Classroom Lessons/ Units and Counseling Articles:

This site is designed as a reference to help school counselors become part of a team.  On this site you will find articles to help counselors with individual and group counseling situations.  This will help them be dedicated to their job and being part of a team that will help the students to their highest potential.  Classroom lessons are included in this website as well as lists of different community resources.

http://mis.spps.org/counselors/

 
Character Enhancing Programs

This program is focused on implementing core morals and values into the school system.  Common themes involved in the activities include character, integrity, honesty, and trust.  The students work together to uncover strengths and weaknesses that they can address to become better people.  By working with the students to help them understand each other better, the students can support and help each other.

The idea of "Character Day" is to devote one full day of class time to student body activities that help them learn and build each other up as a team.  When the faculty supports them during these activities, especially school counselors, the children will grow together and learn to support each other.



The following link is an example of character enhancing programs in action.  http://www.bristolvaschools.org/for_parents/parents_character_enhancing_programs.htm.

The following link is an example format to follow for schools wishing to implement an effective character enhancing program.  http://www.clevelandcountyschools.org/charactered/pdfs/Good%20ideas.pdf 

 

 

Peer Mediation Programs

Peer mediaton involves students of the same age resolving conflict between two people or small groups.  Peer mediation has been proven effective in schools around the U.S.

For more information on peer mediation visit this link. http://www.studygs.net/peermed.htm

To view an example of a peer mediation program click on the link "Peer Mediation" underneath Resources and Techniques on the side bar.