Individual Counseling Activities and Interventions

Tools to use in different ways in counseling with Elementary and Middle School Students.
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Make SEL Skills Stick
To help students internalize a new social-emotional skill, try teaching it in three steps. Set the purpose: tell them what you are doing and how it work and why it works. Try: Practie the skill together and independently. Reflect: Take time to talk about how the activity worked and when they might use it.
5 Parts of First Counseling Sessions
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
The key to self regulation is being able to identify how you feel
What do you do to work on self awareness, feelings identification, and emotions vocabulary? If you want student to be able to manage their emotions, then they have to be able to name them. Try one of these 10 activities to start to build your students' feelings vocabulary.
What you can and can't control - Self Regulation Activity
Use this simple metaphor with students to help them understand what they can and can't control. This can help them let go of frustrating situations they can't change, and instead focus on what they can change.
School Counseling: First Session Tips
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
Individual Counseling Activities for Elementary: First Session
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
Your First Session - Elementary School Counseling
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
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First Counseling Session Must Dos
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
First Counseling Session Must Dos
Looking to make the most of your first counseling session with a new student? Discover five essential steps to create a safe and engaging environment, build rapport, understand student needs, and encourage involvement. From confidentiality to goal-setting, this guide offers practical tips and activities to ensure a successful start. Perfect for school psychologists and counselors. Pin now to explore these easy steps to level up your first session! 🧠💬✨
Individual Counseling Activities and Tools for Successful Sessions
Individual counseling can be overwhelming to plan and structure. It can feel like you are starting from scratch all the time. Start using a straightforward and easy structure to build counseling sessions. COUNSELING BUILDING BLOCKS First Session Last Session Counseling Check-Ins Visual Schedule Counseling Cool Downs Counseling Exit Tickets Counseling Map (Anger Version)
Individual Counseling Activities and Tools for Successful Sessions
Individual counseling can be overwhelming to plan and structure. It can feel like you are starting from scratch all the time. Start using a straightforward and easy structure to build counseling sessions. COUNSELING BUILDING BLOCKS First Session Last Session Counseling Check-Ins Visual Schedule Counseling Cool Downs Counseling Exit Tickets Counseling Map (Anger Version)
Visual Schedule for Individual or Group Counseling | School Counseling Routines
This counseling visual schedule shows students what to expect and provides them with a predictable individual counseling environment. A regular routine can alleviate anxiety and build trust, leaving students more open and engaged. WHAT'S INCLUDED: 32 Premade Schedule Cards + Headers - Editable Powerpoint file where you can change text and delete cards. This resource will help you - Create a predictable session routine - Support students with helpful visuals - Focus your counseling sessions
Counseling Exit Tickets for Individual and Group Counseling | Editable
20+ exit tickets that you can customize and use with students in individual or group counseling. Exit tickets can be a valuable assessment tool for counseling. They provide a quick, informal way to understand what the student has taken away from the session and what they are feeling and thinking. WHAT'S INCLUDED Over 20 different exit ticket prompts Editable PowerPoint file to change the text
Counseling Cool Down Activities to Build Self Regulation | Calming Strategies
Grab this set of self-regulation exercises to help students reset at the end of a counseling session and practice learned calming strategies. WHAT'S INCLUDED 27 cool down prompt cards Scripts for guided imagery and muscle relaxation Cool downs include a variety of strategies: deep breathing, grounding, mindfulness, purposeful movement, positive thinking and more.
Counseling Check-In Sheets and Tools for Individual School Counseling Sessions
Set of 20+ counseling checks to use with students to help them share and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, goals, and progress. Check-ins are a predictable and helpful way to start your individual counseling sessions. They provide an opportunity for students to express themselves, allowing you to understand how the student is feeling and what they are thinking.