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 ...
Benefits of having Counselors in Schools
23rd May 2020
School counselors are one of the most important professionals in today’s schools. They are armed with student counselling techniques and are responsible for preparing the students for a facing academic, career and social challenges. They help learners relate educational agendas to their success in the future. They keep students motivated towards learning and help facilitate their exploration towards a successful career. School counselors monitor data to ensure academic improvemen ...
Role of Teachers in Handling Cyberbullying
15th May 2020
Technological advances come with a lot of pros and cons as it provides a way for people to be anonymously harassed. Overexposure to smartphone or internet usage can lead to falling prey to cyberbullying. Children are easy targets for the cyberbullies as they use technology in a different manner than adults. Plus, many children are unwilling to report the same to a teacher or parent. It often happens because they are afraid, feel ashamed of the social stigma or fear that their technological ...
Teachers must be Equipped with Multi Cultural Counselling Approaches
7th May 2020
Teachers with a classroom full of students from different backgrounds must strive to understand their students in a more holistic way to be able to gain expertise in student counselling techniques. This can be done by including their cultural traditions into their everyday lessons and activities, or even in stories used during counselling sessions so that students feel understood, comfortable, confident and become more focused on learning and trust the teacher at the same time. Multicult ...