Counseling Corner
Monthly Update
November Recap
Mrs. Beasley's November Activities
Individual Counseling: 50 students; 17.5 hours
Group Counseling: 14 groups; 9 hours
Consultations: 37 consultees; 11 hours
Meetings: 16 total
Mrs. Genoble's November Activities
16 classroom lessons- 11 hours
Individual Counseling- 28 sessions- 9 hours and 40 min.
7 Small groups- 5 hours
20 Consultations- 3 hours and 10 min.
10 meetings total
DECEMBER HAPPENINGS!
Monthly Guidance Lessons
K&1: Due to Christmas break, we will only meet with your classes once this month. During our time together, we will read One Big Pair Of Underwear. This book focuses on how sharing and creative thinking are essential to Thinking Win-Win, and sometimes your new solution is even BETTER than the one you had in mind.
2-4: Our focus this month will be on Social Skills and specifically the Emotional Bank Account. The Emotional Bank Account fits seamlessly with the money system that you all have implemented. Every interaction we make with others is either a Deposit or a Withdrawal, even when it is not intentional. We will be reading Well, I Can Top That, a story about a boy name Brad who can't help but brag. Bragging is never a deposit!
5th: After Christmas, we will be shifting our focus to Middle School Transition Lessons. This month we will be talking more about that transition, and reading the story Don't Be Afraid to Drop. Your classes will have the opportunity to really think about what Middle School will be like, what their expectations are, and how they can prepare.
Small Group Wrap-Up
Spring Small Groups: During the Spring, we will be offering Small Groups focusing on Anger for Kindergarten-5th. We will also select new students for our Academic Small Groups. Please be thinking about students in your classes that you would like to refer for Small Group!
Giving Tree
When you receive GREEN forms, please give these to Mrs. McCain or place them in her box. She has a wonderful, organized system to keep up with all of the green forms!
Julie Valentine Visit
Julie Valentine will be coming on December 18th from 9:30-12pm. Mrs. Beasley will be placing "Opt-Out" letters in your box this week. These will need to go home to parents in next Monday's folder. Should parents have questions, please direct them to Mrs. Beasley.