Classroom Guidance (also see Guidance Lessons)

BRIEF SUMMARY

Classroom lessons are a great Tier 1 intervention to disseminate important information to all students. This is one of the primary delivery systems for teaching school counseling competencies.

KEY POINTS

• Make sure your lessons are comprehensive enough to cover all the school counseling competencies (see below).
• Classroom management is a critical skills when teaching lessons.

SHARED WISDOM

• Take a cue from the classroom teacher-often they have unique ways to get everyone’s attention and they may even have a classroom behavior plan that you can use to reward students for active listening.
• I start all my lessons with chair yoga. It calms and prepares them for the lesson while teaching an important skill.

RESOURCES

• Indiana School Counseling Competencies for Students FINAL

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