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Celina ISD District Counseling Supports
The Things That REALLY Matter!
- Basic Physiological Needs (food, water, shelter, clothing)
- Safety and Security (comfortable environment, consistency, routine)
- Love and Belonging (being physically, emotionally, and psychologically safe)
- Esteem (help your child feel successful in something every day; even small things like completing a chore, helping with a sibling, etc.)
- Self-actualization (ability to feel you have a purpose and can reach goals)
How to talk to kids about the Coronavirus
Videos to Help with Managing Emotions
An adult may be 45; however, when that adult gets stressed and doesn't know how to respond, he/she may lose control and emotionally react as a 7-year-old would :). All that to say, the whole family can benefit from better understanding how to stay in control of emotions.
Activities for managing stress and anxiety
Tracing Mandalynths for Social and Emotional Learning
Apps for Managing Stress and Anxiety
Color Therapy
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-therapy-coloring-number/id1031002863
Digital coloring for relaxation and mindfulness.
Breathe2Relax
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breathe2relax/id425720246
Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.
Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ (stress) response, and help with mood stabilization, anger control, and anxiety management.
SmilingMind
https://www.smilingmind.com.au/smiling-mind-app
Daily meditation and mindfulness exercises.
Calm
Helps users sleep better, boost confidence and reduce stress and anxiety, all with the help of guided meditations, soothing music, and bedtime stories.
Headspace
Offers a mindfulness app and hundreds of articles to meet any mental health need.
Stop, Breathe, Think
https://www.stopbreathethink.com/
Customization tools that analyze your current mood through a short survey, then leads you through guided meditations based on the results.
Create a Schedule and a student work space
How School Counselors are Still Connecting with Students!
- Your child may have been invited to their campus counselor's Google/Seesaw Classroom, or you may have seen guidance lessons posted in their homeroom classes.
- Through these sites, Celina ISD Counselors are offering guidance lessons using a curriculum called Character Strong.
- Guidance lessons are not graded.
- Counselors do ask that the students complete the activities.
- They are very short, non-stressful activities for the students.
- Now, more than ever, the social and emotional health of our students are priorities.
- Participation allows counselors to stay connected with students and see how they are doing.
- Lessons give students strategies to work with others in the home.
- Lessons teach students to not give up on things that are hard or different, but rather, to persevere when things in the world are uncertain.
- Celina ISD Counselors' goal is to keep strengthening resiliency in our students even while we are connecting with them virtually.
During this time of online learning, Character Strong has graciously offered their services cost-free to public schools and has given us permission to share these resources with our community's families.
Although school counselors are leading the students' character education and social/emotional learning, this site also offers dozens of great resources for families.
Go to www.characterstrong.com
Look for "log in" in the top, right-hand corner
Use. . .
Username: Resources
Password: Kindness
Under both "Elementary" and "Secondary," you can find terrific Family Character Workouts such as the one pictured below:
Contact Campus School Counselors
Campus Counselor Referral Links for School Counseling Supports and Services
Celina Elementary, Mrs. Herron
O’Dell Elementary, Mrs. Patrick
If You Suspect Child Abuse or Neglect of any Child or Elderly Individual:
Report Abuse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
By Phone: 1-800-252-5400 (can remain anonymous)
If you are a victim of violence or suspect domestic violence is occurring in another family, contact the following hotline:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 Or visit website for helpful ideas and to computer-chat (English and Spanish)
https://www.thehotline.org/help/ (Site in English)
https://espanol.thehotline.org/ (Site en Espanol)