School Counseling in Nebraska

Why School Counseling?

Join Jake and Loni as they discuss their journey to school counseling, and why school counseling is a vital, important, and wonderful role within the school environment. This will be Loni and Jake's last episode running the School Counseling in Nebraska podcast, it has been our pleasure to help facilitate these conversations and professional development to our colleagues in the state and beyond. Thank you for listening!

When Grief Visits Schools

For all that school counseling entails, one of the most challenging aspects can be supporting our buildings when grief visits our schools. Join Loni and Jake as they discuss grief, including strategies, resources, and the importance for making room for grief when it enters our buildings and communities.

Universal FAFSA with Kalene Heaton

On today's episode of School Counseling in Nebraska Jake is joined by Kalene Heaton. Kalene is a current high school counselor at Glenbrook South High School in Illinois. Illinois as a state implemented their own version of Universal FAFSA a number of years ago, and Kalene has both served on the government side of getting Universal FAFSA implemented as well as the school side being in the trenches. Kalene shares some of the intention behind the legislation, tips for how to engage with parents, the timeline they use at her school, and some final thoughts on how this can benefit families and students.

Cell Phone Bans - The Anxious Generation Part 2

Join Loni and Jake as they discuss the second half of our NSCA Book Club read, The Anxious Generation. In this episode cell phone bans are discussed: is there a benefit to them? Are cell phones the cause of these behaviors in school or just correlated with some other issue. How do students seem to take to not having cell phones? Additionally, we discuss the impacts that zero tolerance policies can play and if it impacts some of our students with the most needs. Please share out to us with your own stories and experiences. And thank you for listening!

NSCA Book Club - The Anxious Generation

Welcome back to the School Counseling in Nebraska podcast. We are starting off season 3 with a bang, starting back up our NSCA Book Club with Jonathan Haidt's new novel "The Anxious Generation." Join Jake and Loni as they discuss the themes of the book, as well as addressing the great re-wiring of childhood that has left our schools and students processing how to best serve our communities. We are so excited for you to join us. In two weeks we will come back with another episode detailing cell phone bans, something that The Anxious Generation touches on and now many schools are starting to implement. Please reach out with any questions or suggestions. Have a great school year everyone!