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End of the season sales are a great time to stock up on items to use in your school counseling office! I love getting a good deal. I especially enjoy end of the season sales! At end of season sales you can find products at deeply discounted prices because stores want to sell products fast so they have room to merchandise for the next season. I have found some great deals on items for use in my school counseling office at end of season sales. The end of the Halloween season is an especially good time to stock up on items! This week I will be highlighting a few seasonal Halloween items to utilize in your school counseling office! Seasonal Find: Halloween Play-doh Play-doh is a great item to get at a discount after Halloween, Christmas, and Easter.  Stores such as Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and even grocery stores sell seasonally packaged party packs of Play-doh with an colorful assortment of fun-sized cans. For the Halloween season, most department stores carry 20 pack "Tri...

The winner of No Kidding About Bullying is.... (Scroll down to see if you were the lucky winner!)   Entry #3 Brandi Bowers   Congratulations!!!! Please email me your contact information so I can have Free Spirit Publishing send you your copy of  No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along (Bully Free Classroom). Thank you to everyone who entered School Counselor Blog's "No Kidding About Bullying Contest." All School Counselor Blog readers can order a copy of  No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along by clicking on the link provided.   Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counselor Blog , a place where school counselors share innovative ideas,  creative lesson plans,  and quality resources.  Contact Da...

I am excited to announce School Counselor Blog's first contest! Would you like to win a great resource? Check out my two latest posts Naomi Drew Interview - Part 1 and  Naomi Drew Interview - Part 2 . Listen to the podcast interviews about Naomi Drew's new book, No Kidding About Bullying.   The Giveaway: 1 winner will be chosen at random on Sunday, October 31st. The winner will receive a copy of No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along from Free Spirit Publishing !   Get No Kidding About Bullying Now: All School Counselor Blog readers can order a copy of  No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along by clicking on the link provided. How to enter: Add a relevant comment to either Naomi Drew Interview - Part 1 or Naomi Drew Interview - Part 2 about Naomi Drew's new book, No Kidd...

In the second half of my interview with Naomi Drew about her new book, No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along , Ms. Drew describes interviewing students for her book, shares ideas schools can utilize for developing empathy, and gives an example of how one school used the "Win/Win" guidelines with students. Listen to the second half of the podcast interview by clicking below! School Counselor Blog - Namoi Drew Interview - Part 2 by schcounselor Listen to Part 1 of the interview. Visit http://bit.ly/NoKiddingAboutBullying for more information about the book and free downloads. Also, visit Naomi Drew's blog: http://authornaomidrew.blogspot.com .   What topics would you like to hear about on the School Counselor Blog Podcast? Comment below, email me , tweet , or share on the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, ...

I had the opportunity to interview Naomi Drew, internationally recognized author, speaker, and advocate of conflict resolution and bullying education, about her new book, No Kidding About Bullying: 125 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along . To listen to the podcast, click below! School Counselor Blog - Naomi Drew Interview Part 1 by schcounselor Listen to Part 2 of the interview. Visit http://bit.ly/NoKiddingAboutBullying for more information about the book and free downloads. Also, visit Naomi Drew's blog: http://authornaomidrew.blogspot.com .   What topics would you like to hear about on the School Counselor Blog Podcast? Comment below, email me , tweet , or share on the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counselor Blog , a place where school counselors share innovative ideas, ...

A reader asked for ideas for how to maintain counseling notes and information. Q: First of all thanks for the effort and energy you put into your fabulous blog, it is really great! I am curious as to what kind of system you use to maintain student information? How is it that you maintain student records, keep track of counseling sessions, and other valuable information that can easily be lost without some sort of system in place? Any feedback on this would be great! A: Keeping track of notes and information was a struggle for me until my colleague, Shelly Blair, introduced me to Microsoft Access. As a side note, Shelly recently wrote a guest blog post for School Counselor Blog: Creating a Portable Sand Tray . Shelly introduced me to Microsoft Access to keep track of students and notes . I use the " issue database ," which can be downloaded for free. This is the best system I have found so far because it is free and it can be password protected . It is really easy to us...

Red Ribbon Week is October 25th-29th.  Red Ribbon Week is a week to raise awareness about the importance of being drug free. This year our theme for Red Ribbon week is "Believe, Achieve, Succeed - Drug Free!" All of the events we planned for Red Ribbon Week are related career to reinforce the school to career connection and the importance of students choosing to be drug free for their future. Below are descriptions of events we are hosting for Red Ribbon Week.   School Spirit Day For School Spirit Day we are asking all students, faculty, and staff to show school pride by wearing school colors. College, University, Trade School, and Military Day For College, University, Trade School, and Military Day we are asking students to show pride for their future by wearing a favorite college, university, trade school, or military shirt. Faculty and staff are also encouraged to participate. We contacted local colleges, universities, trade schools, and military recruitment ag...

A reader asked for suggestions of where to get good deals on bulk pencils for incentives and giveaways. Q: I love reading your blog you have some great ideas.  I had a quick question.  Do you have a place were you buy pencils in bulk?  I want some pencils as small incentives for kids and I am having a hard time finding some cheap pencils in bulk.  I'm probably looking for 2-300; do you have any recommendations for me? A: Thanks for reading my blog! I am glad you are finding great ideas here! Here are some recommendations I have for places to get good deals on bulk pencils. I have ordered from all of these websites before.   Amazon Amazon has lots of different kinds of incentive pencils, including Dr. Seuess , specific holidays , birthday and more. I created a section on my Amazon Store for Incentives & Giveaways , where I included my favorites. I personally like the Raymond Geddes pencils the most. Raymond Geddes has a website with more designs,...