During the school year. I utilize resources and strategies with my clients that I’ve developed through previous research. Unless there’s a particular problem, I don’t have a lot of time to research multiple new strategies to implement. However, I stockpile information over the summer, and I develop a theme to work on for the year. Last year, I focused on emotions with my feelings curriculum. As I’m preparing to enter a PhD program in the fall, I want to research mindfulness techniques for children. In a moment of productivity over the weekend, I’ve already made my reading list for the summer, including a few books to add to my library of children’s’ books. (Check out my post on stories and utilizing them in counseling.) Here’s my TDT or school counselor mindfulness booklist for next school year!
Being mindful of my budget, I will be checking out a few these at my local library, but they’re all available on Amazon.(This post does contain affiliate links to support this blog. Please see our disclosure page for more information!)
School Counselor Mindfulness Booklist:
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Skills for Kids & Teens: This book may be my foundational resource for my therapeutic work. It’s billed as a comprehensive guide for teaching mindfulness with activities, worksheets, journals, and methods to track progress. If you’ve read my post on Simon says Yoga, you know that I love working with kids on developing mindfulness. Really excited about adding this resource to my personal library!
10 Days to a Less Distracted Child
Smart but Scattered
Mindfulness Activities
After informing myself on an issue, I like to have activities to help illustrate abstract concepts for children.
Other Issues
Along with focusing on mindfulness, I want to research some of the issues that I’ve come across while working with individual kids. Issues that I’ve dealt with last year included immigration, poverty, and sexual trauma, and behavioral issues.
Immigration: Third Culture Kids- If you working with immigrant children, this is an informative resource on some of the challenges that third culture kids face when they are living in a different culture than their passport.
Poverty: Teaching With Poverty in Mind– Poverty has such an impact on development and is a systematic problem that presents numerous challenges for school and communities.
Trauma:Cory Helps Kids Cope with Sexual Abuse
Typically, if I have a client with a history of sexual abuse, I would refer them to another counselor for individual counseling outside of school. However, I do believe it’s important to be informed on working with children with sexual trauma and want to check out this resource.
Children’s Resources for sexual trauma: Please Tell: A Child’s Story About Sexual Abuse 
Behavioral Issues
Dr. Greene has several books on working with or parenting children with behavioral issues. I definitely plan on checking out The Explosive Child
and Lost at School by Ross Greene
this summer!
Children’s Library
and 
this summer!
I love using stories in therapy and am always looking for new books to add to my library. (I have a list of stories dealing with anxiety in this post!) These books are eclectic and cover different issues, including two that align with my theme of mindfulness.
Do you have any books to recommend for my school counselor mindfulness booklist? Leave them in the comments and don’t forget to pin!
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