2024-25 School Counseling Lessons & Curriculum
2023-24 School Year Themes will be added as the year unfolds, until then enjoy these photos from the 2023-24 school year!
2023-24 School Year Themes will be added as the year unfolds, until then enjoy these photos from the 2023-24 school year!
In the event that we have a virtual day during the 2024-25 school year, and your child had a Quest lesson planned for that day, they are welcome to participate any of these activities.
How Mrs. Berg, the School Counselor, can help
How a growth mindset can help us be successful
How our bodies can talk to us and clue us in to how we are feeling
A review of school skills and how to use them in the classroom to be successful
Unit 1 - Self Awareness - Self-Awareness is a measure of how accurately learners can recognize their feelings and thoughts and learn to understand how those influence their behavior.
October is Bullying Prevention Month Nationwide
How to recognize bullying behaviors
How to report bullying to an adult
How to refuse bullying if it is happening to you or someone else
How to be a supportive bystander
Feelings Exploration in 4K
How to monitor and regulate our emotions
Recognizing how emotions and behaviors are linked
The Zones of Regulation - what they can mean, and how we can get back to The Green Zone to be calm, focused, and ready to learn
What happens in our brains when we have strong emotions and how the amygdala, hippocampus, and pre frontal cortex are affected
Learning about and using "I" Statements
Learning about short and long term goals and how to achieve them
Unit 2 - Self Management - Self-Management is the process we use to regulate and cope with our emotions as well as motivate ourselves and perform throughout our day.
Unit 3 Social Awareness - Social Awareness places importance on how we promote kindness and empathy and how we value and treat others, especially others who may be different from us.
Empathy Essentials
How to walk in someone "Elf's" shoes!
Bucket Filling
Moving from Self Awareness skills to more social and relationship skills
Unit 4 - Relationship Skills - Social Awareness Cont. & Relationship Skills focus on developing the interpersonal skills needed to establish and maintain positive relationships.
What makes a Good Friend?
How can we get along with our Friends?
How can I get along with others?
How my own thoughts and feelings affect my ability to get along with others?
How can I work toward a common goal with others?
Unit 5 - Relationship Skills Cont. & Responsible Decision Making - Responsible Decision-Making helps students demonstrate decision‐making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.
First week in March - Read Across America Week - Reading some of Mrs. Berg's Favorite Books in Quest Lessons
Unit 5 - Responsible Decision Making - Responsible Decision-Making helps students demonstrate decision‐making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts.
Review of Kelso's Conflict Resolution Strategies
Everyday Speech & Second Step - Review, Refresh Skills, and Fill in Gaps missed in earlier lessons through the year
Autism Awareness Month
Some Reboots of Earlier Lessons from the Year
Summative Assessments of Skills
Quest Review of Skills
Middle School Transition