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Archive for May, 2018
Tech Retreat for 7th-8th Grade Students
07 years
by signewhitson
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Last week, we offered a Tech Retreat for our 7th and 8th grade students. This day included a total break from regular classes. Instead, students participated in small group activities, heard a panel of speakers from our community, and learned about brain health and screen time. To learn more about how we structured the day and to hear feedback from students, please click on my school’s Blog below.
For more information on teaching kids Digital Citizenship or any questions about setting up this kind of opportunity at your school, feel free to email using the Contact Form.
Breathing Beads to Teach Mindfulness to Young People
07 years
by signewhitson
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending the day in beautiful, sunny upstate New York to lead a day-long workshop on How to Be Angry, featuring brain=based strategies for helping young people de-escalate from intense feelings of anger and make positive choices for anger expression.
Among strategies discussed were the benefits of teaching of Mindfulness practices to kids. I showed participants photos of my work with students, including our making of Mindfulness Beads to help us remember to take slow, deep calming breaths. Here’s the video, from the blog, The Middle School Counselor, for all who requested it:
https://www.themiddleschoolcounselor.com/2018/02/teaching-coping-skills-and-self.html
