Each activity on this list is excellent at encouraging teens and young adults to think about positive traits that make them unique. School counselors and social workers, what do you think about these ideas? Can you add any of your own? Please let us know in the comments section below!
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As a therapist working in a school-based therapy job, you may be charged with helping to calm the nerves of children battling anxiety. According to Daniel B. Peters, Ph.D. and Huffington Post contributor, “Teaching kids about how fear and worry work in their bodies, and specific thinking and doing strategies to fight the “Worry Monster,”… Read More »
Let’s face it – Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings can induce some stress. If you’re in one of the following school-based therapy jobs, you can diffuse IEP meeting tension by applying three of Dale Carnegie’s human relations principles. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) Occupational therapists (OTs) Physical therapists (PTs) Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) School Counselors School Social… Read More »
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