School counselors are available to consult with parents about their children's academic, social, and emotional development. When there are issues, concerns and requests for more information that apply to the whole of the school community, school counselors can hold presentations or collect resources to be shared. 

Positive Parenting

• Building Better Bonds
• Family Rituals and Habits
• The Science of Success and Happiness
• Raising Kids in a Digital World ​
• The Importance of Executive Functions (and how to strengthen them!)
• Emotional Intelligence (what is it and why it matters)

• Let's Talk Marin Slides for Parent Education Night on Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Prevention (link to presentation)
• Comprehensive School Counseling/Social Emotional Program (link to presentation)
• Positive Parenting: Pandemic Edition (link to presentation)
• Positive Parenting Strategies (link to presentation)
• Parenting a Growth Mindset (link to presentation)
• Success Skills - Getting Ready for Middle School (link to presentation)
• Navigating Adolescence (link to presentation)
• Community Conversations: Substance Abuse Prevention (link to presentation) 
• Community Conversations: Mental Health and Wellness (link to presentation)
• School Climate: What It Is and What You Can Do to Support a Positive Learning Environment (link to presentation)
• Keeping Kids Safe (link to presentation)
• Little Kids BIG Feelings: Helping Kids Cope with Fear, Worries, and Anxiety (link to presentation)
• Positive Parenting May 2023 (link to presentation)
• Parenting an Anxious Child May 2023 (link to presentation)
• Parenting Big Kids May 2023 (link to presentation)

Classroom Tips You Can Use at Home 

• 1-2-3 Magic
• Love and Logic
• Zones of Regulation
• Social Thinking
• I-feel Messages
• Positive Discipline - Motivation
• Positive Discipline - Testing and Manipulation

PRINTABLES

recommended readings

community resources

Understanding Your Child
Contemporary researchers across many domains (neuroscientists, cognitive biologists, psychiatrists, behavioral scientists, educators, clinicians, etc.) agree that human development is a complicated process occurring throughout the life span in reaction to various biological, physical/molecular, psychological, social, and cultural influences. While one singular comprehensive theory does not yet exist, understanding your child's development from a variety of perspectives can help you make sense of their behaviors and cognitive processing.

• The Early Years
• Middle Childhood
• Teens and Adolescents
• ​Self-awareness Activities  
• Assessments in Education​