A look at the Book The Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Dr. Chapman

This week we take a look at the book The Five Love Languages of Teenagers. How can this book help you talk with your teenagers? With parents being busy, the time for reading is precious. Should this book make the cut?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschJanuary 15, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

How to Support Students with Invisible Disabilities

Do you know someone with an invisible disability? Do you have a friend with Dyscalculia? Do you have a student who has a 504 that says they have a processing disorder? What about a student with ADHD? We hear those words, but do we know what they really mean?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschJanuary 8, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

How to Start a New School Year with a Fresh Approach

Changing your study habits doesn’t have to be difficult. Study habits can be difficult to change when you are expecting perfection. Students should focus on the small school tasks they can change and track their results. When a teenager tries to change their school behavior, it is important to celebrate their progress.

Learn the steps to tackle study changes here!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschJanuary 1, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

What I Learned from my Students in 2018

Working with teenagers or being a parent let’s you learn many life lessons! Let’s chat about test anxiety, perfectionism and how to stop the comparison trap!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschDecember 18, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Why your Child does not Use a Planner

Teenagers struggle using academic planners and parents want to know why! Why is it a struggle to have middle school and high school students use a planner? What planners are the best option for school? How can we help our children stay organized? Let’s chat!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschDecember 11, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Starting a Career as an Entertainment Journalist

Have you ever wanted to be an entertainment journalist? This week on School Counselor Gone Rogue we talk with Fred Topel about his journey from public access television shows to entertainment journalist in Hollywood.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschDecember 5, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Understanding Perfectionism in Students

How does perfectionism impact the lives of students and teenagers? How can parents and educators recognize the signs of a teen that is struggling with perfectionism?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschNovember 27, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments

How to Survive the Holidays when you Live with a Struggling Student

With the winter holidays approaching, stress is at an all time high. How can you make sure that holiday stress does not impact your relationship with your child? How do you build positive holiday memories when you are also dealing with a child who is struggling at school?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschNovember 20, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comment

How to Survive Writing your Thesis Statement

Writing a thesis statement can cause the best of students to stumble. How can one sentence cause so much anxiety in students?

Let’s chat about drafting a thesis statement and how to overcome writing obstacles.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschNovember 13, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comment

Family Meals on the Go & ADHD

This week on School Counselor Gone Rogue we are full of information and tips for parents who want to ensure that families connect during at least one meal, and who want tips for helping their students make it in a school system they don’t fit neatly into. We are chatting cooking, ADHD, learning differences and tutors. Stay tuned!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschNovember 6, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comment

Steps for Building your High School and College Resume

I’m betting you’ve heard of a resume and how important they are for jobs. But have you thought about a college resume?

School Counselor Gone Rogue is a podcast by trained school counselor turned academic coach, Marni Pasch focused on all things struggling student and education!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschOctober 30, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comment

Diffusing Stressful Parenting Situations with Jennifer Wisser-Stokes MSCP,LMHC , BC-TMH

For many parents and their children (teens too), it’s not unusual for school to be the source of stressful interactions. But, it doesn’t have to be. In this episode of School Counselor Gone Rogue, I’m chatting with Jennifer Wisser- Stokes, who offers great tips for diffusing stressful situations.

As a counselor, Stokes has found that it’s not the shiniest tools that make the most impact on a child/parent relationship and how they handle stressful situations together, it’s most often the delivery, and how they talk to each other.

[M1]For future reference, is this how her name is spelled?

School Counselor Gone Rogue is a podcast by trained school counselor turned academic coach, Marni Pasch focused on all things struggling student and education!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschOctober 23, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments

Help children bounce back from Negative Behaviors

How can we expect students to bounce back if we can’t change our impressions?

Check out this episode of School Counselor Gone Rogue. This week we chat student behavior and the shift from negative to positive behavior.

School Counselor Gone Rogue is a podcast by trained school counselor turned academic coach, Marni Pasch focused on all things struggling student and education!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschOctober 16, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments

I did NOT Learn Math like This! How to Help with Homework without a PhD

Feel like you need a Ph.D. to understand homework?

Check out this episode of School Counselor Gone Rogue. This week we chat homework frustrations and peaceful solutions!

School Counselor Gone Rogue is a podcast by trained school counselor turned academic coach, Marni Pasch focused on all things struggling student and education!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschOctober 9, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Chatting Blended Families with Anna Kate of Project Stepmom

This week on School Counselor Gone Rogue, hosted by Marni Pasch of Team Pasch Academic Coaching, we talk about how to navigate school as a step parent.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschOctober 2, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

What to do when your Child wants to be a YouTube Star

When your teenager comes to you and says “I want to be a YouTube star” or" “I want to be a professional athlete” what the heck do you say? The competition to enter medical school is super competitive but we don’t tell those kiddos to give up. So how do handle it our teens want to drop school and become an influencer? How do we keep our children motivated at school?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschSeptember 25, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comment

Should your Child Take AP Courses?

This week we speak with Mr. X about how to advocate for your child in AP Classes and what the future of AP Courses holds!

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschSeptember 13, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments

Let's Chat Student Overwhelm and Overscheduling! What were we thinking?

We want our kiddos to be top notch human beings, but what happens when we overschedule them?

This week on School Counselor Gone Rogue episode two, we talk about the steps to destress your life and schedule.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschSeptember 13, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments

How to Help Struggling Students

Welcome to the first episode of School Counselor Gone Rogue, a podcast by Marni Pasch, that explores all things struggling students and the education system.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschSeptember 12, 2018Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling Students Comments