Parkside's Counseling Lessons

Parkside Elementary: 2024-2025

Connection, Reslience, and Safety

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RULER's the Blueprint

(3rd-6th)

"The Blueprint Conference is a set of questions for two or more people to resolve conflict and restore their relationships and communities.

The conference gives all parties in conflict equal opportunity to express their emotions to each other in a safe environment as well to share what they need to repair the relationship. Conference participants can develop their empathy skills as they listen to how their actions made others feel."

The Blueprint_Slideshow

RULER's the Meta Moment

(3rd-6th)

“The Meta-Moment is a tool for building the space between stimulus and response—from when we experience an emotion to how we respond to that emotion, so that we make better choices when we express and manage our emotions.”

Meta Moment_Slideshow

Defense Mechanisms

(3rd-6th)

"Something our brain does to help us feel better or safer when something upsetting happens."

Defense Mechanisms_Slideshow

Negative Defense Mechanisms

Denial
Rationalization
Conversion
Displacement

Positive Defense Mechanisms

Altruism
Humor
Sublimation
Suppression

Resilience

Resilience is the ability to adapt and cope with challenges. The American Psychological Association suggests 10 tips for building resilience in children. The bolded tips will be our lesson focus.

Make connections
Service
Maintaining a daily routine
Take a break (Stop -Think - Go)
Self-care

Goals
Nurturing a positive self-view
Perspective (hopeful outlook)
Self-discovery
Accepting change

Goal Setting (4th-6th grades)

Positive Affirmations

Positive Affirmations_Slideshow

Positive Affirmations_Goal Handout

Connection

1_Kinder (Odd Dog Out)

1_Labels PPT (1st-2nd)

1_Labels PPT (3rd-4th)

1_Labels PPT (5th-6th)

How We Want to Feel in Class...

Helping Others

1_Labels PPT (1st-2nd)

1_Labels PPT (3rd-4th)

1_Labels PPT (5th-6th)

1_Kinder (Odd Dog Out)

Helping Others Handouts

What do you like about yourself? (Kinder)

The Real You (1-6)

Communication

Communication: Lesson 1

Communication:Lesson 2

Communication: Lesson 3

Communication: Lesson 4

My Legacy

This lesson is part of the Stand4Kind lessons on the Power of Words.

How do you want to be known and remembered?

What will you do to be known and remembered that way?

Words have power! What we say and how we say it matters. Check out the videos for examples of how words have power and how the meaning of a sentence can change depending on the emphasis placed on a specific word in the sentence.

Before you act, think. This is a common statement, but what does it really mean? What do we think about before acting? We can follow the acronym T.H.I.N.K.