Tag: Mary Jo Burchard

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Kindness in the Classroom: Facilitating Student-to-Student Kindness

Sixty seconds before they step into the classroom, students are gearing up to engage. How are they preparing themselves for the vulnerability required to master…

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TLC – Trust and Authentic Engagement Pt. 2: “Open Trust-Building Conversations”

In Part 1 of this “Trust and Engagement” series, we discussed strategies to help school counselors build and restore student trust where it would not…

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TLC – Trust and Authentic Engagement Pt. 1: “A Restorative Approach to Student-Counselor Trust”

Current realities that school counselors face make it extremely difficult for them to build sufficient rapport and trust with students, making the goal of authentic…