School Counselor

1. School Counseling with heART
Sara Beckman, Ed.S – NBCT
School Counselor
Dutch Fork Elementary School
803.476.3912
sbeckman@lexrich5.org
Thank you for choosing this session!
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2. A little bit of background…
It all happens here!
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3. Why Use Art Strategies?
Form of self-expression/Release of emotion
Creates positive atmosphere and sense of acceptance
Stimulates conversation and discussion, which expands
feelings vocabulary and self-awareness
Builds confidence & sense of accomplishment
Provides counselor with deeper awareness of student
thinking and perception
Method of documentation for individual and group
sessions
….and a few words of caution….
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4. Family Drawings: Heidi
1st Grade VSP* Groups
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5. Family Drawings: Nicholas
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6. Resource for Developmental Stages Year
by Year
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7. Six Degrees of Connection
Student draws pictures of six people with whom he/she
feels a connection.
Questions to consider:
What do you like/dislike about…?
Is this a positive or negative connection?
What do you do together?
Three pluses and a minus
Notice who is not included in the connections.
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8. Animal Drawings: Grant

9. Animal Drawings: Jillian
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10. Animal Drawings: Julia

11. Animal Drawings: Trinity

12. Animal Drawings: DaShaun’s Art

13. Heartfelt Feelings

14. Oh, The Feelings You Feel!

15. Hand Tracings: Dalton

16. Hand Tracings: Jaylen

17. Hand Tracings
Name 5 things :
• you like about yourself
• you wish people knew about you
• you wish you could tell your teacher/parent
• you miss about …
• steps to reaching your goal
Other ideas:
Represent the past on your left hand/future goals on your
right
Relationships (each person completes a hand about the other)–
friend/friend, teacher/student
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18. What’s on Your Mind? collage
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19. How Do You Doodle?
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20. Paint Chip Strips
Scaling
Emotional Vocabulary
Check-in/Check-out
Task check-list/Desk reminder
Social skills reminders
Coping skills strategies
Diversity lessons
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21. Self-Portraits and Positive Self-Talk
*Requires multiple sessions…
After reading the book, share YouTube tutorial on how to
draw self-portraits.
Complete drawings.
Add tags to describe positive personal traits, behaviors
and strengths.
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22. Ice Breakers
45-Second Name Tag
Me Bags/Me Boxes
3 Circles
4 Squares
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23. 4 Squares Icebreaker

24. 4 Squares Icebreaker

25. Identifying Feelings: Anger Masks

26. Little Box of Hope

27. Little Box of Hope - Landyn

28. Mandalas
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29. Mandalas for Beginners

30. Mandalas with Self-Rating Scales

31. Mandalas – Additional Uses
Rewards – initials to color, bookmarks, door hangers
Cooperative group – everyone colors a piece of the puzzle

32. Rainbows from Rainclouds
Personal Strengths/Coping Skills

33. Rough Spot/Soft Landing
Rx for Friendship Problems

34. Frustration Situation
Internal Dialogue/Positive Self-Talk

35. Frustration Situation

36. For Further Exploration