School Counselor
True or False
Building Character
Conflict & Choices
Growth Mindset
100
This is the person in your school you can talk to when you feel sad, worried, or need a friend to listen.
Who is the school counselor?
100
I ask to see my school counselor when I feel bored and want to get out of class.
False. That is not a good reason to see the counselor. (Note: If you are bored, you should ask your teacher for help or a new task instead!)
100
Seeking wisdom, embracing integrity, cultivating wellness, and building community.
What are the Valley Core Values?
100
One of the two key pronouns necessary to talk out a problem productively instead of blaming.
What is "I" or "we"?
100
When a task gets difficult or your first idea fails, this action means you keep trying new ways to solve it instead of quitting.
What is perseverance?
200
This is a room where you go to calm down, read books, or talk privately with your school counselor.
What is the school counselor's office (diagonal from Mrs. Barton's room)
200
School Counselors only work with kids who are in trouble.
What is False - School Counselors are here to work with ALL students to help them be the best version of themselves.
200
Seeing an issue differently.
What is another perspective?
200
Inhale for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds, and pause for 4 seconds before the next breath
What is "Box Breathing," a grounding technique?
200
The type of quiet, internal pep talks you give yourself to stay positive, focused, and on track.
What is self-talk?
300
What is confidentiality?
300
As soon as I leave the counselor's office, A school counselor calls my parents and tells them everything I said.
False - School counselors ask first if they can call your parents to let them know about the problem. Unless you feel unsafe or hurt.
300
Being honest in your words and actions, keeping your promises, and standing up for what is right.
What is Embracing Integrity?
300
Treating people fairly means including others rather than doing this when someone asks to join a game.
What is saying "no" or excluding them?
300
Setting a target for what you want to achieve and mapping out the exact steps to get there.
What is goal setting?
400
While teachers give you grades and Ms. Arendes enforces consequences, the counselor's primary number one job rule in the building is to do these three verbs.
What are help, teach, and listen?
400
When the counselor helps you plan out how to keep your binder neat, write down your assignments, and track your time, they are teaching you this success skill.
What is True - organization or time management
400
What is Building Community?
400
You and your sibling or a friend both want to watch a different TV show at the exact same time.
What is compromise? What are some ways to compromise?
400
A mistake should not make you feel bad; instead, a person with a growth mindset views a mistake as an opportunity to do this.
What is learning (seeking wisdom)
500
There are three strict rules that mean a counselor must break confidentiality to keep you safe. Name two of them.
What are: if someone is hurting you, if you want to hurt yourself, or if you want to hurt someone else?
500
When I leave a school counselor's office, all my problems will be solved, and I will be happy!
What is False? (The school counselor helps give you the tools to solve your own problems, but it takes practice!)
500
The greatest moment.
https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/99-the-greatest
What is growth mindset?
500
Grounding technique, breathing, walking away, talking to an adult.
What are ways to calm down when you are feeling angry or frustrated?
500
Having a healthy, positive belief in your own abilities and value.
What is self-esteem (confidence)?