Here's an awesome article about why school counselors support reading. Yay literacy and social emotional learning!!!
The Elements of Success - downloadable compendium by The Learning First Alliance. Made for administrators, includes the ASCA national model.
* The New Puberty: How to navigate early development in today's girls. Just a generation ago, fewer than 5 percent of girls started puberty before the age of 8; today that percentage has more than doubled. Early puberty is not just a matter of physical transformation — it’s deeply psychological too, with effects that can put a girl at higher risk for behavioral problems as well as long-term health challenges such as obesity, depression, eating disorders, and even cancer. Buy.
Anxiety:
* What to do when you Worry too much (curriculum)
* When my worries get too big - a relaxation book for children who live with anxiety.
Gender
Gender Unicorn
Creating an Inclusive Classroom by Offering Pronoun Choice
Growth Mindset:
What Kids Can Do (Website) http://whatkidscando.org/resources/spec_growthmindset.html
Larry Ferlazzo blog - recommendations http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/10/13/the-best-resources-on-helping-our-students-develop-a-growth-mindset/
Curriculum ideas:
Student Success Skills
Second Steps - whole class, zones of regulation
Mind Up - Mindfulness
Split - movie about family separation
- video broken into chapters (good for small groups) - available in PPS multi-media
Calm.com - free school accounts (scroll to the bottom)
Support real teachers - promoting qualiity physical education through advocacyy and free access to information and resources
Dance playlists
* The New Puberty: How to navigate early development in today's girls. Just a generation ago, fewer than 5 percent of girls started puberty before the age of 8; today that percentage has more than doubled. Early puberty is not just a matter of physical transformation — it’s deeply psychological too, with effects that can put a girl at higher risk for behavioral problems as well as long-term health challenges such as obesity, depression, eating disorders, and even cancer. Buy.
Anxiety:
* What to do when you Worry too much (curriculum)
* When my worries get too big - a relaxation book for children who live with anxiety.
Gender
Gender Unicorn
Creating an Inclusive Classroom by Offering Pronoun Choice
Growth Mindset:
What Kids Can Do (Website) http://whatkidscando.org/resources/spec_growthmindset.html
Larry Ferlazzo blog - recommendations http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/10/13/the-best-resources-on-helping-our-students-develop-a-growth-mindset/
Curriculum ideas:
Student Success Skills
Second Steps - whole class, zones of regulation
Mind Up - Mindfulness
Split - movie about family separation
- video broken into chapters (good for small groups) - available in PPS multi-media
Calm.com - free school accounts (scroll to the bottom)
Support real teachers - promoting qualiity physical education through advocacyy and free access to information and resources
Dance playlists