We meet individually with students regarding many different issues such as friendship, conflicts, bullying, academic difficulties, families in divorce, grief, and depression. We also conduct may different groups addressing issues such as social skills, family change, anger management, and study skills. To find out more about what groups are being offered or if you feel your child needs individual attention, contact any of the counselors listed below.
| Name | Position | Works with: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Buskey | jessicab@stma.k12.mn.us | Social Worker | Special Education |
| Kim Freidt | kimberlyfr@stma.k12.mn.us | Counselor | Regular Education |
Are you looking for websites relating to multicultural topics? See the links below:
The counseling department has a library of resources available for parents and children that areresources available to check out from the school. The books, videos, and tapes cover topics from parenting, ADHD, depression, body image, friendships, middle year dilemmas, bullying/teasing, divorce, relationships, and much more. Please contact, Jessica Buskey, social worker, at 763-497-2655 Ext. 3014 or jessicab@stma.k12.mn.us for more information.
| ADD/ADHD Behavior Change Resource Kit |
| ADD Moments Volume 1 (CD) |
| After School Partnership (CD) |
| Anger Control Training for Children and Teens |
| Angry & Oppositional Students Calming Classrooms with Love & Logic (audio cassette) |
| The Art of Assertiveness Practical Skills for Positive Communications (VCR tapes) |
| Asperger Syndrome and Your Child - A Parent's Guide |
| Assertive Discipline for Parents |
| ATM Teaching Module |
| Attention Deficit Disorder Workable Solutions (audio cassette) |
| Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders |
| Building Self Esteem in Students |
| The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander |
| Bullying: Not Just a Guy Thing (VCR tape) |
| Bullying Prevention Handbook |
| Calming the Chaos (ADHD) (audio cassette) |
| Cancervive Teacher's Guide for Kids with Cancer |
| Character Education Activities Program |
| Childhood Lying, Stealing, and Cheating (audio cassette) |
| Children Learn What They Live |
| Children & Teens Afraid to Eat |
| Children with Anger Problems |
| The Clumsy Child - A Program of Motor Therapy |
| Confronting Sexual Harassment |
| Connecting with Others - Lessons for Teaching Social & Emotional Competence |
| Court TV - Your Turn - Bias in Schools (VCR tape) |
| Creative Therapy: 52 Exercises for Groups |
| Crews |
| Cutting - Understanding & Overcoming Self Mutilation |
| Dear Auntie Frazzle - Creative Ready to Use Prompts for Problem Solving |
| Developing Character in Teens (audio cassette) |
| Dimensions of Learning |
| Disrespect, Rudeness, and Teasing |
| Diversity in Action |
| Don't Give Me That Attitude |
| DSM IV Diagnosis in the Schools |
| DSM IV Diagnosis & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| Educating the Child with Cancer |
| Emotional Aspects of the Childhood Leukemia |
| Emotional Intelligence |
| Ending School Violence - Solutions from America's Youth |
| Energizers & Ice Breakers |
| The Explosive Child |
| The Facilitator's Guide for the Insight Class Program |
| Feelings About Friends |
| Fifty Activities for Teaching Emotional Intelligence |
| Fight Back with Love - Every Adult Has a Responsibility to Prevent Bullying (VCR tape) |
| For Parents: How to Raise Your Child's Self Esteem |
| For Teachers: How to Develop Student Self Esteem |
| Forever a Child - A Documented Account of Drinking & Driving (VCR tape) |
| Forms for Helping the Socially Fearful Child |
| Four Steps to Responsibility (CD) |
| Friendship for Grades 5-9 (VCR tape) |
| Gangs in Schools |
| Girl Wars - 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying |
| Grief, Trauma, and Loss (audio cassette) |
| Group Counseling For School Counselors |
| Hate Crime Case (VCR tape) |
| Helicopters, Drill Sergeants, & Consultants (audio cassette) |
| Helping The Child Who Does Not Fit In |
| Helping Kids Deal with Anger (tape) |
| Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety |
| Helping Teens Cope |
| Helping Your Anxious Child |
| Helping Your Depressed Teenager |
| Higher Functioning Adolescents & Young Adults with Autism |
| Homework without Tears - A Parent's Guide for Motivating a Child to Do Homework |
| Homework without Tears for Teachers |
| HOPE Underachieving Kids - Opening the Door to Success with Love and Logic (VCR tape) |
| How Much is Enough? |
| How to Raise a Teenager's Self Esteem |
| I'm Still Me! Fighting Blood Related Cancers (VCR tape) |
| In Search of Character (VCR tape) |
| Individual Counseling & Lessions for Adolescents Grades 7 - 12 |
| Individual & Small Group Counseling for the Children of Alcohol & Drug Abusers |
| It is So Hard to Be Poor - Sharing & Caring (VCR tape) |
| Jump Starters - Quick Classrooms Activities that Develop Self-Esteem |
| Kid's Guide to The Kid's Guide to Working Out Conflicts |
| Learning to Appreciate Diversity (VCR tape) |
| The Life Saver Kit (tape) |
| Lion's Quest Combination Workshop Guidebook |
| Longitudinal Leisure Skills for Severly Handicapped Learners |
| Love & Logic Solutions (VCR tapes) |
| Love & Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs |
| Love & Logic Teacher-isms |
| Making the Grade - Back to School After Cancer (VCR tape) |
| The Mental Health Desk Reference |
| Motivating the Uncooperative Student |
| Motivating Students Who Don't Care |
| My Space for Mom and Dads |
| New Beginnings Skills for Single Parents & Step Family Parents |
| No More Misbehavin' |
| 101 More Life Skills Games |
| 101 Support Group Activities For Teenagers Who are Targets of Bullies |
| 101 Support Group Activities For Teenagers Who Bully |
| 104 Activities That Build: Self Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Etc. |
| Odd Girl Out - The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls |
| 1 - 2 - 3 Magic (VCR tape) |
| The Other Parent |
| An Overview of Autism/PDD |
| Parenting Teenagers |
| Parenting Teens with Love & Logic |
| Parenting Through Crisis - Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief & Change |
| Parenting with Love & Logic |
| Parenting with Love & Logic (tape) |
| Parents Who Care: A Step by Step Guide for Families with Teens (book & video) |
| Peace Ed Curriculum for Peace Activities |
| The Power to Prevent Suicide |
| The Power of Social Skills in Character Development |
| Practical Ideas that Really Work for Students with ADHD |
| Practical Ideas that Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Practical Ideas that Really Work for Students with Disruptive, Defiant or Different Behaviors |
| Preventing Conflicts & Violence (VCR tape) |
| Promoting Social and Emotional |
| Quick & Easy Classroom Interventions (tape) |
| Raising Boys |
| Raising Your Spirited Child |
| Real Boys |
| Recovering From Depression |
| Redirecting Children's Behavior |
| Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents & Adults |
| Relaxation Tapes |
| Respect: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing With When Your Line is Crossed |
| Respecting Others for Grades 5 - 9 (VCR tapes) |
| Responding to Problem Behavior in Schools |
| Rights & Respect |
| Salvaging Sisterhood |
| The Scared Child |
| The School Counseling and School Social Work - Treatment Planner |
| The School Savvy Parent |
| Schools Under Siege |
| Secrets of Stepparenting (tape) |
| Self-Esteem and Life Skills |
| Self-Esteem and Life Skills III |
| Self-Esteem for Tots to Teens |
| Self-Esteem: A Women's Issue |
| Shaping Self-Concept (tape 3 copies) |
| Skills for Adolescence Activities and Assignments |
| Simply Special Learning to Love Your ADHD |
| Smile, You're Worth It! Workbook |
| Social Activities |
| Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving for MS Students |
| Social Skill Activities for Children with Special Needs |
| Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs |
| Social Skills Activities for Special Children |
| Social Skills Handbook |
| Social Skills Lessons & Activities |
| Social Skills Rating System |
| Social Skills Story Cards |
| Stickup For Yourself |
| Stress Real Life Teens (VCR tape) |
| Struggle to Be Strong |
| Study Strategies Made Easy |
| Taking Risks and Welcoming Change |
| Talk with Teens about Feelings, Family, Relationships and the Future |
| Talk with Teens about Self & Stress |
| Teacher in Charge (VCR tape) |
| Teaching Social Skills to Youth |
| Teaching with Love and Logic (VCR tape) |
| Teen Smart! Activities to Help Teens Build Positive Relationships |
| Teenage Suicide |
| Too Much, Too Soon...Over Indulged Children, Dealing with At Rish Youth and Their Enabling Parents |
| Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School |
| A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals with Autism |
| Treating Depressed Children |
| Treating Youth with DSM-IV Disorders |
| Trouble Free Teens (tape) |
| Understanding Misbehavior |
| Undoing Depression |
| Up From Under Achievement |
| Warm Ups & Wind Downs |
| What Do You Do With a Child Like This? |
| Why Boys Don't Talk and Why It Matters - A Parent's Survival Guide |
| Why Charlie Brown Why/ Fighting Blood Related Cancers (VCR tape) |
| Why Do They Act That Way? |
| Why Girls Talk and What They're Really Saying - A Parent's Survival Guide |
| Winning Teenagers Over in Home and School - A Manual for Parents and Teachers |
| With a Little Help From My Friends - Living with Leukemia & Lymphoma (VCR) |
| Worry Free Parenting |
| Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives |
| Am I Blue? |
| The Behavior Survival Guide for Kids |
| The Best Friends Book |
| Boundaries - A Guide for Teens |
| The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce |
| Bridges - Building Relationships and Resolving Conflicts |
| Bringing Up Parents |
| Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul Journal |
| A 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul |
| Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff |
| Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney |
| Divorce is Not the End of the World |
| Don't Laugh at Me |
| Dr. Suess Suessisms |
| 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save The Earth |
| Getting Organized Without Losing It |
| Fighting Invisible Tigers |
| Helping Kids Help Themselves |
| Hot Stuff to Help Kids Chill Out |
| How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up |
| How to End the Sibling Wars |
| How to Handle a Bully |
| How to Take the GRRRR Out of Anger |
| Keroppi |
| Kid Power Tactics for Dealing with Depression |
| Kidchat |
| Kid's Random Acts of Kindness |
| Making Every Day Count |
| Making the Most of Today |
| No B.O.! |
| Oh, The Places You'll Go |
| 101 Things Guys Need to Know |
| Scared and Worried |
| Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens |
| Stress Can Really Get On Your Nerves |
| Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD |
| Taking Cancer to School |
| They're Calling Me Names (tape) |
| Too Old For This, Too Young For That! |
| True or False? Tests Stink! |
| The Victim (tape) |
| Voices from the Streets |
| What Do You Think? A Kid's Guide to Dealing with Daily Dilemmas |
| What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies? |
| When A Friend Dies |
| When Nothing Matters Anymore |
| When Someone Very Special Dies |
| You Can't Sell Your Brother in the Garage Sale! |
| You're Smarter Than You Think |