School Psychologist
- What is a School Psychologist?
- Calendar
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Circle of Friends Programs
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Circle of Friends Class Lessons
- Kindergarten Learns About The Group Plan
- Kindergarten Classes Learn About Thinking With Your Eyes
- First Graders Learned the Difference Between Tattling & Telling
- First Graders Learn About Bully Behavior
- Second Graders Become Problem Solvers
- Third Graders Learn About Anger Management
- Third Graders Learn About Inclusion and Exclusion
- Third Graders Learn About The Power of Mean Words
- Fourth Graders Learn About the Role of the Bystander
- Fourth Graders Learn About Bully Behavior
- Fourth Graders Learn How to Handle Being the Target of Bully Behavior
- Fifth Graders Learn About Bully Behaviors
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Circle of Friends Class Lessons
- Socialization Clubs
- Banana Splits Club (for Children of Non-Nuclear Families)
- Peer Mediation Program
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Parenting
- 10 Ways to Teach Your Child the Skills to Prevent Sexual Abuse
- Camp Homesickness
- Developing Organizational Skills
- Guided Problem Solving
- Helicopter Parenting
- Learning a Second Language
- Manners Matter
- Self Concept Builders and Stealers
- Sharing Control Through Choices
- Small Steps Change Lives
- Talking to Children About Death
- Understanding Your Child's Anger
- Using Enforceable Statements
- Socialization
- Media
- Starting a New School
- Raising Successful Children
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If you find yourself using bully behavior:
1. Realize it and make a change
2. Apologize
3. Practice showing empathy and concern for others.
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Homework: Talk at home about the teasing do's and don'ts attached and how they can be incorporated at home and in other settings as well.Teasing Do's and Don'ts
DO:
Be careful with others' feelings.
Use humor gently and carefully.
Ask whether teasing about a certain topic hurts someone's feelings.
Accept teasing from others if you tease.
Tell others if teasing about a certain topic hurts your feelings.
Know the difference between friendly, gentle teasing and hurtful ridicule.
Try to read others' "body language" to see if their feelings are hurt – even when they don't tell you.
Help others when they are being teased or ridiculed.
DON'T
Tease someone you don't know well.
Tease about a person's body.
Tease about a person's family members.
Tease about a topic when someone asked you not to.
Tease someone who seems agitated or who you know is having a bad day.
Be thin-skinned about teasing that is meant in a friendly way.
Swallow your feelings about teasing. Tell someone in a direct and clear way what is bothering you.