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Facilitating Respectful Conversations About Politics with Kids
By Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D., author of Get Gifted Students Talking: 76 Ready-to-Use Group Discussions About Identity, Stress, Relationships, and More (Grades 6–12) Our world is currently colored by bleak pandemic data, racial and cultural tensions, economic hurt, long lines … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Spirit author, talk with kids, talk with teens
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When We Lose a Fellow Teacher
By Stephanie Filio When someone in a school has something to celebrate, the whole school celebrates together. Marriages, graduations, babies—no matter what it is, the staff is less weighty, the kids catch the spirit, and everyone moves through the day … Continue reading
Posted in Counselor's Corner
Tagged grief and loss, school counselor, talk with kids, talk with teens, teachers, trauma
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What to Do When Violence Hits Close to Home
By Stephanie Filio My city is massive in land and population. We have wonderful diversity in this southern bubble of ours, fueled by a coast, tourist-enticing beaches, and our beloved military bases. It is both comfortably slow and expeditiously efficient. … Continue reading
Posted in Counselor's Corner
Tagged community violence, mass shooting, school counselor, talk with kids, talk with teens, trauma
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How to Mediate Contentious Political Discussions Among Students
By Patrick Kelley, author of Teaching Smarter Like it or not, contentious political discussions are probably going to happen in your classroom this year, even if you’re a math teacher! When they do, how will you react? Language will be … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Strategies
Tagged civic education, Free Spirit author, talk with teens
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#ReachHigher for Red Ribbon Week
Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. Every October, the National Family Partnership—a parent advocacy group that works to prevent drug abuse in kids—names a Red Ribbon Week as a way to … Continue reading