Your Bright Future by Lava Ridge Counseling

We continue our book study of The Anxious Generation-The first part of Chapter 7 which focuses on the impacts of our new tech culture on boys. We'll discuss girls next time.

Get to know LRIS Counselors and the resources we have to help your student thrive so they can be happy and successful at school. Be sure to check out our archive of past episodes as well.

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt Book Study. We discuss Chapter 5 and the Four Harms social media inflicts on children. Let us know what you think by visiting our website at counseling.lavaridge.net/podcast

We continue our book study of Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation Chapters 3 and 4.

From No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel, we discuss this useful parenting technique that can help you Connect and Redirect your kids into success. Check out the Refrigerator Sheet at the following link: https://drdansiegel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NDD-Refrigerator-Sheet.pdf

We begin our book study of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Chapters 1 and 2. Also check out waituntileigth.org -a great resource for committing to a play-based childhood. .

Today we discuss an article from Psychology Today about manipulation and how we can look at certain behaviors as emotional development rather than a willful act. Read the article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/changing-minds/202308/is-your-child-being-manipulative-or-is-it-something-else?fbclid=IwY2xjawFjxLFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbAgoSvkYA_7qKg9mvciDYkkF9baCHA0iWXB2wthS5Yi2YTN4Y-vgEfFBw_aem...

Join us as we begin our book study of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. We discuss the impact of technology and the intro to Jonathan Haidt's bestselling book.

Welcome to a new year! Season 5 of Your Bright Future starts here.

Lava Ridge Counselors teach you about Self-Compassion in this episode. Being kind and compassionate to your self and teaching this to your students is one of the healthiest ways to find success in school and life. Thanks for listening! Article: 4 Techniques for Practicing Self-Compassion https://health.clevelandclinic.org/self-compassion

Mr. LD speaks with Lily and Brooklyn, two of our amazing 7th grade students, about Friendship, their goals, and they share some tips for surviving middle school.

Mr. LD chats with Marco and Jonah about the tips and tricks that help students be successful at school.

Mr. LD speaks with LRIS students Summer and Grace about their LRIS experience and they share some tips about making and keeping friends.

Welcome to Year 4 of our School Counseling podcast! This year we are changing our focus just a bit so that we will be speaking directly to students. Parents can still check out our past episodes at www.counseling.lavaridge.net/podcast. Please share with other parents and students if you find our podcast helpful and engaging. We love to hear from you anytime!

We explore the Relationship Bank Account and how it can help improve the parent-child relationship.

Part 2 of our QPR Training podcast.

First in a two-part series about the QPR training we teach our 7th grade students as part of our ongoing suicide prevention curriculum. See www.qprinstitute.com for more.

Today's episode focuses on how we show love to others and how we can help our children love themselves. The books we reference are Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy and The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman.

We take a look at our PBIS system, the Warrior Way, and our school store the Warrior Way Mart and help parents understand how we use gold points to reinforce and reward positive and consistent good school behavior. Students love earning and spending points in the school store.

In today's episode, we (mostly LD) share some important facts about meditation and how it can help our students regulate emotions and find balance.

Today, we narrow our focus to class registration for Lava Ridge students in the upcoming year. Please reach out for more info and go to our website: counseling.lavaridge.net for additional helps.

In this episode, we talk with Mike Hassler, Washington County School District Work-based Learning & Internship Coordinator. He gives us an overview of the award-winning career preparation program for WCSD students and how our students can begin to prepare now to participate. You can get more info at www.washk12internships.org.

In our third installment of Tough Topics, we address the pros and cons of social media use by our students and give parents some ways to be a proactive part of their online presence. We hope you'll join us for this tough topic.

In the 2nd of our Tough Topics series, we address the world of Video Gaming and how it affect the health and well-being of middle school students. We offer tips to help parents moderate and connect with kids to keep them safe and learning as they participate in this world.

Tough Topics Series #1-Pornography- In this episode, we discuss the ways pornography use can affect young minds and how we see this impact our students. We offer some ways for parents to stay involved and engage with students in developing protective factors that can help our students be safe and steer clear of its harmful effects.