Core Curriculum

There are TWO main components to the School Counseling Core Curriculum here at Highland:

• Self-regulation

• Growth Mindset

These are taught through classroom lessons using:

• • • Feelings Wheel & Validation

    • Coping skills

    • Problem solving

And have the most impact when they are reinforced at home!

PBIS core strategies schoolwide:

When students' feelings are big, it greatly affects their ability to access their "learning brain". We know how our home life affects our day as adults, it's even more so for our students. These strategies are intended to be a tool to assist teachers in managing feelings. To make classroom success a bit easier for both!

- Class Dojo and parent messages

- Yoga4Classrooms

- Feelings Validation

- Core Coping Strategies and classroom calming spot

- 2x10 student conversations

- Growth Mindset (Dojo has great videos too)

- Re-teaching the REACH-K matrix

- Intervention Central and PBIS World <-- These are sites with tons of ideas for interventions and strategies. They are each organized by category and level of need. Just another resource at your service!