Abington HeightsMiddle School

ABINGTON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

Welcome to the AHMS Counseling website! Our department is committed to supporting the academic and social-emotional well-being of all our students. Here you can find a variety of resources and tools for students and families. Please check back periodically for additional resources, updates, workshops, and more.

RESILIENCY CLASSROOM

The AHMS School counselors teach a Resiliency Class to all Middle School students. The concepts taught are drawn directly from the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology program. Students learn about:

• Resilient Thoughts: Learn to catch, check, collect, and change worrisome, negative or looping thoughts.

• Mindfulness: Discover how to go from asking constant "What if" questions to coming back to "What is" going on in the present moment.

• Emotional Intelligence: Dive into their inner emotional world to expand self-awareness of emotions, what they mean, and how to navigate them.

• Impulse Control: Embrace many methodologies to pause before they react to a trigger or event.

• Students are armed with essential like skills embedded across programs including hundreds of animations, worksheets, key learning points, discussion questions, and interactive practice.