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Picture Books About Perseverance and Grit for Kids
Here is a list of the best picture books about perseverance and grit for children
Whole Child Counseling
Nov 27, 202417 min read
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Supporting Children’s Mental Health with CBT — Unpacking the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors of Kids
This is a guest blog post by: Alison McGrath, LMHC. Alison is the author of the new CBT picture book, Walter and the Worry Test . I love...
Whole Child Counseling
May 14, 20249 min read
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Picture Books about Flexible Thinking and Dealing with Change for Kids
In a world that's constantly changing, teaching our children to be flexible thinkers is more important than ever. Flexible thinking...
Whole Child Counseling
May 3, 202410 min read
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Using Books to Teach Kids About Self-Control: 28 Top Impulse Control Picture Books for Children
Self control is an important skill to teach children. One of my favorite ways to introduce new social emotional learning topics like...
Whole Child Counseling
Jul 6, 202211 min read
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Using Books to Teach Kids About Kindness
Children absorb the world around them like a sponge, whether positive or negative. They quickly learn acceptable and unacceptable...
Whole Child Counseling
May 14, 202214 min read
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Using Books and Videos to Teach Kids Good Sportsmanship, Teamwork, and Cooperation Skills
Are you looking for books and video clips to teach kids about how to be a good sport, winning and losing graciously, playing fairly,...
Whole Child Counseling
Mar 25, 20228 min read
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How to Explain Alzheimer's Disease to Children
I am so pleased to share this guest blog post from Laurie Zelinger, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S, author of the Please Explain to Me book series....
Whole Child Counseling
Sep 24, 20218 min read
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Top 3 Favorite Grief and Loss Books
Grief is a topic I've written about here a lot because it has impacted my life so much. And since I've read SO MANY books on grief,...
Whole Child Counseling
Sep 19, 20217 min read
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Practical Tips and Books for Helping Children Cope with Anxiety
Time and time again I have found that kids really benefit from using bibliotherapy techniques. Bibliotherapy is the strategy of using...
Whole Child Counseling
Aug 9, 202112 min read
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SMART Social-Emotional Counseling IEP and Treatment Goals and Objectives
Let’s discuss S.M.A.R.T. social-emotional and counseling IEP goals and treatment plan objectives. These goals can be hard to write since...
Whole Child Counseling
Jun 27, 20216 min read
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Helping Children Cope with Anticipatory Grief
I keep circling back to grief and loss because my world has been rocked by my losses. I think of death and loss every day. Not in a...
Whole Child Counseling
May 17, 20217 min read
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Shout Out Book to Boost Teacher and Staff Morale
In my free resource library (you will receive the password when you subscribe to my email list at the bottom of this page), you can...
Whole Child Counseling
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Books for Parents, Educators and Counselors about Anxiety in Children
Anxiety is such a common issue with children and adolescents today. Here is a list of books that I have found helpful. These books are...
Whole Child Counseling
Feb 16, 20201 min read
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Favorite Children's Books about Anxiety
Here are some of my favorite children's books which focus on dealing with worrying, anxiety, and learning relaxation skills. Many of...
Whole Child Counseling
Feb 16, 20201 min read
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