Counseling
What is the School Counselors name?
Mrs. Wilson
Give me an example of having manners?
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What is empathy?
Empathy is being sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another person.
What is a coping skill?
A coping skill is a way to deal with uncomfortable emotions. Healthy coping skills include taking a walk or exercising, coloring, talking to a trusted adult, and other examples.
List 3 uncomfortable feelings and act them out.
Feeling angry, sad, jealous, or worried.
What is one of the group rules?
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True or False
Eye contact a way to show respect to the person who is talking to you
True
The Golden Rule of Empathy is to put yourself in another person's shoes. What does it mean to put yourself in someone else's shoes? Hint: You don't put on someone's shoes.
Ask yourself how you may feel if the action or behavior happened to you. Just like others may not understand what you may be going through at home, with friends, with family, in school, and in other ways--you also may not understand what others are going through in their life. Be kind :) and think about others.
What can you do the afternoon or night before school to be prepared in the morning? List at least 3 examples.
Pack your backpack, pick out your outfit for school, go to bed early, make a list of your responsibilities for the next day, clean out trash in your backpack, do your homework, take a bath/shower, set an alarm for school (if your parent/guardian allows you).
True or False:
If you want to control anger you can use the stop and think technique.
True.
Stop and think allows you to stop and think about the consequences before you act. You can also identify your feelings, what is causing you to feel angry, and begin to recognize the warning signs for anger, such as your heart starting to beat fast or starting to have angry thoughts. If you can recognize the warning signs of anger, you can choose to walk away from those situations before saying or doing something you may regret in the future.
What is confidentiality?
What we say in here, stays in here.
What is patience?
What can we do when it's hard to be patient to calm ourselves (Extra 100 points)
Patience is being able to wait calmly.
Taking deep breaths, counting, thinking about the consequences of not waiting calmly.
True or False?
Remember the Golden Rule: Putting yourself in someone's shoes
Respecting differences (culture, religion, political beliefs, skin color, and who they have a crush on) is part of the Golden Rule.
True
You may not like it or have the same beliefs but you should still respect others. Showing respect for others who believe differently than you includes listening respectfully and not making comments or giggling. It means not making fun of others. Follow the golden rule and treat others the way you want to be treated. REMEMBER, every person is someone's brother, sister, mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, best friend. How would you like others to treat your family, your best friend, you? :)
A goal is something you want to achieve in the future. Give an example of a goal and 1-2 steps you can take to achieve your goal.
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What is a role model?
A role model is a person you look up to and want to be like. For example, your role model could be your mom because she is kind to others. Or your role model could be an athlete on a team because they are strong and hard-working, or a singer because they have confidence. There are positive and negative role models. A negative role model is someone that you may look up to because they are famous, pretty, or cool but promote unhealthy behaviors, such as a celebrity who makes poor decisions or says mean things to others.
What day of the week and class do we meet for group?
Thursdays during lunch
Everyone wants to win but the reality is that we sometimes lose. We can learn a lot when we lose and can even get better at the game. What are some ways to show kindness to person we are playing a game with who wins when we lose. Give at least 1 example of being a "good sport" to our friends when we lose and at least one example of not being a good sport when we lose.
Say congrats to the winner
Stomping away and "saying you cheated" --Answers vary
How can you show empathy at home? Give at least 3 examples.
Remember, empathy is caring or being respectful and sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
Helping out with chores, cleaning your room, feeding your pet, saying please and thank you, not hitting and cursing, respecting the rules of your home, doing your homework and cleaning out your backpack without being asked.
Stop and think: To stop talking or stop yourself from acting so that you can think through the consequences and make a positive choice. When we don't stop and think, we can get in trouble or make big mistakes.
Give an example from your life where you didn't stop and think.
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True or False:
Using tablets and technology for an hour a day is unhealthy.
FALSE. Using your devices is fun and we live in a different time where technology is important and everywhere! I use my phone to play games and watch funny videos and watch tv sometimes to relax. However, it is important to watch how much time you spend on your devices. It is recommended to spend no more than 2 hours a day on your device. Using devices too much can lead to poor grades, poor health, social/friendship problems, and increases aggression/anger. Even if you cut back on your screen time, it will make a difference :)
Examples: Take breaks, exercise, do crafts, learn to cook, help your parents with chores, color, read, write a comic, give yourself a spa day, play with your pet, go outside and find some treasures, spend time with friends or family. :)
What does "fried chicken" mean in group?
Get back on task or a reminder to follow the group rules.
Sometimes we all play a role in conflict.
What could each person do to avoid this kind of situation?
2. Jane could include John and tell John that she didn't mean to leave him out. Jane could apologize. Jane could tell Linda that she came to the park with John and she will spend time with Linda later. Jane could play a game that all 3 can play.
3. Linda could not get involved. Linda could've asked John if he wanted to play a game and included John. Linda could play with Jane at a different time if she did not want to play with John.
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Being unkind to someone is not just doing something hurtful to someone like kicking or yelling or bullying. It can also include ___________. HINT: Think about the golden rule. If you were the new kid at school or in the neighborhood, you may feel someone is unkind if they.......
Aren't included. Feel left out.
Think about how you would feel if you were left out, if you didn't get invited to a birthday party when other kids in the class did, and so on. Being unkind can also be excluding others. Be kind and remember the Golden Rule :)
Confidence is when you believe in yourself and trust yourself and follow your personal values. Values are your personal beliefs. Example: having integrity (doing the right thing when no one is looking) and being kind. No matter the situation, you choose to always have your values to lead you in life. Being arrogant is the opposite of confidence.
Which answers listed below are NOT ways to act with confidence (Choose all that apply):
a) Making decisions and problem solving yourself
b) Looking for ways to help others
c) Thinking that you can do no wrong
d) Good eye contact
e) Telling everyone in your class you made an A on your test
f) Practicing good posture
C and E are not ways to act with confidence. Arrogance means that you show off and think you know everything. This does NOT make you look or seem confident and it makes it more difficult to make friends.
What can you do to help with fidgeting?
Fidgeting is something we do to wake our body up or calm it down. If you fidget, try the following:
1. Put something in your hands or in your lap to keep you calmer or happier
2. Play during PE or recess
3. Take a break
4. Drink some water or something that will give you a recharge