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Tanya Kirschman shares parts of her ASCA presentation, which was full of "rubber meets the road" ideas for lessons and ways to keep your students engaged during classroom guidance lessons.  This is a perfect episode as we start to think about going back to school!   Make sure you download her amazing PDF she created for our listeners!

Kevin Honeycutt's passion for students is contagious!  In this episode he shares parts of his personal story of growing up in poverty and experiencing trauma and how he uses it to connect with students.  Share this episode with your faculty and friends as parts of this episode will make you re-examine the way we have been doing things.  We promise you will be inspired and dare we say, ready to go back to school after listening?   To order his book or book him for your school click here.

Listen as we speak with Megan Marcus and Kelley Munger from FuelEd about: how educators can heal student trauma through relationships, and the need for educators to first do their own healing how equipping educators with relationship-skills can make school counselors jobs easier and better how the best student SEL is actually educator SEL FuelEd is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to grow emotionally intelligent educators who build relationship-driven schools. The organization envisions a world where educator training and support is reimagined to prioritize  educators' emotional intelligence, emotional health, and interpersonal skills. FuelEd was founded based on Megan Marcus' experience serving as a lead researcher for the book, The Social Neuroscience of Education by Dr. Louis Cozolino which highlights the science behind how relationships drive learning, social and emotional development, and  can even heal trauma. Over the course of the last decade, we have synthesized research from developmental psychology, counseling psychology, and social neuroscience  research into practical, interactive, and experiential training and counseling for thousands of educators. To bring FuelEd to your school or district contact [email protected], or to access free resources like webinars and blogs, visit www.fueledschools.org.how educators can heal student trauma through relationships, and the need for educators to first do their own healing how equipping educators with relationship-skills can make school counselors jobs easier and better how the best student SEL is actually educator SEL

Joy Winchester is a leader in the world of Conscious Discipline.  Her story-telling ability will keep you captivated as you listen to her ideas and techniques for dealing with those tough behaviors we've all encountered!  Listen as she explains what conscious discipline is, how to implement it, and what changes you can expect.  It is a game changer for your teachers, your parents, community, and especially your students! Find out more about conscious discipline here.

School counselors frequently ask what they can do for side jobs.  Maybe it's to earn extra income, maybe it's to fill up summer months with extra activities, or maybe it's just to monetize a hobby.  Dr. Russ Sabella co-authored a book, School Counseling Side Hustle, where he lists possible ways that school counselors and other educators can earn extra income.  In this podcast he shares some of his ideas and gives his best tips on how to get started. Visit Russ Sabella's website Purchase School Counseling Side Hustle Purchase Solution Focused School Counseling: The Missing Manual