School Psychologist
- What is a School Psychologist?
- Calendar
-
Circle of Friends Programs
-
Circle of Friends Class Lessons
- Kindergarten Learns About The Group Plan
- Kindergarten Classes Learn About Thinking With Your Eyes
- First Graders Learn 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
-
Circle of Friends Class Lessons
- Socialization Clubs
- Banana Splits Club (for Children of Non-Nuclear Families)
- Peer Mediation Program
-
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
-
First Grade Club
Friendship is the overriding theme of the group. However, more specifically, we engage in a variety of activities geared toward the following:
Week 1. Behaviors that Attract Friendship. We read a story about a child who is very good at being a friend and we identify the behaviors that the child might be exhibiting. The girls each complete a project that represents what they most want in a friend. They chose from possible characteristics and used the parts they select to make a friend. They each leave with a project representing what they value in friendship.
Week 2. Behaviors that Get in the Way of Friendship. We read a story about a student who struggles to make friends and we imagine the behaviors that might be inhibiting the development of friendships. The girls create a list of friendly and unfriendly behaviors and then we review the sheets they take home to see what behaviors we may not have thought of.
Week 3. Circle of Friends. We discuss the ideals of the Scarsdale Circle of Friends (Accept, Respect, Care) and add any other important aspects of being in the Circle. The girls each make their own circle of friends by engaging in an activity similar to making paper dolls.
Week 4. Friendship. The group examines possible pizza toppings with behaviors written on them. They decide which toppings would belong on a friendship pizza. Each child then cuts out the friendship behaviors and creates their own friendship pizza to take home.
Week 5. Terrific Tattles and Good Gossip. The girls discuss the idea that it is good to say nice things about other people and that those are comments that can be shared. We sit in a circle and said either a “terrific tattle”, something nice about someone in the group, or a “good gossip”, repeated the nice thing that the last person had said.
Each year, the lessons change with the developmental progression of the girls. I hope this summary helps you to follow up at home. Please feel free to stop by or call if you'd like to talk more about the group if you have any further questions or thoughts.
