MD400BlogPosting6Standards

As a middle school counselor, I don't really feel that any of the standards would be a good fit for me. However, I do deal with a number of bits and pieces from each standard. The grouping that best fits me would probably be in the Health and Safety for grades 9-12. Standard 4 - Substance Abuse Prevention, along with some points from Standard 3 - Human Growth and Development and Standard 2 - Injury and Disease Prevention, are going to be my primary focuses. I am going to try to spin the focus more along the lines of bullying and bullying prevention, as that is a very prominent issue that I feel incorporates most all of the standards. In terms of using some of the technology to help with instruction related to both standards, I think that there are quite a few ways to help illustrate bullying, from current news stories, to first hand accounts, to pictures and videos from varying groups acting out skits on how bullying looks from the outside, and how it feels if you are the one being bullied.