Professional Development & Mental Health
By Josh Ramirez, LPC School Based Therapist/Team Leader and Outpatient Therapist In recent years, mental health wellness has gained much...
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What's New in Behavioral and Education Services
May 16, 2022
Comedy: Using Your Sense of Humor When Working with Children
Jeff Wickard, MS Transition Classroom Therapist/Team Leader “Knock, knock?” “Who’s there?” “Nobel.” “Nobel who?” “Nobel, that’s why I...
May 11, 2022
Four Ways to Boost Your Curiosity for Intellectual Wellness
By Christine Peace, Behavior Coach When was the last time you were curious? What occurred that made you experience the childlike...
May 8, 2022
Salt Room Self-Care
By Myleah Diehl, MS, NCC A few weeks ago, I was presented the opportunity to de-stress in a Himalayan salt room with the School-Based...
May 1, 2022
Four Universal Principles for Spiritual Wellness
By Christine Peace, Behavior Coach How would you define “spirituality”? Despite being an abstract, subjective concept, one general...
Apr 26, 2022
Why Trauma-Informed Care?
Traumatic events trigger biological changes in the human brain that can impact brain development, especially in children. For individuals...
Apr 21, 2022
Professional Development and Growth
By Joshua Ramirez, MA, LPC When discussing personal and professional growth, a frequently-drawn comparison is to that of plants. Some...
Apr 17, 2022
Expressive Arts in the Classroom
How Drama, Art, and Dance Can Help Promote a Socially and Emotionally Healthy Classroom By Trynaty Thompson, LSW As teachers, we...
Apr 14, 2022
Benefits of Parental Involvement in Children's Education
By Jeff Wickard, MS Growing up on a family farm without many friends nearby was difficult for me as a child. I always wanted to go across...
Apr 10, 2022
COVID Impact on Mental Health
By Myleah Diehl, MS, NCC The COVID-19 pandemic affected us all greatly. We are still looking at some of the long-term effects that months...
Mar 29, 2022
Environmental Wellness
By Christine Peace, Behavior Coach Do you ever find yourself experiencing one thing in the moment, and getting tripped up by some...
Mar 22, 2022
Social Skills with Adopt-a-Cow
By Katelin Herr, School Based Therapist I started doing Adopt-A-Cow through Discover Dairy last school year because Steelton-Highspire...
Mar 21, 2022
Treating Trauma with Expressive Arts Strategies
By Trynaty Thompson, LSW How expressive arts use the brain, body, and imagination to facilitate the healing process. What is Expressive...
Mar 16, 2022
What Makes a Great Counselor?
There are many career options available in the field of mental health, including numerous counseling roles. Most counseling positions...
Mar 15, 2022
International Day of Happiness
By Benjamin Ridgely, Behavior Coach “Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product.” This was an intriguing statement from Ban Ki...
Mar 13, 2022
Growth Mindset
By Sean Szeles, MA, LPC How to Cultivate a “Growth Mindset” “Focus on progress, not perfection.” As a therapist, I find myself saying...
Mar 8, 2022
Disney Movies are Social-Emotional Learning & Trauma-Informed
By Dr. Nicole Westwood-Robinette Creating and supporting a trauma-informed classroom requires that the students feel safe, supported, and...
Mar 3, 2022
Trust the Process
By Jean Rizer March is National Social Work month, the time to celebrate the work we do to help our clients help themselves. In pondering...
Mar 2, 2022
Happiness
By Christine Peace, Behavior Coach Happiness: a word with many definitions and of the utmost importance. One psychologist, attempting to...
Feb 26, 2022
Hope
By: Dr. Nicole Westwood-Robinette Hope. Hope is what we have. Hope is what we preach. Hope is what we teach our students. Hope, in the...
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