Counselor Chat Podcast

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3. Activities To Help Kids With Anxiety Apr 05, 2023

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Anxiety in kids is a common and normal part of childhood. However, when anxiety becomes excessive or interferes with daily life, it can be a cause for concern.

Some common signs of anxiety in kids include:

Excessive worry about everyday things
Avoidance of certain situations or activities
Physical symptoms such as headaches or stomachaches
Difficulty sleeping
Irritability or restlessness

In this episode we look at 8 activities we can use with kids to help them with their anxiety,

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2. Working With Kids With Undesired Classroom Behaviors Apr 05, 2023

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Thanks for joining me on our inaugural series of Counselor Chat! This is the place where we'll be talking about all the things that make the great work that you're doing as counselors even better because who doesn't want to learn new hacks to make life easier and our impact on kids even greater.

Today's topic is working with kids who are experiencing undesired classroom behaviors and how you can help. How many times a day are you hearing, "they just aren't getting their work done" or "they can't sit still" or "if they blurt out one more time I am going to lose my mind!" I don't know about you but I hear this an awful lot. Really more so frequently than probably ever before.

I don't know maybe teachers expect you to have a magic wand ready to cast a spell to have every problem disappear. I don't know about you but I certainly don't have this magic wand I mean it sounds pretty amazing, but it's just not something I have. I mean if they did have one I would be the first in line to snag one up, but really, it's just not something I have. What I can help with is creating a behavior chart or a check in and check out to try to help incentivize the desired behaviors which hopefully reduce the undesired ones.

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1. Introductions and My Why Apr 05, 2023

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Welcome to Counselor Chat! I'm so glad you are here! In our very first episode, I thought I would share with everyone a bit about who I am, my passion about school counseling and my why for this show.

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Welcome to Counselor Chat Feb 28, 2023

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Counselor Chat is a podcast dedicated to all things School Counseling! If you're looking for some inspiration, collaboration, easy to implement strategies to make your counseling life easier, then be sure to follow along!

Your host, Carol Miller, from Counseling Essentials, is ready to spark some joy, help you simply your systems and share stories and strategies to make your counseling life easier. Ready? Let's chat!

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