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Supporting Elementary Students with Separation Anxiety at School
Posted by Ashley Bartley, M.Ed., NCC, School Counselor and Boys Town Press Author on Mar 29th 2023
Today, more and more students seem to be experiencing separation
anxiety. That’s not terribly surprising, however, given everything they’ve
lived through in recent years.
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Flip Your Thoughts to the Happy, Golden Side
Posted by Jennifer Law, Boys Town Press Author on Mar 7th 2023
How many thoughts do you
think you typically have in a single day? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe
millions?Some days, it seems like I
have a billion thoughts racing through my head. But I also
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Helped People Help People
Posted by Jeff Tucker, Boys Town Press Author and National Certified School Counselor on Feb 6th 2023
“Hurt people hurt people” is an adage that you’ve likely
heard before. The notion behind this statement is something along the lines of,
“Those who have experienced emotional pain and suffering m
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Your Child Disagrees with You… Now What?
Posted by Bryan Smith, Boys Town Press Author and Elementary School Counselor on Jan 20th 2023
If your children are anything like mine, you know that from
time to time (and some days it definitely feels like ALL THE TIME), they are
going to disagree with you. When that happens, how toleran
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10 Ways to Find Motivation Throughout the School Year
Posted by Ashley Bartley, M.Ed., NCC, School Counselor and Boys Town Press Author on Jan 9th 2023
About 10 years ago, I signed up to run the Disney Marathon. I
had run shorter races - 5ks, 10ks, even half marathons, but I had never
fathomed the full 26.2 mile race until I experienced how amaz
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Presence or Presents? Five Ways to Be More Present During the Holidays
Posted by Erin Green, MS, Director of Boys Town Press and Co-Author of Teaching Social Skills to Youth, Fourth Edition on Dec 12th 2022
As you reflect on the
holiday season, what images, sentiments, or traditions come to mind first? Maybe it’s religious
services. Or family meals and tasty sweets. Perhaps it’s traveling near and far
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