Hey Educators!! What amazing things does your school do for #HispanicHeritageMonth ? #scchat #schoolcounselor

Last night Biden said that we expect cops to be psychologists, sociologist, to do everything. And he said that's why we need to fund the police. Which is crazy because that exact sentence shows who we should be funding instead of the police.

my student gave me one of her tech decks and I have never felt more honored

If you were “mature for their age” you might have been parentified. Parentification is when a child is made to fill an adult role. This is an “invisible” trauma that has life long impact. HERE’S WHY: 🧵

I will say this over and over again until it’s truly heard… TEACHERS’ WORKING CONDITIONS ARE STUDENTS’ LEARNING CONDITIONS.

Reflecting on this tonight from NYC Tw*tterati: "I'm always trying my best to shrink the gap between my values and my actions...If I died tomorrow, I could tell you right now that I did what I wanted to do. And I tried to do it in a way that brought other people along."

School Counseling in December is wild. One minute you’ll be doing a homicide assessment and the next making snowman friendship crafts all while in Christmas dog jammies😅

Suicide prevention is: - safe, affordable housing - livable minimum wage - access to opportunity - social connectedness - eradicating racism & other forms of discrimination - marriage equality - ending poverty - preventing and addressing ACEs - trans rights 4/

It’s still worth reading, but I recommend these books on trauma: - The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris Dr. Nadine Burke Harris - My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem @ResmaaMenakem - What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo emi

“Stop devaluing children and childhood!” An incredibly insightful and educational presentation by Rania Kamal writes on talking about #abolition and #TransformativeJustice with little ones! Presented by @ProjectNia w/ @PrisonCulture. Links below. (Not endorsed! Just “fan art”)

Excited to come back in two weeks and hear about the work being done in Gwinnett County!!

giving 4th and 5th grade boys a safe space to express their feelings and even trust me enough to ask for relationship advice might be one of my favorite parts of this job🥹

staff members always laugh at me when I’m carrying around a calming tool for myself or squeezing a stress ball in the hallways but damn y’all adults in the building are the ones making this job so difficult

first mural finally finished! hype me up I cried multiple times throughout this process. Thanks to my 5th graders for doing the butterflies and parent volunteers for the handmade flowers🥰

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5th grader at summer school today said, “I didn’t come to play; I came to slay.” Yes, girl!

I’m not at #ASCA23 but am a native Atlantan and can’t help myself not to talk to school counselors I keep running into in the wild😂

friendly reminder that pandemic toddlers are now school age! check in on your kindergarten teachers (and 1st grade too since school isn’t mandatory until you’re 6)🙃🙃🙃