Career Week Gone Wild - The Life of a Graphic Designer

What is a graphic designer and how do you start that career ? This week on School Counselor Gone Rogue, we speak with a graphic designer about their journey from high school to a freelance career in the graphic arts.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschFebruary 12, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

How to Decide if your Child is Ready for Honors Courses

How do you know if your child is ready to take honors level classes? Whether your child is entering middle school or high school - this is a question you must ask.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschFebruary 9, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Why are Students’ Electronic Lives so Chaotic?

Keeping teenagers organized is not easy - why are their electronic systems chaotic too? How can schools help students with their transition to the digital classroom?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschFebruary 5, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Finding your Zen as a Teacher with Dan Tricarico

Teaching is a noble profession, but how do we keep passionate teachers and prevent burnout? Join Marni Pasch, host of School Counselor Gone Rogue and author of The Zen Teacher and Sanctuaries Dan Tricarico , as we discuss teacher self-care, burnout and the future of education.

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschJanuary 29, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

Do Students Have to Learn Coding and Robotics?

With an increase of tech careers, is it important for ALL students to learn coding? What about robotics? Why do we push students into skills that are not their passion?

Middle School, High School, Parent/Child Relations, Parent SupportMarni PaschJanuary 22, 2019Mindfulness, middle school, high school, senior year, Struggling StudentsComment

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