7 Healthy Friendship Qualities to instil in your Students
24th September 2020
Developing and nurturing healthy friendships amongst students is critical for building a positive learning environment and teachers/counsellors play a crucial role to help students in developing interpersonal relationships, right from the first day of kindergarten to the last day of their school life. With endless opportunities to teach students how to interact with those around them, teachers help in resolving a conflict, promoting cooperation, and many other issues that may crop up in the clas ...
Written By : Anindita Das
Educators must connect with their students during COVID-19
11th September 2020
Research says that the COVID-19 situation is taking a toll on the mental health of children across the globe. Not only adults, but kids too are stressed over the global pandemic scenario being stuck at home and facing a screen for online studies which are affecting their mental health. In this situation a teacher must stay connected with his/her class and help them overcome this unprecedented situation. We all are aware of the saying, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” T ...
Teachers with Counselling Skills Can Adjust Better to The New Normal
1st September 2020
The day is not far away when a smooth reopening of schools will be a reality with large number of students following suit. This much awaited news will make students jump with joy as schools are their second homes, while teachers and friends being their second families. But the question is, how do teachers tackle this transition coupled with the ‘new normal’? How do teachers tackle the transition back to school? Teachers have a big role to play once institutions reopen as they h ...
Key Counselling Techniques to Support Inclusive Classroom Learners during Pandemic
21st August 2020
All children and young adults require support during times of stress and uncertainty, such as the one we are facing now with the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is one of the essential teaching counseling skills of inclusive classroom teachers to help the children understand the changes and process their feelings in a better way. Individuals with autism may need additional support to process the news and adapt to the many changes that are happening around, as they may not have ...
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 ...