Mike Laskowski

Elementary School Counselor. State College, PA. #sccrowd #scchat #escchat #schoolcounselors

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School counselors: keep doing our thing. Empathy, mindfulness, community building, healthy emotional expression. We got this.

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@charlesallen Charles I am so sorry to see this. What a difficult few months your office has had. We will be thinking of you.

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Trying to have serious conversations with teachers, parents, and kids on Mismatch Day is a struggle unique to elementary school counselors.

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My brother recently passed away and one of my biggest takeaways has been how much of impact “just” being a nice guy has on people.

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"In basketball, I want to be remembered as one of the most dominant players ever. In real life, I want to remembered as 'he was a nice guy.'"

- Shaq ahead of his jersey being retired by the Magic tonight 🙌

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@PitchTOpitch23 so sorry buddy. Sounds like a great man.

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@byjoelanderson @stefanfatsis @josh_levin hi - is there any way one of you could follow me back so I could send you a DM? My brother interned with you a while back and passed away over the weekend. I just wanted to be able to share with you.

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@charlesallen thank you Charles. He loved DC and loved his work with you.

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(Links for everything in the episode description)

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A bunch of good tools for your program from ⁦@KRCrumbley⁩ ⁦@LauraRankhorn⁩ ⁦@Counseloraccent⁩ https://t.co/20Apn3LX6r

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Feeling the power of a good run this morning.

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and right after I post this I see this article...

https://t.co/VopkGO2utW

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I got hand made thank you notes from two separate kids today for things that really only involved me giving them the space to share and process. We get hung up on giving kids strategies but the power of just listening means more than we realize.

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@always_oges During the lessons? Yes. Does that make us teachers? Kiiinda. It seems that teaching is a bigger part of the elementary role and I do think there should be more training in lesson planning and classroom management in grad programs.

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This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Great story with many layers. I really connected with the uncertainties of parenthood, and the importance of a strong family. Must read! ⁦@Laurie_Frankel⁩ https://t.co/5ZCyQd1eex

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@mrbcounseling7 😩 I’ve been getting more beat down by the lack of appreciation/respect and at times confrontational posture from other people.

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Ok I don’t tweet as much as I used to but my last three are negative. On the positive side I had a great day of collaboration with my colleagues!

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Called a therapist to collaborate about how to support their client/our student. They were openly hostile with me - basically that they saw no reason for us to be talking. That was certainly a first.

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Without fail my worst night of sleep over a break is the last night. Monday coming at me hard.

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@Edu_Historian world views too. As we get older it’s too easy to find like minded people. In school you have to interact with people you disagree with.

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At this point, having Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty in my office is more stressful than therapeutic. Couldn't be harder to get open.