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What Is Justice Sensitivity? How to Help Kids With A Strong Sense of Justice and Fairness
Justice sensitivity in kids can lead to big emotions, especially when things feel unfair. This post breaks down what justice sensitivity is, the four different types, and why some children react so strongly. You’ll also find practical, research-based strategies to help kids manage their reactions, build emotional awareness, and respond to unfair situations in healthier ways.
How to Use a SMART Counseling Goal Planner to Write Effective Goals and Plan Targeted Interventions
Struggling to organize your IEP counseling goals? Learn how to use a Goal Summary Sheet to write SMART objectives, align with MTSS, and streamline your session planning, all in one spot.
Help Kids Express Emotions with this Free Spring Feelings Flower Wheel
Help children explore and express their emotions with this simple Spring Emotional Flower Wheel activity. This hands-on social emotional learning (SEL) craft turns feelings into something visual, playful, and easy to understand. Perfect for home, classroom, or counseling settings, it encourages meaningful conversations, builds emotional awareness, and supports self-regulation through creativity and connection.
What Is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)? A Guide to Understanding Intense Emotional Reactions
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, or RSD, is a pattern of intense emotional responses to perceived or real rejection, criticism, exclusion, or loss of connection. Although RSD is not a diagnosis as of this writing, it's a common phenomenon in the ADHD and neurodiverse communities, and there are many research studies about it. For children and adolescents who experience RSD, rejection is not just painful. It can be overwhelming, catastrophic, like the end of the world, and even p
Spring, Easter, and St. Patrick's Day Counseling and Social Emotional Learning Activities
Celebrate spring’s energy with Easter-themed SEL and counseling ideas. From feelings egg hunts and gratitude flower crafts to mindful bunny breathing and collaborative kindness baskets, these activities bring seasonal joy and emotional exploration to classrooms or therapy sessions, helping kids practice empathy, focus, gratitude, and self-awareness in creative ways.
Valentine's Day SEL Activities: Social Emotional Learning on Self-Compassion and Kindness
This post shares Valentine’s Day social emotional learning activities centered on self compassion and kindness. You’ll find ideas for affirmations, kind note exchanges, emotion collage art, partner reflections and guided sharing prompts. Each activity supports emotion naming, empathy and emotional connection. These tools help students and children boost self worth and spread kindness in their community.
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