147: How to Use Picture Books to Enhance Your Counseling Sessions with Laura Filtness

Books are an incredibly powerful tool, especially when it comes to counseling. They allow for students to relate to the characters, help them to find solutions to problems, and so much more! Our guest today, Laura Filtness is a self-proclaimed book nerd who has found amazing ways to incorporate books into her counseling to help students be more engaged and excited about her lessons.

Laura Filtness is a School Counselor in Knoxville, TN and was the 2017 TSCA Elementary School Counselor of the Year. She loves to creatively infuse my love of dogs and books into my counseling program. The best way to sum up her obsessions is that she proudly once won a crazy dog mom contest and her office contains over 300 books. Her dog, Boss, was a certified therapy dog.

Laura's love of books and passion for school counseling has helped her to make a huge impact on so many students! In this episode, she is sharing how she got into books, the benefits of using books in your school counseling program, how she uses books in her program, how to choose which books to pick, and ideas for companion activities. Laura is giving us so much incredible information and you are sure to walk away from this episode feeling so inspired to incorporate more books into your program!

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Show Notes: https://brightfutures-counseling.com/podcast-episodes/picture-books-to-enhance-counseling-sessions

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Resources Mentioned:

Get your ticket to the Impact Summer Summit: https://www.stressfreeschoolcounseling.com/summit

The Bad Seed Series by Jory John: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086D7JNFY?binding=hardcover&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_thcv

Jory John's book that will be released this year: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Cheese-Food-Group/dp/0063329506/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=76URY&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=131-1838589-7953851&pd_rd_wg=F5Tk6&pd_rd_r=4c855a08-337d-4d08-9eae-64b5f52fa490&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

"I'm Bored" series by M.I. Black: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2Y7W4X?binding=hardcover&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_bs_series_rwt_thcv&qid=1684878190&sr=1-1

Trudy Ludwig - "Invisible Boy": https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Boy-Trudy-Ludwig-ebook/dp/B00CCPIKTE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Y0S4EJ5NHKJO&keywords=trudy+ludwig+invisible+boy&qid=1684878227&s=digital-text&sprefix=trudy+ludgwig+invisible+boy%2Cdigital-text%2C99&sr=1-1

Trudy Ludwig - "Sorry": https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Trudy-Ludwig/dp/1582461732/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H9W1XQF1QNBR&keywords=trudy+ludwig+sorry&qid=1684878246&s=digital-text&sprefix=trudy+ludwig+sorry%2Cdigital-text%2C107&sr=1-1

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld: https://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Listened-Cori-Doerrfeld-ebook/dp/B072FMLCCX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JET4LPERIFAX&keywords=rabbit+listened&qid=1684878263&s=digital

Join the IMPACT 2.0 membership for ongoing support and access to 300+ resources: https://www.stressfreeschoolcounseling.com/impact

Enroll in the Stress Free School Counseling Course: https://www.stressfreeschoolcounseling.com/enroll

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