September 2021 Classroom Guidance
Welcome back to the 2021-2022 School Year! This is the first lesson of the year therefore we will be doing a quick introduction of myself as well as the School Counselor’s Role. We will also review basic coping skills that students can try on their own.
Kindergarten and First Grade
• School Counselors are helpers
• We all have feelings
• Reviewed different types of feelings (some are comfortable others are uncomfortable
• Read “B is for Breathe” By Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd
• Discussed variety of coping strategies shared in the story
Second Grade
• School Counselors can help in MANY ways
• We all have feelings
• Reviewed a variety of feelings, when we might have them and helpful ways to manage them (coping skills)
• Practiced grounding and breathing strategies
• How to meet with the School Counselor
Third and Fourth Grade
• School Counselors support students in a variety of ways
• Reviewed a video sharing how our brain controls our emotions (upstairs and downstairs brain)
• Reviewed coping skills
• Practiced belly breathing, 478 breathing, stopping and counting
• How to meet with the School Counselor
