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Top 5 TED Talks for School Counselors

Top 5 TED Talks for School Counselors

School counselors have borne the brunt of much of the turbulence experienced in education over the last few years. These five TED Talks speak to some of the biggest challenges school counselors face and offer tools and insights you may find helpful moving forward....

Reducing Student Anxiety as a School Counselor

Reducing Student Anxiety as a School Counselor

While some students view January as an opportunity to verbalize their hopes and dreams for the coming year, many others enter the new year struggling with anxiety. Coming out of the holidays and looking at the unknowns associated with the months ahead, student anxiety...

Neighborhood Nod

Waving Back: 3 Wholehearted Ways to Build Connection

Waving Back: 3 Wholehearted Ways to Build Connection

Genuine connection is one of the things human beings crave the most – yet the fear of rejection often keeps us from taking the risks necessary to find the connection we long for. Brad Platt’s song “Waving Through the Window” vividly describes this internal conflict:...

Four Powerful Ways Parents Can Express Love to Their Kids

Four Powerful Ways Parents Can Express Love to Their Kids

"Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable…And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving." — From The World According To Mr. Rogers  If Mr. Rogers was right, how can parents...

Teacher Talk

Belonging Stops the Bully: 4 Lessons from the Savannah

Belonging Stops the Bully: 4 Lessons from the Savannah

If you’ve ever watched a wildlife documentary, you’re familiar with some of the hunting tactics used by predators and the dynamics existing between predator and prey. Observing predator-prey dynamics can help to illustrate parallels between the natural instincts of...

Kindness in the Classroom: Kind Conflict Resolution

Kindness in the Classroom: Kind Conflict Resolution

“If conflict is a normal, natural part of life, it’s really important to look at how we deal with it.”  – Ann McKnight This final post in our “Kindness in the Classroom” series culminates with a brief look at how teachers can facilitate kind and effective...