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Excited and Nervous: How to Help Children Navigate Mixed Feelings About Returning to School
By Lory Britain, Ph.D., author of I’m Happy-Sad Today: Making Sense of Mixed-Together Feelings Your child laughs excitedly as she packs pencils and pens in her backpack for the first day of in-person school. You watch with both relief and … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged back to school, elementary school, emotions and behavior, feelings, Free Spirit author, processing emotions, SEL
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Creative Ways to Help Students Manage Their Emotions: A Q&A from Rayne Lacko and Lesley Holmes
By Rayne Lacko and Lesley Holmes, coauthors of Dream Up Now™: The Teen Journal for Creative Self-Discovery Integrating art and creative projects into your classroom curriculum is a great way to help students gain self-awareness of their emotions, discover safe … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged art, creativity, emotions and behavior, feelings, Free Spirit author, processing emotions
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3 Mindfulness Activities for Challenging Behaviors
By Molly Breen Challenging behavior in preschool is the rule, not the exception. In my setting, every day is a new opportunity for kids to be expressive, interactive, impulsive, and so on. Observing and responding to kids is the bulk … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood
Tagged early childhood education, emotions and behavior, mindfulness, preschool
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How to Help Young Children Heal from Pandemic Trauma
By Michelle Salcedo, M.Ed., author of Uncover the Roots of Challenging Behavior: Create Responsive Environments Where Young Children Thrive As summer weather creeps in and vaccines go in arms, you can almost feel the collective exhale as many of us cautiously … Continue reading
Helping Kids Cope with the Fear of Violence
By Stephanie Filio Every generation seems to have their own approach to protecting children against violence on TV. In the 1980s, parents were advised to keep their children from watching the news and MTV. In the ’90s, parent groups scolded … Continue reading
Posted in Counselor's Corner
Tagged emotions and behavior, kids and fear, parents, school counselor, stress
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