Office of School Counseling
Fall Newsletter
This place called Work
“As you enter this place of work please choose to make today a great day. Your colleagues, customers, team members, and you yourself will be thankful. Find ways to play. We can be serious about our work without being serious about ourselves. Stay focused in order to be present when your customers and team members most need you. And should you feel your energy lapsing, try this surefire remedy: Find someone who needs a helping hand, a word of support, or a good ear - and make their day.”
― Stephen C. Lundin, Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Calling all ASCA Members
Learn and Earn
Need professional development hours? Don’t want to travel? Have a limited budget? Take advantage of ASCA’s Webinar Series. Each month, we offer webinars – free to members – on a variety of topics. You can attend the webinar “live” or view it after the fact in the archives. And, you can earn CEUs and Contact Hours for the webinars as well. It couldn’t be easier to keep up with your professional development needs.
Visit http://www.schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members for more information
Whats NEW? Report Card Conferences
Report Card Mentoring Conferences Inspire Students to Stay on Track
Click the link below to learn about a new technique to use with your Middle and High School Students. High School Counselors- this is a wonderful tool to use while distributing your QLMs.
Upcoming Training and Meeting Dates
8:30-11:30 & 12:00 to 3:00pm
Location: Thomas Claggett Multi Purpose Room
Morning ERO# 3403217205
Afternoon ERO#3403217206
**Monday, November 14, 2016- New Counselor Training
9am-4pm
Location: OHSD- Suite D
ERO Session # 3402417202
Wednesday, November 16, 2016- SGAP Training (All counselors- Space is limited)
Location: OHSD- Suite D
ERO Session# 3402417202
**Friday, December 9, 2016- MS & HS Department Chair Leadership Training
9am to 12pm
Location: Thomas Claggett Media Center
Attendees must register through ERO
**Attendance is Mandatory
First Quarter Reports Due!
Monday, Oct 31, 2016, 04:00 PM
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Small Group Action Plan and Parent Program Plan Due Date..
Wednesday, Dec 7, 2016, 04:00 PM
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What do you do to relax?
"The Biker Lady"
PGCPS PSC's.....We work hard....We play harder.
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Have you tried Bibliotherapy? Book Study? Check out the helpful books below to guide your small groups or classroom guidance lessons below.
Recommended for Grades K-6
Feelings Books
When I'm Angry
Jane Aaron
Feelings
Mad Isn't Bad - A Child's Book About Anger
Don't Rant and Rave on Wednesday
Aliki
M Mundy
Adolph Moser
When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry
Molly Bang
The Chocolate Covered Cookie Tantrum
Deborah Blumenthal
Franklin's Bad Day
Paulette Bourgeois
I Feel Shy
Karen Bryant-Mole and Mike Gordon
The Grouchy Ladybug
Eric Carle
The Night of the Paper Bag Monster
Helen Craig
I'm Mad & I'm Furious, etc. (Dealing with Feelings Series)
Elizabeth Crary
Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell
My Many Colored Days
Dr. Seuss
The Blue Day Book for Kids: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up
Bradley Trevor Greive
Lizzy's Ups And Downs
Wemberly Worried
Jessica Harper & Lindsay Harper duPont
Dealing with Anger
Marianne Johnston
Andrew's Angry Words
Dorothea Lachner
Proud of Our Feelings
Lindsay Leghorn
The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn
The Very Angry Day That Amy Didn't Have
Lawrence E. Shapiro
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
Friendship Books
Hands Are Not for Hitting
Martine Agassi
We Are Best Friends
Aliki
Berenstain Bears Series
Stan & Jan Berenstain
The Franklin Series: Franklin Plays the Game, Franklin Is Bossy,Franklin's Secret Club and more
Paulette Bourgeois
How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends & Keeping Them
Laurie & Marc Brown
I Did It, I'm Sorry
Caralyn Buehner
Do You Want to be My Friend?
Eric Carle
How to Lose All Your Friends and
It's Not My Fault
Nancy Carlson
A Circle of Friends
Gloria Carmi
Big Al
Andrew Clements
Amigo Means Friend
Louise Everett & Sandy Rabinowitz
That's What Friends Are For
P.K. Hallinan
Winners Never Quit
Mia Hamm
Chester's Way
Kevin Henkes
Best Friends for Frances
Russell Hoban
George and Martha
James Marshall
Making Friends
Kate Petty & Charlotte Firmin
Playing the Game
Kate Petty & Charlotte Firmin
Words Are Not for Hurting
Elizabeth Verdick & Marieka Heilen
Rosie and Michael
Judith Voirst & Lorna Tomei
Self-Esteem/Confidence
I'm Gonna Like Me
Jamie Lee Curtis
I Knew You Could! A Book for All the Stops in Your Life
Craig Dorfman & Christina Ong
Leo the Lightning Bug
Eric Drachman
Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman
Leo the Late Bloomer
Robert Kraus
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
Patty Lovell
The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper & Loren Long
A Bad Case of Stripes
David Shannon
Nobodies Perfect Not Even My Mother
Norma Simon
Odd Velvet
Mary E. Whitcomb
Shyness Books
Franklin Goes to Day Camp
Paulette Bourgeois
Lucy on the Loose
Ilene Cooper
I Don't Know Why…I Guess I'm Shy: A story about taming imaginary fears
Barbara Cain & J.J. Smith-More
Nobody Likes Me
R & Raoul Krischanitz
Sometimes I DonÕt Like to Talk
Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
Emma's Magic Winter (I Can Read Series)
Jean Little
So Shy
Vicki Morrison
Shy Charles
Rosemary Wells
Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution
I Did It, I'm Sorry
Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner
Clancy's Coat
Eve Bunting
Franklin is Bossy
Paulette Bourgeois
Matthew and Tilly
Rebecca Jones
It's Mine and Swimmy
Leo Lionni
Feeling Left Out andPlaying the Game
Kate Petty & Charlotte Firmin
Little Red Riding Hood/The Wolf's Tale
Della Rowland
The Very Angry Day That Amy Didn't Have
Lawrence E. Shapiro
I'm Not Oscar's Friend Anymore
Marjorie Sharmat
Simon's Hook: A story about teases and put-downs
Karen Gedig Burnett
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Jon Scieszka
The Zax (included in the book The Sneetches)
Dr. Seuss
The Butter Battle
Dr. Seuss
The Quarreling Book
Charlotte Zolotow
Social Cruelty/Teasing/Bullying Books
Lucy and the Bully
The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Bullies
Claire Alexander
Stan & Jan Berenstain
Howard Binkow
Franklin is Bossy
Paulette Bourgeois
Simons Hook: A story about teasing and put-downs
Karen Gedig Burnett
Best Day of the Week
Bully B.E.A.N.S.
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Julia Cook
Rosie's Story
Martine Gogoll
Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Just Kidding
Trudy Ludwig
My Secret Bully
Trudy Ludwig
Sorry!
Trouble Talk
Trudy Ludwig
Trudy Ludwig
Nobody Knew What to Do
Becky Ray McCain
Say Something
Peggy Moss
Enemy Pie
Derek Munson
King of the Playground
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Recess Queen
Alexis O'Neill
Little Red Riding Hood: The Wolf's Tale
Della Rowland
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Jon Scieszka
Stop Picking on Me
Pat Thomas
Stress/Relaxation Books
The Goodnight Catepillar: A Children's
Relaxation Story
Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays!
Lori Lite
Relax
So Few of Me
Catherine O'Neill
Peter Reynolds
Every Time I Blow My Top I Lose My Head!
Laura Slap-Shelton & Lawrence E. Shapiro
Miscellaneous Books
Sit Still (self-control)
Nancy Carlson
My Mouth is a Volcano (self-control)
Julia Cook
It's Hard to Be Five (self-control)
Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell
My Sister Hugged an Ape (personal space)
Bill Grossman & Kevin Hawkes
Personal Space Camp (personal space)
Julia Cook
Don't Squeal Unless Its' a Big Deal (tattling vs. reporting)
Jeanie Franz Ransom
Telling Isn't Tattling (tattling vs. reporting)
Arnie and His School Tools: Simple Sensory Solutions That Build Success
Kathryn M. Hammerseng
Jennifer Veenendall
Grief
When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Krasny & Marc Brown
When Someone Very Special Dies by Marge Heegaard
Don't Despair on Thursdays! by Adolph Moser
Help Me Say Goodbye by Janis Silverman
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Judith Viorst
A Special Place for Charlee
Debby Morehead
I'll Always Love You
Hans Wilhelm
Cat Heaven
Cynthia Rylant
Dog Heaven
Cynthia Rylant
Recommended for grades 6-12
STEREOTYPES/CLIQUES
Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett:
Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts inexplicably gaining weight and gradually becomes extremely overweight.
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman:
Explains how parents can help their daughters deal with the different issues surrounding friendships, boys, gossip, and cliques as they start high school. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher: Discusses the effects of society on young girls and their self-esteem.
DEPRESSION/SUICIDAL FEELINGS
Damage* by A. M. Jenkins: Seventeen-year-old football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression that has drained his interest in life, thinks that he has found relief in a girl who seems very special.
Ordinary People by Judith Guest: After spending eight months in a mental institution following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns home and finds that he must rebuild his life
PARENTS’ DEATH/MOTHERLESS TEENS
Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg The reader struggles along with Katie and her sister, Diane, as they try to cope with the burdens of growing up with an abusive father and no mother. This beautifully told tale grips the reader from page one and does not let go until Katie comes to terms with her sister's appetite for adventure, as she tries all the while to keep pace with her own changes.
Joy School by Elizabeth Berg: Katie, still mourning the death of her much-loved mother, is further upset when she must leave her friends to move with her father to Missouri, but then she meets Jimmy, a handsome, decent, married man, and learns about the joys and pain of first love. (Sequel to Durable Goods, but a good stand-alone read). One of Those Hideous Books
Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones: Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August. A Music I No Longer Heard by Leslie Simon: Contains seventy true stories of men and women who lost one of their parents while they were still in their teens, and describes how the children coped with the loss.
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons: Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.