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Encouraging Family Literacy: 6 Suggestions for Growing Your Child’s Interest in Reading (Post)

What is literacy? The National Literacy Trust defines literacy as “the ability to read, write, speak, and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.”

When the Parent Becomes the Therapist (Post)

The world-wide pandemic changed many things in our lives. One of those big changes was school closures which thrust parents into a new role as educator and therapist. This may seem scary and you

​Empower Your Child: Four Key Skills Preparing for Middle School (Post)

Recently, a parent group for our local school district posted this question: “Starting the year in a new school. What can I do to get my kid ready?”What a great question! And it got us thinking, ther

Making Tough Conversations a Little Bit Easier (Post)

From grief to puberty and everything in between, parents and teachers are bound to face tough conversations with their children. As school counselors, we’re often the ones helping to guide these momen

Winning…If It Isn’t So Important, Why Does it Feel So Good? (Post)

This summer my family enjoyed watching the Women’s World Cup. As the games went on, more and more questions came from my son. One stood out. “Dad, what’s a yellow card?” I was able to explain to

Helping Children Deal with Anxiety (Post)

If you have noticed an increased level of anxiety in your child, you are not alone. The past two years have been unlike anything we’ve experienced before. There were so many unknowns as we entered the

5 Social Skills Every Teacher Can (and Should) Teach (Post)

Visit any school in the country and it would be unusual to not see this posted somewhere in the building. These words are a reminder of the effects teachers have – effects they may never have the o

Establishing a Love of Reading (Post)

When it comes to children and their entertainment preferences, books are like cilantro. Some children fully take to reading and embrace every opportunity to sprinkle it into their day. Some children b

The Power of Words: Treating Word Choice Like Salt (Post)

Most people have heard the saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that is a big LIE! Words are being used more than ever to hurt people in the world today.

​Facilitating an Equitable Perspective in Young People (Post)

"It’s not fair!” If you work with children, you probably hear this statement on a daily basis. Young people seem to have an innate sense of what constitutes fairness and can react strongly

Fear: To Face or To Flee (Post)

Most people don’t have positive associations with the word fear. This is completely understandable. Feeling scared to your core isn’t exactly a pleasant experience. While not necessarily enjoyable, th

2020: A Year of Visual Clarity (Post)

For over 150 years, the phrase “20/20 vision” has been used to reference visual clarity or acuity. That’s from where the commonly used phrase, “Hindsight is 20/20” comes. And here we are winding