Forms, Activity Sheets, Sample Lesson Plans, And Letters To Help Elementary School Counselors Spend More Time Counseling Children And Less Time On Paperwork

Now you can have 140+ forms, posters, student activity sheets, and parent handouts at your fingertips. This counselor-created book can help you with individuals, teachers, parents, small groups, and classroom guidance programs. It includes sections on:

Behavior Management—Includes individual, bus, and classroom behavior plans as well as forms for communicating with teachers

Small-Group Counseling—Includes descriptions of the small groups offered, parental permission forms, and follow-up parent letters

Organizational Skills—Includes a parental permission form, a student evaluation form, and weekly organization update forms

Bullying—Includes student information sheets, a parent interview form, and an idea for anonymously reporting bullies

Self-Esteem—Includes student activity sheets, sample lesson plans for PK-5, and a parent-involvement activity

Friendship—Includes student activity sheets, a parent letter, a classroom friendship plan, and posters

Career Awareness-—Includes plans for Career Day and a school store

Drug Awareness—Includes a parent letter for Red Ribbon Week and plans for a “Locked-In” On Refusing Drugs activity

Staff Support-—Includes information on setting up and running a S.M.I.L.E. committee with teacher volunteers and checklists for interns

Counselor Forms—Includes forms for permitting interns to work with students, reporting suspected child abuse, and counselor evaluation forms for use with administrators, teachers, parents, and staff

If you find that some of the information on the forms does not fit your particular situation, you may adapt them using the provided CD containing editable Microsoft Word® files of many of the letters/forms found in this book. Also included are color PDF files of the posters and worksheets. These ready-to-use forms may be reproduced as is or adapted to fit your needs. In either case, the time saved by having Counselors’ Pages at your fingertips will be invaluable.

The included CD features: ADOBE® PDF FILES: These files offer the user color versions of the reproducible pages found in the book. System requirements to open PDF (.pdf) files: Adobe Reader® 5.0 or newer (compatible with Windows 2000® or newer or Mac OS 9.0® or newer).

MICROSOFT WORD® FILES: These text-only files were provided for those counselors who wish to design their own forms and letters, but do not want to re-type the entire page. Not every page is included as a document file. The CD includes only forms/letters that may need modification to suit your individual needs. System requirements to open Microsoft Word® document (.doc) files: Microsoft Word® 98 for Mac and 2000 for Windows® or newer (compatible with Windows 2000® or newer or Mac OS 9.0® or newer). To avoid font substitution, you will need the following fonts installed: Times, Wingdings.

---

TOPICS: Behavior management, small-group counseling, counselor forms

INCLUDES: Reproducible forms, awards, checklists, suggested lesson plans

GRADE LEVELS: K-5/AGES: 5-10

FOR USE WITH: Individuals, small groups, classrooms, parents

AUTHOR: Rebecca C. Schmidt

RECOMMENDED FOR: Elementary counselors

8 1/2 x 11, 240 pages, paperback, black & white illustrations, 2006, CD rom

ASCA STANDARDS FOR COUNSELORS’ PAGES

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

A:A3 Achieve School Success

A:A3.1 Take responsibility for their actions

A:A3.2 Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.6 Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior

PS:A1.8 Understand the need for self-control and how to practice it

PS:A1.9 Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application

PS:B1.2 Understand consequences of decisions and choices

GROUPS

BULLYING

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.5 Identify and express feelings

Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.

PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

PS:C1.5 Differentiate between situations requiring peer support and situations requiring adult professional help

PS:C1.9 Learn how to cope with peer pressure

SELF-ESTEEM

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.1 Develop positive attitudes toward self as a unique and worthy person

PS:A1.10 Identify personal strengths and assets

FRIENDSHIP

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

A:A3 Achieve School Success

A:A3.2 Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

C:A1 Develop Career Awareness

C:A1.4 Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in teams

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.5 Identify and express feelings

PS:A1.9 Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups

PS:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills

PS:A2.6 Use effective communications skills

PS:A2.7 Know that communication involves speaking, listening and nonverbal behavior

PS:A2.8 Learn how to make and keep friends

ANGER MANAGEMENT

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.5 Identify and express feelings

PS:A1.8 Understand the need for self-control and how to practice it

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application

PS:B1.2 Understand consequences of decisions and choices

PS:B1.4 Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems

Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.

PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

PS:C1.10 Learn techniques for managing stress and conflict

PS:C1.11 Learn coping skills for managing life events

DIVORCE

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.5 Identify and express feelings

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

PS:B1 Self-Knowledge Application

PS:B1.4 Develop effective coping skills for dealing with problems

GRIEF AND LOSS

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

PS:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge

PS:A1.5 Identify and express feelings

Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.

PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

PS:C1.11 Learn coping skills for managing life events

CAREER AWARENESS

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

C:A1 Develop Career Awareness

C:A1.3. Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests and motivations

DRUG AWARENESS

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Standard C: Students will understand safety and survival skills.

PS:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

PS:C1.8 Learn about the emotional and physical dangers of substance use and abuse

COUNSELORS’ PAGES & CD

Targeted Population: All students; students with special needs

Program Components: Units for individual and classroom behavior management; 9 small-group units; professional resource unit; evaluations; CD with reproducible forms

Applicable For:

ARRA: Improving Student Achievement
Study Skills and Test Taking
Peer Relationships (Peer Relationships, Peer Interaction, Self-Esteem/Self-Understanding)

Title I, Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
Academic Improvement (Study Skills and Test Taking)
Personal and Social Growth (Character Education, Peer Interaction, Peer Relationships, Self-Esteem/Self Understanding)

Title IV, Part A: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Violence Prevention (Anger Management, Behavior, Character Education)
Illegal Use of Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco Prevention
Safe and Drug-Free Learning Environment that Supports Academic Achievement (Bullying, Internet Safety, Peer Pressure, Teasing)

Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs ((Academic Planning, Career Planning, Peer Interaction, Peer Relationships, Work and Self)