Counseling

List of 5 items.

• Advising Program: Grades 9-12

  It is important for all students to make a connection with a caring adult here at St. Paul's. Every student in high school is paired with an advisor (teacher/ coach/ administrator) for their entire high school career. The groups meet once a month to discuss planned topics of interest or concern.

• Halo Habits: PreK-4

  Halo Habits is St. Paul’s unique character education program for grades Pre-K thru 4th grade. Our counselor, Mrs. Boteler, visits each class to discuss the monthly character trait. An information sheet is given to each teacher with quotes, activities, and related picture books to be used to reinforce the monthly character trait. Postcards and stickers are given to students who are “Caught using their Halo Habit”

• Mr. Pickle: PreK-K

  Character is what a person is on the inside. At St. Paul’s Lower School, we want all students to be the very best “characters” they can be. PK and Kindergarten students participate in character education during their regularly scheduled library time each week. We use a program called “Mr. Pickle”. This program encourages the children to be “sweet pickles” rather than “sour pickles”. Each month we focus on a different character trait. These traits include “The Golden Rule,” manners, tattling, sharing, honesty, friendship, kindness, and making good choices.

• Olweus, Bullying Prevention Program: Grades K-8

  The Olweus Program (pronounced Ol-VAY-us) is a comprehensive approach that includes schoolwide, classroom, individual, and community components. The program is focused on long-term change that creates a safe and positive school climate. It is designed and evaluated for use in elementary, middle, junior high and high schools (K-12). The program’s goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among schoolchildren and to improve peer relations at school. The program has been found to reduce bullying among children, improve the social climate of classrooms, and reduce related antisocial behaviors, such as vandalism and truancy. The Olweus Program has been implemented in more than a dozen countries around the world, and in thousands of schools in the United States.

• Parent Resource Library

  Raising your child is the most important thing that you will ever do.  While it is profoundly rewarding and provides us some of the most joyous moments in our lives, there are also times when parenting can seem overwhelming - when our child is struggling in school, is experiencing friendship issues, or our family has suffered a loss or divorce, we often don’t know the best way to help our children through.  Please know that we are here to help!  The Counseling Office at St. Paul’s is only a phone call away, and we are always available to provide guidance in helping your child through tough times or just to help him or her thrive.  Over the years, we have also built up a terrific parenting resource library; if you’d like to check out a book on a particular parenting topic, please give us a call and we’d be delighted to share our resources with you.  If you have read a book which you have found valuable and don’t see it on this list, let us know and we will add it to the library.  We also gratefully accept any donations which you’d like to make to help us grow our library even further!

   

  Allow Your Children to Fail if You Want Them to Succeed - Avril Beckford

  Alone Together - Sherry Turkle

  The Art of Condolence - Leonard Zunin

  Be the Parent, Not the Pal - Amy Donaho Howell

  Because I Said So! - John Rosemond

  The Blessing of a B Minus - Wendy Mogel

  The Boy Crisis - Warren Farrell & John Gray

  The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander - Barbara Colorosa

  Bullying:  Changing the Course of Your Child’s Life - William Voors

  A Child’s Book of Values - Lesley Wright

  Children and Divorce - Amy Baker

  Cyber Kids, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Balance - Barbara Trolley & Constance Hanel

  Dear Dr. Wes…Real Life Advice for Teens - Wes Crenshaw

  Deep Secrets-Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis Connection - Niobe Way

  Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life - Scott Spradlin

  Driven to Distraction - Edward Hallowell

  Getting to Calm - Laura Kastner & Jennifer Wyatt

  The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey

  Girl Wars:  12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying - Cheryl Dellasega

  Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope - Suzy Yehl Marta

  Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One - William Kroen

  Hot Stuff To Help Kids Worry Less - Jerry Wilde

  How Girls Thrive - JoAnn Deak

  How to Get Your Teen to Talk to You - Connie Grigsby & Kent Julian

  How to Survive Your Teenager - Hundreds of Heads

  How to Talk So Kids Will Listen - Adele Faber

  I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just Not You - Roger Pearman

  I Will Remember You:  Grief for Teens - Laura Dower

  The Involved Parent’s 7^th Grade Guide - Ellen Shrager

  Late, Lost, and Unprepared - Joyce Cooper Kahn

  Liked:  Whose Approval are You Living For? - Kari Kampakis

  Masterminds Wingmen - Rosalind Wiseman

  Mean Chicks, Cliques, and Dirty Tricks - Erika Shearin Karres

  Mindful Parenting - Kristen Race

  The Minds of Boys - Michael Gurian

  Mindset - Carol Dweck

  Mom’s House, Dad’s House - Isolina Ricci

  Nobody Told Me - Pam Stenzel

  Nurture Shock - Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

  Odd Girl Out - Rachel Simmons

  Queen Bees & Wannabes - Rosalind Wiseman

  Parent Power - John Rosemond

  Parenting with Wit and Wisdom - Barbara Coloroso

  Please Stop Laughing at Me - Jodee Blanco

  Raising White Kids - Jennifer Harvey

  Raising Worry Free Girls - Sissy Goff

  Saving Childhood - Michael Medved

  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls - Mary Pipher

  The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens - Sean Covey

  The Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children - John Rosemond

  So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

  Sticks and Stones - Emily Bazelon

  Surviving an Eating Disorder - Siegel, Brisman, Weinshel

  Too Much of a Good Thing - Dan Kindlon

  When Husband and Wife Become Mom and Dad - Elisa Morgan & Carol Kuykendall

  Who’s in Your Social Network - Pam Stenzel

  Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? - Beverly Tatum

  Why Do They Act That Way - David Walsh

  Why the Brain Can’t Hear - Teri James Bellis