to find one that I felt was simple and easy to understand.  When I couldn't find one I liked, I decided it was time to create my own!  So here it is...it was so simple to make.  Here is what it took:

10 pieces of red construction paper

Number cut outs from the $ store

Feelings Faces.  I used Teacherspayteachers

It took me about 15 minutes to make and put on my wall.  I'm really excited for my students to see it and use it!