Supporting Children’s Mental Health with CBT — Unpacking the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors of Kids
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This is a guest blog post by: Alison McGrath, LMHC. Alison is the author of the new CBT picture book, Walter and the Worry Test. I love...
Whole Child Counseling
- May 3
- 10 min
Picture Books about Flexible Thinking and Dealing with Change for Kids
In a world that's constantly changing, teaching our children to be flexible thinkers is more important than ever. Flexible thinking...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Jul 6, 2022
- 11 min
Using Books to Teach Kids About Self-Control: 28 Top Impulse Control Picture Books for Children
Self control is an important skill to teach children. One of my favorite ways to introduce new social emotional learning topics like...
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Whole Child Counseling
- May 14, 2022
- 14 min
Using Books to Teach Kids About Kindness
Children absorb the world around them like a sponge, whether positive or negative. They quickly learn acceptable and unacceptable...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Mar 25, 2022
- 8 min
Using Books and Videos to Teach Kids Good Sportsmanship, Teamwork, and Cooperation Skills
Are you looking for books and video clips to teach kids about how to be a good sport, winning and losing graciously, playing fairly,...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Sep 24, 2021
- 8 min
How to Explain Alzheimer's Disease to Children
I am so pleased to share this guest blog post from Laurie Zelinger, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, author of the Please Explain to Me book series....
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Whole Child Counseling
- Sep 19, 2021
- 6 min
Top 3 Favorite Grief and Loss Books
Grief is a topic I've written about here a lot because it has impacted my life so much. And since I've read SO MANY books on grief, today...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Aug 9, 2021
- 12 min
Practical Tips and Books for Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Time and time again I have found that kids really benefit from using bibliotherapy techniques. Bibliotherapy is the strategy of using...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Jun 27, 2021
- 6 min
SMART Social-Emotional Counseling IEP and Treatment Goals and Objectives
Let’s discuss S.M.A.R.T. social-emotional and counseling IEP goals and treatment plan objectives. These goals can be hard to write since...
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Whole Child Counseling
- May 17, 2021
- 7 min
Helping Children Cope with Anticipatory Grief
I keep circling back to grief and loss because my world has been rocked by my losses. I think of death and loss every day. Not in a...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
Shout Out Book to Boost Teacher and Staff Morale
In my free resource library (you will receive the password when you subscribe to my email list at the bottom of this page), you can...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Feb 16, 2020
- 1 min
Books for Parents, Educators and Counselors about Anxiety in Children
Anxiety is such a common issue with children and adolescents today. Here is a list of books that I have found helpful. These books are...
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Whole Child Counseling
- Feb 16, 2020
- 1 min
Favorite Children's Books about Anxiety
Here are some of my favorite children's books which focus on dealing with worrying, anxiety, and learning relaxation skills. Many of...
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