Category: Counselors

Literacy: What’s Movement Got to Do with It?
By Categories: Body and Brain, Counselors, Differentiating Instruction, Educators, Learning, Non-traditional learners, Parents Tags: , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

How Movement Helps the Brain The year I taught fifth grade found me on the second floor of a school building  erected in the 1920’s. There was only one third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade on that floor, and there were four us of who taught up there. We were used to

Ways to be an Effective Mentor
By Categories: Counselors, Culture and Community, Educators, General Interest, Leadership, Mentorship, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Social and Emotional Growth, Teaching, Teaching Leave a comment

This list was originally developed to help parents mentor their children. The suggestions listed below are equally relevant to mentor relationships with students, employees, and other adults. • Accept your children unconditionally, just the way they are. Begin with them wherever they

Parents as Allies
By Categories: Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Counselors, Discipline, Educators, Parent-Teacher relationships, Relationships, Self-care and Inspiration Leave a comment

Building Your Support Team: Parents Free excerpt from The Beginning Teacher’s Survival Guide: Win-Win Strategies for Success by Dr. Jane Bluestein (2022, Father Sky Publishing, Albuquerque, NM), from chapter 10: “Build Your Support Team.” This chapter also includes

36 Things You Can Do to Feel Great!
By Categories: Counselors, Educators, General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration, Parents, Self-care and Inspiration, Taking care of yourself Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Practical ideas that can change your perspective and mood It doesn’t take much and it doesn’t take long to show yourself a little love. Let’s quit putting everybody else first all the time. Sure, some of these suggestions involve doing something nice for someone else, but the point of this exercise is to choose something that will…

Parenting Teens
By Categories: Avoiding power struggles, Avoiding power struggles with your kids, Building responsibility, Counselors, Discipline, Educators, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating your kids, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Recognition and Reinforcement, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Win-win parenting authority Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

How to Draw the Line Counselors know that when parents set clear boundaries, they take care of their teens and themselves. 

Positive Consequences
By Categories: Avoiding power struggles, Behavior Management, Behavior Management, Building responsibility, Classroom management, Counselors, Discipline, Educators, Increasing Positivity, Intervening negative behavior, Motivating cooperation, Parenting, Parenting, Parents, Recognition and reinforcement, Rules and Boundaries, Teaching, Teaching, Win-win authority Leave a comment

A very different approach Here’s a new spin on the notion of “consequences,” a term familiar to every educator. But rather than looking at the negative outcome of behavioral choices your students make, let’s

Building Your Classroom Community
By Categories: Counselors, Creating community, Culture and Community, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, Increasing Positivity, Leadership, Problem solving, School climate, Social and Emotional Growth 1 Comment

Creating a positive social climate in your classroom Bullying, harassment, cyberbullying, and their horrific impact have been in the headlines again recently, with the usual hysteria, hand-wringing, and finger-pointing. Here’s an effective, common-sense, process-oriented approach to creating a positive, caring, and respectful classroom climate. This material