How to Teach Executive Function Skills to Teens: A Guide for Parents and School Counselors
Do you get to work on time? Pay attention in meetings? Keep your house clean(ish)? Stay calm when your nosy neighbor drops by?
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7 Ways to Celebrate National Decision Day with Your Students
It’s almost National College Decision Day, and as a school counselor, you’re bursting with pride. You’ve mentored these kids since they were brand-new ninth graders who got lost on the way to their lockers. Now, they’re getting ready to ...
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Top 20 Questions to Ask Your High School Counselor
When you’re in high school, preparing for college admissions can feel like you’ve been plunged into the Upside Down in Stranger Things. Everything is confusing, people might as well be trying to talk to you via blinking Christmas lights, ...
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College Counselors and You: Making the Most of Their Guidance
Navigating the path to college can be totally overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to balance schoolwork, extracurriculars, and your social life. Instead of trying to do it all on your own, consider reaching out to trusted adults ...
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How to Help Students with Parents Who Object to Higher Education
To most families, sending a student to college is an exciting milestone — the start of a promising future. But a growing number of families have a different perspective. They lack confidence in higher education and object to their child ...
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How Counselors Can Support High School Seniors
From Rory Gilmore’s graduation speech to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (and beyond), senior year has a firm placement in our pop culture. It’s for a good reason, too. It’s such an important year that anyone who’s been through it can relate to ...
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How College Counselors Can Help Students Choose a Career Path
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s an ever-present question throughout childhood, but it takes on new meaning (and importance) as teenagers begin preparing for college. A few of your students may know exactly what they want ...
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How to Talk to Students About Majors as a College Counselor
For many students, talking about a college major can be overwhelming. Oddly, it never hurts to open this important conversation with Buddy the Elf. Why? Will Ferrell, the comic genius who played Santa’s oversized helper, graduated from ...
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How to Stay Organized this Spring: Tips for College Counselors
If ever there was a self-help movement that translates fluently to the office of a college counselor, it’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, created by Japanese organizational consultant Marie Kondo. If you want to know how to stay ...
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Share Your School Pride with College Logo Cookies
Is there anything better than a homemade cookie? If you’re sharing good news (like acceptance to college), why not incorporate one of the tastiest treats around to make a sweet moment even sweeter?
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