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Grade 5K
Elementary Comprehensive
School Counseling
Mission Statement
The purpose of the elementary comprehensive school counseling program is to provide services, resources, and activities that facilitate the academic, personal/social and career development of all students, as well as assist students in becoming able learners capable of realizing their potentials. It is the responsibility of the school counselor to use educational, community and home resources to foster this development, and to be an advocate for the student’s interests, while providing for their overall well-being.
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
3rd Grade PEP Talks
Grade 4
Recommended Children's Books for
Protective Behavior Unit Grades 1-3
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE:
Daisy: A Book about Child Abuse by Sandy Powell
Don't Hurt Me, Moma by Muriel Stanek
Hear My Roar by Ty Hochban
Mommy and Daddy are Fighting by Susan Paris
Something is Wrong at My House by Diane Davis
Squeakers by Stephen Cosgrove
MISCELLANEOUS:
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
Simon's Hook by Karen Gedig Burnett
SEXUAL ABUSE:
Alice Doesn't Babysit Anymore by Kevin McGovern
A Better Safe than Sorry Book by Sol and Judy Gordon
It's My Body by Lory Freeman
Feeling Safe by Autun Grace and Mom
Laurie Tells by Linda Lowery
My Body is Private by Linda Walvoord Girard
No more Secrets for Me by Oralee Watcher
Please Tell! by Jessie Ottenweller
Something Happened to Me by Phyllis Sweet
Continued: SEXUAL ABUSE
Annabell's Secret by Amy Barth
My Body is Mine, My Feeling are Mine by Susan Hoke
Not in Room 204 by Shannon Riggs
When I was Little Like You by Jane Porett
My Body Belongs to Me by Cornelia Spelman
The Right Touch by Sandy Kleven
What's the Big Secret by Krasny Brown
Who is a Stranger and What Should I Do? by Linda Walvoord Girard
The Trouble with Secrets by Karen Johnsen
Bully Prevention
Knowledge:
To be able to identify different forms of bullying.
To identify different ways of handling bully situations as the victim or witness.
To understand peaceful and respectful interactions.
Good books to read and videos to watch with your child:
Don't Laugh at Me (book) by Steve Seskin
Bucket Filler (book) by Carol McCloud
Websites with games a activities
http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
My Secret Bully and Just Kidding (books) by Trudy Ludwig
In April, all 3rd graders will have a PEP Talk with their School Counselor and parents. Watch for sign up times at your next Parent/Teacher conference.
We look for a 100% of our students talking to their parenats about the Resumes they have worked on all year. The resume is the main focus of the 3rd grade year and the school counseling classes.
PEP Talks take place in Grades 3, 6, 8, 9 and 11. Third grade lays the foundation for all the other talks through high school.
Good books and videos to use as resources with your child:
The Recess Queen by O'Neil
Hands are Not for Hitting and Words are Not for Hurting by Agassi and Heinlen
Feet are Not for Kicking and Hands are for Helping by Verdick
8 Ways to Face a Bully with Confidence:
http://www.kidpower.org/resources/articles/prevent-bullying.html
To recognize and name basic feelings.
To tell the differnces between tattling and reporting.
To identify bully behaviors and use "I feel statements.
Understand how to show respect and play peacefully
together.
To identify the difference forms of bullying.
Good books and videos you can share with your child.
Sorry (book) by Trudy Ludwig
Interactive Internet safety Presentations: Netsmartz.org
Good books to read and videos to watch with your child.
Ant Bully Trailer
Ant Bully (book) by John Nickle
I like Your Buttons (book) by Sarah Marmil Lamstein
Hats (book) by Kevin Luthardt
To understand respectful and peaceful interactions.
To understand difference between tattling and reporting.
To identify characteristics of a bully.
To identify situations that show or encourage respect.
Tattling by Joy Berry
Say Something by Peggy Moss
9 Ways to eliminate bullying:
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/bullying/how-to-deal-with-a-bully.gs?content=600
Vocabulary Words: Good touch/ bad touch, stranger, private body parts, safety and helpers.
Good Websites to work with your child and for parents:
link on for good activities to do with your child.
Go to for Basic safety tips for parents.
Understand the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable touches.
Understand basic ways to stay safe.
Identify those individuals in their life who they could trust in their home, school and community if they need help.
Unit of Study and Goals:
Personal Safety: The goal is to increase children's knowledge of and adherence to rules that will help keep them safe.
Touching Safety: The goal is to strengthen children's ability to distinguish between safe touch and unsafe touch and to increase their knowledge of safety rules about touching.
Assertiveness and Support: The goal is to increase children's ability to stand up for themselves in an assertive, but not aggressive, way and to ask for help in difficult, uncomfortable or dangerous situations.
Vocabulary Words:
good/bad touches, strangers, private body parts, helpers, and verbal abuse
Good websites for child and parent:
link on to this site for activities that will interest your child and help them learn about safety.
good site for tips to parents.
Fun games for kids.
Units of Study and Goals:
Touching Safety: The goal is to strengthen children's ability to identify differences among safe touch, unsafe touch and unwanted touch and to follow safety rules about touching.
good or comfortable touches vs uncomfortable or bad touches, stranger, private body parts, safety and helper.
A link for parents who
would like to know what are
the best things to do to keep your child safe from strangers
Fun games for kids to learn
safety rules.
Understand the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable touches, or safe and unsafe touches.
Understand basic ways to stay ssfe in the home, school, community and internet.
Identify resource people who can provide safety in their home, school and community.
Vocabulary:
Safe choices, helpers, resources, abuse, unsafe situations, physical abuse, arassment, chaos, first crime scene, pornography, phone harrassment, internet safety, drug abuse, animal abuse, sexual abuse and stalking.
Good Internet resources:
Educational Resource for parents and children concerning internet safety. Appropriate for all ages and parents.
Tips for parents and elementary students.
