Tuesday, October 16, 2012

October


Counselor Corner:

There has been alot of exciting things going on in the Counseling Department at Leighton Elementary School.

Small Groups started on October 1st:

1. Friendship Groups:
    Students have focus on getting to know other children.
    Activities- they were assign to meet one new person a week in their grade level.

2. Girl Power Groups- Curriculum is about girls getting to know who they are.
   Talking about Self-Esteem, how to be assertive, ways of getting along with each other.
   Activities- sharing positive traits about themselves and getting with negative words

3. Changing Families- discussing how students feel when there families are going through
     transitions  such as separation, visitation, divorce.
    Activities- kids created what fun things they do with Mom or Dad
    The main focus of this group is to understand how the student is feeling.

4. Anger Management- learning relaxation techniques by implementing Yoga to the students
   
The groups meet every other week for lunch on various days out of the week for a total of 6 sessions.

If you have any questions, or concerns, please contact me at ( 330) 954-2236.

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