East Side Counselor's Corner
Counseling Resources for Students, Teachers, and Families
Your 1-Stop Shop for Social-Emotional Learning!
This is Mr. Potter, and I'm here to bring you some of the amazing counseling resources we use at school in one, easy to find place. The great thing about these are all of them are FREE for you to use!
We use these resources at school in guidance and in the classroom, and you can just as easily use them at home for our East Side virtual learners and families! If you have an questions or concerns, feel free to email me at: brian.potter@jisd.org.
Enjoy!
Mind Yeti
Or click here to visit them at mindyeti.com to see all their resources (or listen to audio only on iTunes, Spotify, or Sticher)
GoNoodle!
Here are some good searches to get you started:
Visit GoNoodle for Families to search all their awesome videos and resources.
Second Step Curriculum
Free Online Video SEL Lessons
(with lesson guides for parent and teachers):
Also check out all their COVID-19 specific resources
(scroll down to the blue/teal menu and click the link labeled "Free Resources for Educators and Families")
And if you want to find out more, visit their homepage at secondstep.org.
Gratitude and Thankfulness
You don't need any special tools to practices our "1 Minutes of Thankfulness"...
Just take 1 minute each day and write out all the things you can think of to say "thank you" for, and keep the list going!
However, here is a sample gratitude journal if that would help you get started:
(from www.therapistaid.com)
They also have a lot of other worksheets, videos, and interactive resources available.