Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Counseling Groups

The following groups will be offered to students starting in January.  Please contact the counselor for more information or to sign your child up for a counseling group. 

Friendship Group: The purpose Friendship Group is to enhance social skills.  We will work on activities to practice the following:
  • Ways to make and keep friends
  • Honesty
  • Dealing with anger in a positive way
  • Resolving peer conflicts
  • Listening and Communicationg

M&M GroupThis group is for Mad Management.  The purpose of the group is to explore healthy ways to deal with anger and other emotions.  We will work on activities designed to help students:
  • Recognize emotions
  • Realize that all emotions are okay
  • Learn techniques to deal with anger

Family Changes:  The purpose of this group is to provide opportunities to:
  • Explore families and how they are the same and how they are different
  • Help students see the positive about being a part of their unique family.
  • Talk about common concerns.
  • Express feelings, interests and goals
  • Provide a support system for students for students to help them cope with their parents' divorce, seperation, illness, or other family changes.

Other groups may be offered on a requested or as needed basis.  This may include COA (Children exposed to Alcoholism), Peace Group (citizenship), Study Skills,  Self-Esteem, and Military Families.






    Saturday, September 10, 2011

    Meridian School Children in the Idaho Statesman

    About 100 children boarded a United Airlines flight bound for the North Pole to visit Santa Claus Friday Dec. 2, 2011 at the Boise Airport. The 6th annual United Airlines Operation Santa's Sleigh provided the trip for local underprivileged children.
    Darin Oswald / Idaho Statesman


    Monday, August 1, 2011

    3rd Grade Feeling Abstracts

    After a counseling lesson on Empathy, some students volunteered their lunch recess time to create abstracts based on a feeling word.