Latest Primaryschool Podcast Episodes
192. Using Mindfulness As An Anxiety AND Executive Functioning Strategy
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - April 16, 2024 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsIn this episode of School Counseling Simplified, your host, Rachel, shares powerful mindfulness strategies for managing student anxiety and executive functioning. Here are some highlights: Mindfulness activates the prefrontal cortex and cingulate cortex, areas of the brain linked to atten...
191. Setting Boundaries, Therapy Dogs, and More Ways to Beat Anxiety with Laura Filtness
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - April 09, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsIn today's episode, I chat with Laura Filtness about anxiety strategies. Laura talks through the importance of setting professional boundaries and using therapy dogs in counseling programs. We discuss practical applications for managing anxiety in students and school counselors, including mindfu...
190. CBT Anxiety Strategies with Jessica Leinen
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - April 02, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsAnxiety remains our focus this week as we have gotten such an overwhleming response and need to continue to cover this topic. Today, Jessica, from Counseling Adventures, joins the conversation to share valuable insights and practical strategies for addressing anxiety among students. Drawing f...
189: Anxiety Roundup: How to Support Anxious Students with Ashley Bartley
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - March 26, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsSeparation anxiety has always impacted kids but it seems to be much more prevalent in the past few years since the pandemic. We see it in students crying as they are exiting their cars in the morning, refusing to come to school, and feeling sick in the nurse’s office. We all want to help these s...
188: Anxiety Deep Dive with School Psych Sophia (Everything From CBT to Selective Mutism!)
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - March 19, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsAnxiety does not just impact older students and adults. There are many elementary students who struggle with anxiety as well! As a school counselor, it can be challenging to determine the root of that anxiety and figure out what strategies may be beneficial for your student. I know we all want t...
Education Buzz Podcast: HHS Business Professionals of America (BPA) Advisor Amy Meza and HHS Senior Payton Halfpenny
Education Buzz Podcast - March 13, 2024 13:50 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of Education Buzz, hear from BPA advisor Amy Meza and HHS Senior Payton Halfpenny as they talk about all the success the BPA program has had this year and the history behind the club!
187: 3 Grounding Strategies to Help Anxious Students
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - March 12, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsI think all of us can agree that kids are more anxious now than ever. And as school counselors, trying to find effective tools and strategies to figure out why our students are so anxious and help our students calm down can be challenging. So how can we help these students? I c...
186: Easy and Effective Anxiety Strategies with Mallory Zolinas
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - March 05, 2024 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsStudents of all ages can suffer from anxiety or feel anxious about certain situations. Teaching them effective coping strategies for managing their anxiety is so empowering for them and can help them feel more calm in stressful situations. I always love to hear tips and strategies from other sch...
185: Assessing Counseling Lessons...Simplified!
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - February 27, 2024 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsWe are wrapping up our series on school counselor competencies with my favorite topics: assessing and data! Showcasing assessments and data is such an incredible way to advocate for your role and show your program’s progress to stakeholders. In addition to it being an amazing way to advocate for...
184: Planning Counseling Lessons...Simplified!
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - February 20, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsHave you looked at the ASCA school counselor competencies and been totally overwhelmed? This whole month, I am focusing on simplifying these standards and making them easy to understand and easy to implement. We’ve previously covered direct and indirect student services and now it’s time for one...
183: Direct Student Services 101
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - February 13, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsDirect student services may not sound super interesting but this is the good stuff! It’s the things we all enjoy doing and the reasons we became school counselors. Direct student services are when we are working with students in one on one settings, small groups, and class lessons. We all know t...
Education Buzz Podcast: CFO Melissa Geyman Sell
Education Buzz Podcast - February 06, 2024 19:29 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratingsHear from CUSD 50's CFO Melissa Geyman Sell and her background, district plans, tax levy information, and much more!
182: Indirect Student Services 101
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - February 06, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsWhat are indirect student services? We all know there is so much that goes into school counseling besides just the class lessons, small groups, and individual sessions. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes. These indirect student services are so important to making the biggest impact ...
181: Document Services and Cross Off To-Dos
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - January 30, 2024 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsIf you’re like me, you’re always looking for new ways to increase your productivity. As busy school counselors, we need to save every minute we can by finding more efficient ways to do things that work for our personalities and busy schedules. As we wrap up our productivity series, I want to sha...
180: Increase Productivity with Batching!
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - January 23, 2024 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsWe are all about productivity this month because I love helping school counselors make the most of their time to make the biggest impact they can! We talked last week about using a time audit to figure out where you are spending your time and how to cut out things that you don’t need to be doing...
179: How to Perform a School Counseling Time Audit
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - January 16, 2024 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsIt’s January, the start of a new year and what better way to kick off your year than with a time audit! You know I love time audits because they are so incredibly helpful for making the most of your time and helping you make the biggest impact you can. I know, you might be thinking that adding a...
178: A Day in the Life of a School Counselor with Sheyenne Hernandez
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - January 09, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsI absolutely love hearing from other school counselors and getting an inside look at what their role looks like. Every counselor’s position is unique based on so many different factors - their background, their caseload size, if there are other counselors on their team, etc. That’s why I am so e...
177: New Year, New Counseling Goals!
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - January 02, 2024 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsHappy New Year! We made it to 2024 and I am so excited to kick off a new year with you and see what 2024 holds for us! I always love to kick off the year with some new goals, selecting a word of the year, and a fresh start and I thought it would be perfect to share that with you! ...
176: Best of School Counseling Simplified in 2023
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - December 26, 2023 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsI hope you are enjoying your much needed and well deserved break! We are wrapping up 2023 with a look back at some of the best episodes from School Counseling Simplified this year to help you easily find what you may want to go back and listen to. This year has been so fun and I am so grateful f...
175: How Collecting Calendar Data Can Actually Advocate for Your Role with Lauren Tingle
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - December 19, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsAre you currently using a calendar to keep track of what students you are seeing, what you are seeing them for, and what tasks you are spending your time on? Let me tell you, if you are not, hearing from our guest, Lauren Tingle, is going to make you realize how helpful collecting data using a c...
174: How to Help Students Learn Coping Skills with Janine Halloran
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - December 12, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsHave you seen some of your kiddos really struggling with stress, worry, or other challenging emotions? Teaching these students some helpful coping skills they can do at school when these emotions come up can be a game changer for them! But how can we as school counselors help them and what types...
173: How to Use a Seasonal Countdown Calendar in School Counseling
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - December 05, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsHappy December! Holiday season is in full swing which means it’s a great time to pull some holiday and winter themed activities into your counseling sessions. This is a great opportunity to mix things up a bit, keep students excited to see you, and practice some important skills your students ne...
172: Supporting Students' Sensory Needs with Jessica Sinarski
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - November 28, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsAs a school counselor, you’ve likely worked with a student who needed a little sensory support. But how can we help to support these students with sensory issues? Today I am joined by therapist and brain science expert Jessica Sinarski, who is giving us some wonderful insight into the eight sens...
171: How to Showcase Your Students' Progress Using a Data Wall
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - November 21, 2023 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsYou know I am all about showcasing your work and impact as a school counselor! And midyear is the perfect time to do just that. One way I love to show the impact that school counselors make is by including student progress data on a data wall that shows how much students have improved because of...
170: A Day in MY Life as a School Counselor
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - November 14, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsYou know I love having other school counselors join me to share their experiences and insight with you! And I thought it would be fun to share my experiences as a school counselor so you can hear a little more about my background and how I got started. Today, I am giving you a glimpse into my pa...
169: How to Showcase Your Counseling Services Using a Data Wall
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - November 07, 2023 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsCan you believe we are getting close to the end of the semester already? As we approach the midpoint of the school year, this is the perfect time to showcase your amazing work! I absolutely love creating a data wall to show parents, admin, and other stakeholders just how much of an impact school...
168: How School Counselors Can Support Special Education Students and Teachers with Michelle Vazquez
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - October 31, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsWhen it comes to supporting our kiddos with special needs, there are some things to consider that you may not have thought about. We know these students may need extra support and working collaboratively with the special education teachers can help us understand how to provide this support and w...
167: Sneak Peek: Not So Scary Social Skills
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - October 24, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsAt this point in the school year, you are likely seeing lots of referrals coming in for social skills. But, teaching social skills can be beneficial for all students, not just the ones being referred to you. I actually LOVE teaching social skills preventatively as a class lesson and then as need...
166: Recap: Not So Scary Small Groups
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - October 17, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsTeaching small groups doesn’t have to be scary! When you have a consistent routine and amazing activities planned, small groups can be super fun to teach. But don’t worry, you don’t need to figure it all out on your own. In today’s episode, I am explaining how you can spice up your group counsel...
165: Bullying Prevention Ideas to Fit YOUR School's Needs
School Counseling Simplified Podcast - October 10, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 95 ratingsOctober is Bully Prevention Month and unfortunately we all know that bullying is everywhere. Regardless of the socio economic status of the school, population, or even the country of the school, there is likely bullying happening. The good news is that we, as school counselors, can address this ...
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