Classroom Guidance Activities
http://www.educationalmedia.com/home.html-ssi
Elementary School Counselors will enjoy this Sourcebook. (There is also an edition available for Secondary School Counselors.) The authors are; Joe Wittmer, Ph.D., Diane W. Thompson, Ed.S., and Larry C. Loesch, Ph.D. If you would like to order a copy of this book you can write or call the publisher at Educational Media Corporation, PO Box 21311, Minneapolis, MN 55421-0311, (612) 781-0088. The cost of the book is $24.95.

I Am Responsible
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/resp48.htm
This integrated theme unit connects classroom learning and life lessons.

We Are Family
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/fam23.htm
This integrated theme unit explores all kinds of families. You can choose from Kindergarten through grade 1, grades 2 to 3, and grades 4 to 8.

Test Anxiety and Stress Workshops
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/ccv.html
The Counseling Center Village. A good resource for workshops, with outlines on stress management and test anxiety.

Relaxation Training
Available on http://www.amazon.com

• Don't Despair on Thursdays! The Children's Grief-Management Book (The Emotional Impact Series). Adolph Moser, et. al., School & Library Binding, 1998. Usually ships in twenty-four hours.
• Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesdays! The Children's Self-Esteem Book. Adolph J. Moser, et. al., School & Library Binding, 1991. Usually ships in twenty-four hours.
• Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays! The Children's Anti-Stress Book. Adolph J. Moser, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator), School & Library Binding, 1988. Usually ships in twenty-four hours.
• Don't Rant and Rave on Wednesdays! The Children's Anger-Control Book. Adolph Moser, et. al., School & Library Binding, 1994.

Bibliotherapy in Elementary Schools
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/bibl-ele.html
This is a useful site for conducting bibliocounseling with elementary students.

Susquehanna Institute
http://www.susquehanna-institute.com
Help support free and low-cost counseling by ordering books, CDs, videos, and games.

New One-Stop for Department Publications
http://www.ed.gov/about/ordering.jsp
Ed Pubs is the Department of Education's one-stop shop for information products. Ed Pubs (short for Education Publications Center) is the place to call for publications, brochures, videos, CD-ROMs, posters, bookmarks, and other Ed products. Ed Pubs include online ordering via the Internet, a searchable database that includes all Ed products, a customer call center, and an automated inventory system for Ed personnel. Ed Pubs customer service representatives (including Spanish speaking representatives) are available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday. You may call any time to leave a voicemail request or to use the fax-on-demand service.

Education World
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=589

ERIC/CASS (Under ERIC)
http://ericcass.uncg.edu
Clearinghouse (ERIC/CASS). The original clearinghouse was established in 1966 by Dr. Garry R. Walz at the University of Michigan and has been in continuous operation since that date. Its scope area includes school counseling, school social work, school psychology, mental health counseling, marriage and family counseling, career counseling, and student development, as well as parent, student, and teacher education in the human resources area. Topics covered by ERIC/CASS include training, supervision, and continuing professional development; human services and mental health professionals; counseling theories, methods, and practices; the roles of counselors, social workers, and psychologists in all the education settings at all levels; career planning and development; self-esteem and self-efficacy; marriage and family counseling; and counseling services to special populations such as substance abusers, pregnant teenagers, students at risk, and public offenders.
Fifty Research Syntheses have been added recently to a full-text searchable database of 2,000 such syntheses on the Department's Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index.

The following are the titles of the 50 ERIC Digests:

ed419326	Rights & Responsibilities of Parents of Children with Disabilities.
ed419385	Secondary Newcomer Programs: Helping Recent Immigrants Prepare for School Success.
ed419624	Loneliness in Young Children.
ed419625	Failure Syndrome Students.
ed419632	Father Involvement in Schools.
ed420302	The Benefits of Information Technology.
ed420303	Internet Resources for K-8 Students.
ed420305	An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12 Educators. Part I: Information Resources, Update 1998.
ed420306	An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12 Educators. Part II: Question Answering, Listservs, Discussion Groups, Update 1998.
ed420897	Creating a Learning Organization.
ed421179	Forces Motivating Institutional Reform.
ed421180	Using Technology in Remedial Education.
ed421181	Responding to Accountability Mandates.
ed421281	Motivation and Middle School Students.
ed421447	A Global Perspective on Human Rights Education.
ed421480	Promoting Stress Management: The Role of Comprehensive School Health Programs.
ed421481	Service-Learning and Teacher Education.
ed421483	True and Quasi-Experimental Designs.
ed421484	Statewide Assessment Programs: Policies and Practices for the Inclusion of Limited English Proficient Students.
ed421485	Designing Structured Interviews for Educational Research.
ed421486	Herzberg's Theory of Motivation and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
ed416940	Effective Policies for Remedial Education.
ed416941	Faculty and Staff Development.
ed417123	Trends in Peace Education.
ed417124	Global Education: Internet Resources.
ed417244	Improving School Violence Prevention Programs through Meaningful Evaluation.
ed417501	Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of Minority Students in Special Education.
ed417515	School-Wide Behavioral Management Systems.
ed418249	New Perspectives on Mentoring.
ed418654	Faculty Workload Studies: Perspectives, Needs, and Future Directions.
ed418832	Building School-to-Work Systems in Rural America.
ed419029	Recent Changes in School Desegregation.
ed419030	The Challenges of Parent Involvement Research.
ed419031	Parent Engagement as a School Reform Strategy.

Access Eric
http://www.eric.ed.gov
This is the gateway to the Internet sites of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

AskEric/Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons
The AskERIC Virtual Library contains hundreds of lesson plans, including, but not limited to, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. Also included are lesson plans from School Library Media Activities Monthly, Newton's Apple Educators Guides, and Crossroads: K16 American History Curriculum.

Benard's Urban Ed
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digests/dig126.html
This site is a clearinghouse ERIC Digest, Turning it around for all youth: from risk to resilience.

Acceptable Use Policies
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/acceptable.html
Many schools which provide Internet access to students and staff have created policies and agreements for the appropriate use of Internet accounts. Samples of agreements, policies, and opinion pieces have been collected at Armadillo's World Wide Web server.

A Tour of the World Wide Web for School Counselors
http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A1914.cfm

World School Directory
http://www.education-world.com/regional/k12_schools
This site is a country-by-country and state-by-state guide to K12 Schools, Universities, and Education Resources around the world. Users can find the following LOCAL Schools within this guide:

• Charter Schools & School Districts
• Montessori Schools
• Parochial Schools & School Districts
• Private Schools
• Public Schools & School Districts
• Gifted and Talented School Districts
• Special Needs School Districts
• Universities & University Departments

• Education Organizations
• K12 School Libraries
• School Newspapers
• K12 School Publications
• Alumni Publications
• Regional Education Resources
• Vocational‹Technical Schools
• Gifted and Talented School
• International School
• Magnet Schools
• Online Schools
• Special Needs Schools

Goals 2000
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/G2KReforming
Goals 2000: Reforming Education to Improve Student Achievement (April 1998) looks at how Goals 2000 supports state efforts to develop clear and rigorous standards for what every child should know and be able to do, and supports comprehensive state- and district-wide planning and implementation of school efforts focused on improving student achievement of those standards.

ASCD Education Bulletin
Email: Bulletin@listserv.ascd.org
This biweekly online newsletter of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) International is dedicated to sharing and exchanging information on the issues of international development, democracy, and professional development.

American School Counselors Association Materials
http://www.schoolcounselor.org
ASCA has also developed national standards for school counselors. Descriptions of the duties and goals of school counselors are listed. Copies are available on their Web site along with Get a Life Portfolio (in single or bulk rates):

• Facilitator's Manual‹eight chapters of practical information and inservice activities for local staff and community helpers (131 pages).
• Facilitator's Guide‹5-page quick-reference guide to help teachers and advisors maximize the Get A Life Portfolio.
• Introductory Video (10 minutes)‹introduces the program to school staff, parents, and community groups.
• Get A Life Software‹storage, retrieval, and editing software to help track student goals (DOS compatible, 3-_" disks).
• Macintosh Programming Guide‹for customizing the program and creating word processing files on a Macintosh computer.

Transitioning
http://www.middleweb.com/INCASE5to6.html
A collection of good ideas for fifth-sixth grade transitioning.
Books for Middle School
All of the following are available from http://www.amazon.com

• Enjoy Your Middle Schooler: A Guide to Understanding the Physical, Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Changes of Your eleven- to fourteen-Year-Old, by Wayne Rice.
• Middle School Blues, by Lou Kassem.
• The Middle School Maze, by Cliff Schimmels.
• The Parents' Public School Handbook: How to Make the Most of Your Child's Education, from Kindergarten Through Middle School, by Kenneth Shore.

ACPS Middle Schools 24
http://www.acps.k12.va.us/sitemap.html
This Web site displays a suggested time line for preschool to early elementary school transition.

Transition and Continuity between Head Start and Public Schools
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dgreenfield/research
This site includes benefits of transition, keys to successful transition key concepts about transition to kindergarten, a transition checklist, differences between early childhood and kindergarten, and a kindergarten observer's worksheet.

Behavioral Interventions
Email: vstanhope@naspweb.org
The newly released publication from the Center, Behavioral Interventions: Creating a Safe Environment in Our Schools discusses behavioral problems in children, highlighting positive strategies and interventions. To request a free copy of Behavioral Interventions, email Victoria Stanhope at vstanhope@naspweb.org and give your regular mailing address.

Communities That Care
http://www.cisnet.org
http://www.americaspromise.org
For information on how to become one of Colin Powell's Schools of Promise, visit this Web site or that of Communities in Schools.

Learning Style Inventory
http://www.howtolearn.com/personal.html
Twenty-four item learning style online survey. An evaluation tool to assess learning styles. Identifies visual/auditory/tactile learners and gives a description of each style.

K-12 Practitioners Home Page‹NCES
http://nces.ed.gov/practitioners
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has launched a site for K-12 practitioners that summarizes and explains some of the latest educational research findings. Survey data that support these findings, as well as methods used to conduct the surveys are outlined. Teachers, administrators, school support staff, and parents can examine articles in the Research Findings section on topics such as Teacher Job Satisfaction, At-Risk Students, and the Pipeline to Higher Education. Links to additional NCES resources and organizations affiliated with NCES projects are also included.

Idea Book
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Idea_Planning
Implementing Schoolwide Programs: An Idea Book on Planning presents methods and resources for planning schoolwide programs and for measuring their success. It also focuses on the fact that schoolwide programs have the flexibility to combine many federal education funds with state and local funds to operate. Featured are schools that have a record of improving student performance; cohesive planning; a comprehensive, standards-based curriculum; highly qualified staff who are committed to building a culture of learning; family, school, and community partnerships that have helped sustain the school's academic achievements and have combined Title I funds with state and local resources.

Simulation Games
http://www.stsintl.com/schools/bafa.html
BaFa BaFa (racism and culture) is a simulation game that aims to let groups experience racist feelings toward each other, based on two hypothetical "cultures." In debriefing they will realize how racism can be based on misinformation and wrong perceptions, as well as understand how interaction can help overcome racial barriers. This can also be adapted to highlight communication between any two groups, such as parents-teens, different language groups, and different schools.

Education World®
http://www.education-world.com
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr125.shtml
This site where educators go to learn is a database of over 110,000 sites featuring what's new, education topics, guide site reviews, world resource center, world school directory, cool schools, employment listings, events calendar, distribution lists, message boards, questionnaire, and awards and accolades.

7 Habits
http://www.usaweekend.com/99_issues/990124/990124coveyhour.html
Let the 7 Habits author and USA Weekend contributing editor show you how to better realize life goals with quizzes and articles at the Stephen Covey Archive.

School Psychology Resource Online
http://www.schoolpsychology.net
This is an online resource for the school psychology community. Information on learning disabilities, ADHD, gifted, autism, adolescence, parenting, and assessment are just a few of the many resources offered.

Global School Psychologist Network
http://www.dac.neu.edu/cp/consult/
This site is moderated by Dr. L. Kruger.

Study Guides
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides
Study Guides includes over fifty pages of summary guides to assist students in succeeding in their studies. Topics include time and stress management, test preparation, organizational strategies, reading and writing, and more. Translated into Arabic, Russian, Chinese, French, German, and Italian, the site should help students around the world. Grade level: high school. College content area: education (teaching and learning). Application type: resource.

Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
http://www.cosn.org

Certified Cognitive-Behavioral School Counselor
http://www.nacbt.org
For a grandfathering application, call 1-800-853-1135 or email with your name and street address to nacbt@nacbt.org.

Icebreakers and Energizers
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/icebreakers.html
This site includes some of the traditional ideas such as "people bingo" but has others as well.

Teaching Young Children How to Visualize
ASCD Education Bulletin
The biweekly online newsletter of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. To subscribe:
Email:
To: BULLETIN@LISTSERV.ASCD.ORG
Subject: ASCD Education Bulletin

Nicenet
http://www.nicenet.org
Nicenet is a way for educators to set up a Web page without having to format anything. Type in the information. Try setting up a temporary account so you can view its features.

Teacher/Advisor Site
http://www.mentors.ca
This site includes an annotated bibliography that is searchable and contains virtually every published article about the Teacher-Advisor system. Seminars are provided on establishing such systems, and the Web site includes details about that curriculum as well.

Peer Counseling/Mentoring/Helping Sites
http://www.islandnet.com/~rcarr
http://www.peerhelping.org

Research Papers
http://www.peer.ca/Docs.html.
Read one of the papers available online or access all the published literature about peer mediation.

School Psychology Resources Online
http://www.schoolpsychology.net

Student Counseling Centers on the Internet
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu

WCN (Interactive Counseling Community)
http://www.CounselingNetwork.com

Sexual Harrassment Site
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/harass.htm

Confronting Sexual Harassment: Learning Activities for Teens
http://www.educationalmedia.com/bookfiles/confsexualharas.html
Help your teenagers develop positive personal relationships and confront the troublesome area of sexual harassment. Eight group sessions and twenty-seven supplementary activities are provided to challenge students from ages twelve to eighteen to take more responsibility in creating a safe and productive school environment. Included are reproducible activity sheets and assessment instruments. Use with individuals, small groups, classrooms, or community groups by Russell A. Sabella and Robert D. Myrick, Ph.D.