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Does anyone have any good programs for guidance classes that you use? I am in a K-8 school. I'm wrapping up my second year as counselor and looking ahead to next year. So far I have not used any specific program. I work with middle school students on suicide prevention and Individual Learning Plans. Both are required by the state. For the K- 5 students I have just used individual lessons. I do have a two day lesson I do with Kindergarteners to introduce myself and my role as a counselor. I have inherited a lot of programs, but they are all pretty dated. I have Second Steps and Steps to Respect. Does anyone know anything about them? Are there any other programs you would recommend?
lacey I haven't tried any canned programs. I've had much success from pulling lessons from various resource books and websites. I usually adapt them in someway to create Promethean lessons (smartboard type lessons) as my students respond best to using the board. First look at your standards and see what you are already meeting with what you have. Then yo...See More
May 30, 2012
Counselor C I, too, found that searching a variety of materials and then creating a lesson plan from scratch was the way to go. It seemed that when I purchased a "canned" program I had to adapt it so much that it was better to simply write my own. I would suggest creating a needs assessment whereby your students (and perhaps teachers or parents) can tell you t...See More
Aug 16, 2012


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