Personal / Social Domain                             

Designed primarily for individual school counseling services

Social Stories

Being a Good Student (Social Story Template)
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Being a Nice Friend (Social Story Template)
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Coming to School (Social Story Template)
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Behavior Plans


Click here for sample student behavior plans

Behavior Reflection Papers

When students make poor choices, they are often sent to the school counselor to reflect on their behavior. Here are some reflection papers that I use, along with my principal and teachers.
Behavior Reflection 1 (PDF)
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Behavior Reflection 2 (PDF)
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Behavior Reflection 3 (PDF)
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Session Activities

David Goes to School
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Self-Expression
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My Volcano
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Anxiety Chart (M.Robinson)
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Feelings (Activity Pages)
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This is a fun activity for individual and small group counseling settings that helps students identify and express their feelings. I typically provide a small snack, a napkin or plate, and a camera to take pictures of the feelings. I print a copy for the student to use in his/her classroom and one for myself as a back-up (and for my records). In some situations, I send an additional copy home after discussing with the student's parents.

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Social Skills Apps

"11 Social Skills & Life Skills Apps
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Board Game

Game of first impressions. Great for students who have difficulty recognizing and interpreting facial expressions and body language.

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Facial Expressions and Body Language

Understanding how to read the people around you is an important social skill. Facial expressions and body language, in general, provide helpful social cues.

For individual counseling, you could create a packet of all 6 pictures and complete each page one at a time (different sessions).
To print all 6 pictures, click on the link below.
Pictures (6 total)
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Story and Activities
I wrote a story about handling anger and frustration called The Day Jace Kelly Popped.
The Day Jace Kelly Popped
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Follow-Up Activities (Created by Renee Stack):
Lesson
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Handout
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Angry Birds

I love using pop culture in my counseling program, because it instantly gets my students' attention. Angry Birds is a classic example. During an individual counseling session, you could explain the consequences of anger (negative choices we sometimes make) by showing the Angry Birds characters (left), which correspond to how they act in the game. Then, you can practice the "cool down" strategies.
During the session, the student can earn cups for positive choices. Then, the final minutes of the lesson can be spent playing Angry Birds with the cups.

I learned of both of these ideas through Pinterest.
After looking further, I found that The Home Teacher Blog has a lot of great Angry Birds resources.

I found Angry Birds posters and a workbook to use with students. Great quality!


This lesson would work well in individual,
small group, and classroom counseling lessons.
Enjoy!

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