Individual counseling activities

This is something new that I've started in my individual counseling sessions. It serves a few purposes - it helps me gather data on how effective the sessions are, helps students self-reflect, and wor

2nd Grade Writing Worksheets are a great way to get children thinking in a communicative way. When we communicate we tell a story. Much of our communication is an expression of action, emotion, direction and of course the details. In order to reach others, we typically use words. And written words are so very important. […]

Free Progress Card Samples

Art therapy is an excellent tool for school counselors to integrate into group counseling and individual counseling. It allows students to express thoughts and feelings in a different way that is less intimidating and more engaging.

One of my goals for my second semester of my internship was to track student growth in individual sessions. To do this, I created two forms to use with the older students at school. I print out the assessment on half sheets of paper and measure the lines to exactly 10 cm. How To Use Progress Charts: 1. Student circles current feeling 2. Student marks each line depending on how they are feeling about each area (scale between terrible and great) 3. Measure the length of the line at the point…

With Thanksgiving heading our way, I love to do things to remind my kids of the many blessings we have. There is so much in our lives to be thankful for. I created this little Gratitude Game to play with them, and we have been having loads of fun with it! What is The Gratitude …

“Things I want to talk about today. Great tool for conversation starters with children and adults. #socialwork”

“A great little #SelfReflection form for anger management. Great for ALL students!”

Help your students in worry group personify their worries by making a worry monster with watercolors and a deep breathing exercise! Students will learn two helpful strategies to manage worries in small group counseling or individual counseling.

Invaluable individual counseling tools you have to have. Here are some of my favorites to have on hand when working with children.