Strategies for Managing Anger in Children
8th August 2020
Like other human emotions, anger too is a normal and healthy emotion. However, it becomes indeed difficult for many kids to recognize the difference between feeling angry and being aggressive. With absolutely no knowledge about how to deal with their emotions, the kids with their frustration and anger pent up, become defiant, disrespectful, and aggressive, often throwing temper tantrums. Childhood aggression such as fighting, spitting, and teasing must not be left unchecked as it can lead to ...
Counselling Skills Help Educators to Adapt and Modify Teaching
1st August 2020
In a technologically advanced age where students are portraying changing nature and temperament, it becomes a necessity for teachers to be equipped in specific counselling skills and approaches to manage the behavioural issues and tantrums and help them achieve their educational goals and reach their best potentials. So, exactly what kind of changes can counselling skills bring in an educator? When an educator undergoes training to become a school counsellor, he/she develops certain skills ...
3 Key Tips to Make Online Teaching Easier For Teacher Counselors
11th July 2020
We have all been suddenly thrown into the world of online learning; while the tech space can be an overwhelming space for teachers, confident professionals are adapting! From Zoom to Google Classroom, we can see teaching professionals occupying spaces that they might have only heard of before, yet they are trying their best to keep their connections with students growing through these mediums, with a few alternations in their student counselling techniques. Whether you are new to the tech wor ...
5 Ways to Add Social Emotional Learning to Your Lessons
26th June 2020
It is a known fact that children need to learn Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) skills to succeed both in the classroom as well as in the real world. Unfortunately, time proves to be the biggest enemy when it comes to including these necessary lessons in everyday classroom lessons. Here we have shared a few tips to help a teacher to school counselor seamlessly integrate Social-Emotional Learning into the classroom. Morning Madness Check-ins Teaching self-reflection at the beginning of ...
Teachers Must Promote the Mental Health of Students
19th June 2020
To begin with, we should first know what exactly is mental illness. It is described as a mental condition that can affect our thinking, emotions and behaviours. Having some kind of mental health problem during our lifetime is very common and can happen to anyone. Students, in particular, are quite vulnerable to various kinds of mental illnesses that leave them feeling devastated and terrified while making them retreat rather than seeking help. Counselling skills for teachers thus becomes an a ...
Trust is an Important Part of Counselling
5th June 2020
The basic goal of counselling is to aid individuals experiencing personal challenges to be able to resolve them and improve their emotional well-being. Therefore, to achieve a positive result, establishing an open and trustworthy connection with the individuals paves the way to reach their goals in the most effective manner and it is also a significant measure for the success of the counselling session. In a previous blog, we stressed on the importance of listening as part of counselling. Thi ...