Middle School Counselor Resources

The Middle School Counselor Shared Files

• Shared Google Drive folder to view, download and upload your favorite middle school resources and collaborate with your middle school counselors across the country!

Career & College Exploration

• O*NET

• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

• CFES Brilliant Pathways

Test-Taking Strategies

• Splash and Sprout-Learning Unlimited

• Study Skills Online

• What is Your Learning Style?

• Khan Academy

• Bullying Prevention Curricula:
  Stop Bullying Now

Volunteer Opportunities

• Volunteer Match

Substance Abuse

• Drug and Alcohol Awareness

• The Recovery Village: LGBTQ+ community and substance abuse

• How Addiction Affects The Transgender Community

Websites with Many MS School Counseling Lessons:

• Missouri Center for Career Education

• Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

• Teaching Tolerance

• Dealing with Deployment: A Small-Group Curriculum for Elementary and Middle School Students

Mental Health

• Meditation and Mindfulness Apps from Common Sense Media

• Teen's Guide to Mental Health

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Child and Adolescent Anxiety

• Eating Disorders

• Teen Talk Line

Great School Counselor Blogs with Resources & Lesson Plans:

• Savvy School Counselor
  The Middle School Counselor
  The Extraordinary School Counselor

Middle-School Programs Requiring Funding:

• Career Cruising

• Student Success Skills

• School Connect

Transition Time

• Any move to a new grade is a challenge, but particularly the major transition years. Read more about the research and what school counselors can do to support elementary to middle school and middle to high school transitions.

Digital Citizenship

• Looking for some FREE Digital Citizenship & Cybersecurity curriculum? Check out CYBER A.C.E.S. from Palo Alto Networks. Differentiated by age & by topic!

• Be Internet Awesome free downloadable lesson plans
  Beyond Differences “Every student should feel accepted, included, and valued by their peers. Beyond Differences works directly with middle and high school students, on campuses and online, to help them promote social inclusivity within their schools.”

• Know Your Classmates is designed to explore middle school youth's identity and belonging, understand traditions, and recognize stereotypes.

• No One Eats Alone™ teaches everyone how to make friends at lunch, often the most difficult part of the school day.

• Be Kind Online is a powerful engagement program for middle school youth, their teachers and families. Focused on creating inclusive communities online, particularly learning to respond to digital gossip to reduce social isolation

• Cybersecurity and Digital Citizenship activities for students created by teen Cybersecurity champion Kyla Guru

  • Form to access lessons

  • More resources from Bits N’ Bytes

  • Kyla's Ted Talk

• Livestreaming: Top Ten Tips for Teens

• Be Internet Awesome Curriculum

• iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up

• Common Sense Media

• Internet Safety/Cyberbullying

• Social Media Lesson: Social Media Stress in Teens

Helpful Articles

• How to talk to your middle-schooler (so they might actually listen to you)

• Growth Mindset Videos: 10 TEDTalks to Share With Your Students and Children

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