Do you check you phone several times an hour to make sure you're caught up on the latest news from your friends? Do you try to make your life look perfect online? You are not alone. For most teens social media is a huge part of life. This fun and...

Social media, online ads, and glossy magazines make it look easy to be a teen - everyone is laughing, beautiful and surrounded by friends. But in real life, you may struggle with not fitting in or being bullied. You may feel overwhelmed by stress or...

From Tamara Zentic's, 13 & Counting: Rescue Me?, this activity will help students to improve their ability to define problems by asking for clarification when needed in an appropriate way. Students will practice self-control by paying attention,...

Too much stress STINKS! Students in grades K through 6 will identify the negative side effects of experiencing too much stress and develop healthy strategies for dealing with stressful situations. Reinforce the lesson from the storybook, Stress...

Self-monitoring is the ability to observe and evaluate one’s behavior. Give students the working knowledge of learning how to pay attention, stay on task and follow instructions with these five downloadable activities from Bryan Smith's How Did You...

Whether we are aware of it or not, we constantly compare ourselves to others. This lesson is designed to get students to view themselves apart from others and to judge only their own growth in comparison to their own self. From Tamara Zentic's 13 &...

This teacher activity guide, designed to accompany the Middle School Misfits: The Stained Glass Tree chapter book, includes more than 20 classroom activities for students in grades 4 through 8 on important topics addressed in the book. Sections are...

Award winning author Julia Cook has put together creative, interactive lessons and activities for teachers and school counselors to use with their students. All of them are designed to complement the popular Responsible Me! book series, featuring the...

Help students discover happiness through self-acceptance with this activity from Bryan Smith's storybook Is There an App for That?. Students will identify characteristics and qualities about themselves that are like-able to help reinforce the skill...

In Parashare, the physical activity will dramatically show students the benefits of sharing a workload and the importance of teamwork. From Julia Cook’s BEST ME I Can Be! series is an engaging activity to accompany her...

The grass can seem greener on the other side thanks to movies, television, and social media. So how can you foster self-acceptance and positive identity in children? Teach them to learn to be happy with who they are, even when the world inundates images...

The Responsible ME! series centers around Noodle, a kid who's good at finding trouble, procrastinating and misdirecting blame. Despite his propensity for making poor choices, Noodle eventually learns how to take responsibility for his actions by...

These colorful storybooks are designed to help children ages 7 through 10 learn social and life skills through humor and entertainment. Engage young readers to apply the social skills of following rules, staying on task, respect, embracing differences,...

Winner of the 2021 Counselor's Choice Award! Braden's parents must think he can't get enough of cleaning and doing chores! It's always "clean this" Braden or "do that" Braden! How will he ever get to bed if he has to clean the whole bathroom after...

The downloadable activities offered will give students in grades K through 5 a better understanding that fear and anxiety is something we all live with. Help students identify positive thinking, practice acknowledging their worries and learn how to...

When it comes to knowing what she wants, Cora June is on top of it! Cora June knows. She and her classmate, Wilson, are locked in a battle of wills. Each one desperately wants to be the ultimate decider. They scream at each other about whether to play...