Blog about social emotional learning, school counseling, relaxation coping skills for kids, and more!

Self control is an important skill to teach children. One of my favorite ways to introduce new social emotional learning topics like...

Children absorb the world around them like a sponge, whether positive or negative. They quickly learn acceptable and unacceptable...

Are you looking for books and video clips to teach kids about how to be a good sport, winning and losing graciously, playing fairly,...

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...

Time and time again I have found that kids really benefit from using bibliotherapy techniques. Bibliotherapy is the strategy of using...

Let’s discuss S.M.A.R.T. social-emotional IEP goals and treatment goals. These goals can be hard to write since they aren’t always easy...

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...

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...

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...

Here are some of my favorite children's books which focus on dealing with worrying, anxiety, and learning relaxation skills. Many of...