School counselor introduction lesson

A blog about school counseling and school counseling resources

These Meet The Counselor activities are perfect for your back to school counseling lessons. Students will learn the role of the school counselor and how you can help with their social, emotional and academic needs. Use these at the beginning of the year in your classroom lessons!

Preparing rooms & creating lessons, back to school to-do lists seem endless. To make it easier, here is a Welcome Back to School List for School Counselors.

**Please Note: You must scroll to the bottom of this post and click on the text link to download the presentation. I am not able to individually email copies of the presentation at this time.** A new school year brings another round of School Counselor Intro lessons. Last year, I attempted to combine my meet the counselor lesson with a bullying lesson to save time but it really wasn't effective. After trying to kill two birds with one stone, I've come to the belief that elementary school…

Looking for fun activities to introduce your role as the school counselor to your students? These 5 fun meet the counselor activities will get your students engaged and moving while dispelling some myths about the counselor's role!

Use this interactive fishing activity as a school counselor introduction lesson to teach students about your roles and responsibilities

I had 30 minutes with each class to do an intro lesson to school counseling. Here's what I did with each level: K-1: Object Lesson Materials Needed: Rainbow Fish book Finding Nemo ("just keep swimming") Dumbo (great listener) puzzle pieces (help put the pieces together) heart (care about all of the students) Frozen characters ("Let it go!") Star (reach for the stars and achieve goals) angry birds (anger management) happy face (help you be happy to be at school) tissue (dry up tears when…

Last year, I found a great idea for introducing myself to my students. It worked so well that I decided to do it again this year! The original idea came from Wanda P., a school counselor on the ASCAScene web forum. (If you aren't a member of ASCA, I recommend it just for the discussion forum alone. It's been a lifesaver at times.) I use Mrs. Potato Head to introduce the various parts of my job as Elementary School Counselor. I bring her in a bag to each class and have the kids help me put…

This article houses my complete School Counseling Lessons with yearly outline and examples along the way! Believe me.... you don't want to miss out!

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