• Topics
      ADD/ADHD, Anger Management, Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Management, Depression, Emotional Problems, Feelings, Self-Control, Stress
    • Objective

      To consider safe and appropriate ways of venting anger.

    • Types of Tools
      Worksheet
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills, PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      2
    • Topics
      Anger Management, Anxiety Disorders, Critical Thinking, Depression, Emotional Problems, Feelings, Loss & Grieving, Stress
    • Objective

      To increase knowledge about a cognitive counseling technique in which children rewrite stories of their problems to create a space between them and the problem. This enables the child to create a less-stressed approach to the problem.

    • Types of Tools
      Technique
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Middle School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application, PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      3
    • Topics
      Anxiety Disorders, Behavior Management, Emotional Problems, Health Issues, Stress
    • Objective

    • Types of Tools
      Assessment, Technique
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      2
    • Topics
      Anxiety Disorders, Emotional Problems, Health Issues, Stress
    • Objective

      To assess specific aspects of showering behavior that can cause stress for a child with OCD; a tool to use and incorporate in a behavioral program for improvement.

    • Types of Tools
      Assessment, Worksheet
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application, PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      2
    • Topics
      Depression, Emotional Problems, Feelings, Loss & Grieving
    • Objective

      To explore sources of sadness, grief and loss; to consider aspects of sadness that can and can't be controlled.

    • Types of Tools
      Worksheet
    • Grades
      High School, Middle School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application
    • Number of pages
      3
    • Topics
      Anger Management, Behavior Management, Emotional Problems, Feelings, Loss & Grieving, Relationships, Self-Esteem
    • Objective

      To increase knowledge about non-directive play therapy, or Story Play, in which the therapist enters into the play story as a way to help a child feel that his/her perceptions are valued.

    • Types of Tools
      Technique
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Preschool
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills
    • Number of pages
      2
    • Topics
      Behavior Management, Emotional Problems, Parent Training
    • Objective

      To increase knowledge about a technique in which parents initiate playing baby when the child is already behaving well so the need for acting out is short-circuited; to be used by parents with children who have difficult-to-acknowledge dependency needs.

    • Types of Tools
      Technique
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Preschool, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      3
    • Topics
      Behavior Management, Emotional Problems
    • Objective

      To discourage and eliminate experimentation with fire.

    • Types of Tools
      Handout
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      4
    • Topics
      Communication, Critical Thinking, Depression, Emotional Problems, Feelings, Self-Esteem, Spirituality
    • Objective

      To increase knowledge about a technique in which poetry is used as a catalyst to bring emotions to a higher level of self-awareness, and to give insight into problems relevant to therapy discussion.

    • Types of Tools
      Technique
    • Grades
      High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills, PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application, PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      3
    • Topics
      ADD/ADHD, Anger Management, Behavior Management, Emotional Problems, Parent Training
    • Objective

    • Types of Tools
      Assessment
    • Grades
      Early Elementary School, Middle School, Upper Elementary School
    • ASCA Standards
      PS:A1: Acquire Self-Knowledge, PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills, PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application, PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills
    • Number of pages
      3