Counseling Home Learning
Counseling Home Learning
6th grade and CHOICE
I will be available for meetings and conversations Monday - Thursday from 12-3 p.m. You can reach me through calling my school office number at 720-561-6865. We can either video conference through Google Meets or, we can just talk on the phone. If these times, don't work for you, please email me or call and let me know what is a time that works best for your family.
I will be sending out a counseling lesson for students in the middle of April
I will be sending out invitations to continue counseling groups during the second week of home learning
Families that have students with 504 plans, please reach out to me if there is any confusion with accommodations during this time. I will also reach out to families who need 504 meetings before the end of the school year.
Individual counseling meetings are welcomed and encouraged! I am here to talk about whatever your student or family needs during this time. Please email me at Bryant.Strause@bvsd.org and we can schedule a time to talk.
7th and 8th grade
Welcome to our Counseling Page! We hope that students and their families have had a good Spring break. Although many of us had to cancel our plans and find other activities to engage in we are now ready to begin a new chapter in our school year! Let's stay connected!!!
I will be available for meetings and conversations Monday - Thursday from 12-3 p.m. You can reach me through calling my school office number at 720-561-6861. We can either video conference through Google meets or, we can just talk on the phone. If these times, don't work for you, please email me or call and let me know what is a time that works best for your family.
I will be posting Counseling lessons which are optional and highly suggested on Mondays and Wednesdays every week.
In 7th grade lessons will be posted on the 7th grade Google Classroom page.
In 8th grade lessons will posted along with Ms. Greenwoods assignments.
I will also post lessons on this page for enrichment.
I will also be organizing some groups for students to participate in and send out invitations .
Individual one on one counseling conversations with students are MOST WELCOME!
We will be posting GREAT and free resources for parents and students in this section.
For Parents:
Teaching Tolerance has put together an amazing Toolkit on a wide variety of topics on Virus anxiety
Today, 3/30- a good article from Colorado Public Radio (CPR) titled Lower Your Expectations and Other Parenting Advice in the era of COVID 19 - this article also contains a link for a weekly parent forum on Thursday nights with Dr. Cypers who heads up the stress and anxiety clinic at UC Anschutz
Today 4/6- Listen to Brene Brown's new podcast ...who are the overfunctioner's and under functioners in your family? 2nd in series of Brene's new podcasts
Today 4/13-Finding Hope Through Happiness and Gratitude.
A weekly Tuesday discussion with Dr. Amy Lopez on the science behind happiness, hope, and resilience. Learn concrete strategies to guide you through this time.
Starting April 14th at 4:30pm MST
https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/548311036 same link each week.
Parenting in the Age of Anxiety - Part II
Dr. Scott Cypers will be presenting Part II of a virtual toolbox topic on anxiety.
April 14 from12:00-1:15pm MST
https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/132274167
You can access the video for part one our website, Part One: Parenting in the Age of Anxiety
For Students:
If you are needing to take a break during some of your online learning check out these links:
Many fun activities are here: Take a break
Since our field trips have been cancelled , you can still take some virtual ones on this site that take you a lot of different places Let's go! and more to see!
If Museums are your thing, be sure to check out these Virtual tours