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| Welcome to the elementary counseling web page! The elementary counseling program at Niskayuna aims to help each child maximize their potential by teaching skills for social, emotional, and personal growth. We are an itegral part of the school staff and work to promote respect for self and others, good decision making skills, and personal safety. |
| GREAT INFORMATIONAL WEB SITES! Positive Parenting Strategies Stress Management Teaching Resourses Kid's Health American Cancer Society Talking with kids about tough issues Learning Disabilities Association of America Children's Defense Fund (No Child Left Behind Movement) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Facts for Families) American School Counselor Association Pet Loss Learning about anxiety in children Children and Grief - Explaining Death |
IN WHICH HOUSE DO YOU LIVE IN? a poem by Vivian Merriman "I GOT TWO A'S" THE SMALL BY SAID HIS VOICE WAS FILLED WITH GLEE. HIS FATHER VERY BLUNTLY ASKED, "WHY DIDN'T YOU GET THREE?" "MOM, I'VE GOT THE DISHES DONE", THE GIRL CALLED FROM THE DOOR. HER MOTHER CALMLY ASKED, "DID YOU SWEEP THE FLOOR?" "I MOWED THE GRASS", THE TALL BOY SAID, "AND PUT THE MOWER AWAY." HIS FATHER ASKED HIM WITH A SHRUG, "DID YOU CLEAN OFF THE CLAY?" THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR SEEMED HAPPY AND CONTENT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED OVER THERE, BUT THIS IS HOW IT WENT. "I GOT TWO A'S" THE SMALL BOY SAID. HIS VOICE WAS FILLED WITH GLEE. HIS FATHER PROUDLY SAID, "THAT'S GREAT, I'M GLAD YOU BELONG TO ME!" "MOM, I'VE GOT THE DISHES DONE," THE GIRL CALLED FROM THE DOOR. HER MOTHER SMILED AND SOFTLY SAID, "EACH DAY I LOVE YOU MORE." "I MOWED THE GRASS,"THE TALL BOY SAID, "AND PUT THE MOWER AWAY." HIS FATHER ANSWERED WITH MUCH JOY, "YOU'VE MADE MY DAY HAPPY." CHILDREN DESERVE PRAISE FOR THE TASKS THEY'RE ASKED TO DO. IF THEY'RE TO LEAD HAPPY LIVES, SO MUCH DEPENDS ON YOU! |
