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ScottCounseling.com was created to serve you and provide solutions for your everyday problems.  ScottCounseling has trained, licensed, professional counselors available to assist you with options that will successfully bring about a solution for your counseling need.  ScottCounseling has help hundreds of individuals with questions about:

Children and Teens  Anxiety  Marriage  Depression  ADD/ADHD  Academic and Schools

College Planning  Mental Health  Gifted… Continue Reading

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has published 100 Ways To Help Your Child and School Succeed. One can not succeed without the other. ScottCounseling recognizes the PTA as a valuable asset for parents, teachers and, of course, students.

100 Ways To Help Your Child and School Succeed

According to the PTA, there are many ways to be involved with your child’s education. You’re probably doing some of these things already. Maybe it’s calling the teacher to say “thank you” or to ask a question, or attending a parent or school board meeting.You’ll soon see the effects of your efforts—that’s because when parents get involved in their children’s education, everyone benefits.

Communicating

1. Give positive feedback and show appreciation… Continue Reading

Vanessa Van Petten does it again! ScottCounseling loves this author. Her insights, words of wisdom and positive applications for teens and adolescents hits the mark every time. Read, enjoy and learn!

Oh boy, the kids are at home, my sisters are scrounging with nothing to do. I thought it was time for a little 10 tips post! Most of these are academically geared because I think summer is great time to relax and to get ahead.

…most teens have no problem with the relaxing part, but need some help with the motivational part.

1. SAT Prep

Yes, summer is the best time for this. Get an SAT Review Book and just start going over vocab and taking practice… Continue Reading

Author and teen specialist, Vanessa Van Petten, helps parents deal with a very serous topic, road rage, in a manner that can be shared with teen drivers who need to take the road seriously, but not feel put off by a lecturing parent… Continue Reading

Parents searching for some positive ideas to help their child make and keep friends will find these helpful strategies easy to use and implement. Parents searching for more ideas should go to Ask a Counselor for additional help and assistance with “advanced Strategy” ideas.

Build Social Skills - Encourage Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities

Encourage your child to participate in plays, drama, band clubs, sports, community education programs, YMCA, summer camps, science clubs and more! During the school year, tell your child that you want them to get involved with “one activity at school” and “one activity out of school.” many churches offer programs that are excellent in encouraging appropriate social interaction and friend- making… Continue Reading

Being a parent of an intelligent child is great. Being comforted by the fact that having a smart child often leads to a more optimistic chance of the child succeeding in school, securing a better job and becoming more capable of problem-solving everyday challenges is often a wishful thought for many parents. But, we all know that high intelligence does not necessarily guarantee success in school, future jobs and social experiences; we all have met or know individuals who are smart yet unsuccessful. So is high intelligence or possessing a high IQ that important? Yes and no. Simply put, having a high IQ without some emotional intelligence may be of little or no value in life. So, what is emotional intelligence, or E… Continue Reading