Linwood Elementary Counseling

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with decades of experience, discuss ideas for handling situations when your child does not want to go to school or refuses to go to school. This is a stressful situation and you don't have to do it alone!

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss how to get the most out of the summer months with your children without spending a fortune. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss how to limit the amount of energy and time we spend arguing with our children and students. Get a grip on it before you wear yourself out! 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss how to support a positive self image with your children while also encouraging particpation in sports and physical activity. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss how to decide if your child is a good fit for online learning and some things to consider before making the switch. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss ideas around helping our children thrive in a diverse world. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a combined 50 + years of experience working with young people, discuss how we can raise our kids to be honest in a world where truth can be hard to find. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with decades of experience, discuss the pros and cons of giving kids rewards for good behavior, and methods that will help your child grow in a positive way. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with decades of experience, Talk about the challenges families face when their kids get sick, and discuss some ways to deal with these difficult decisions.

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with over 40 years combined experience, discuss common misunderstandings of "bad" behavior and what to do when your kids are doing things that are causing problems at home and at school. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss how pets can be a wonderful boost and a game changer, but there important considerations before taking the plunge. 

Bill and Theo, School Counselors with over 50 years combined experience in education, review the topics covered this year and how summer can be the perfect time to put these things into practice and how to do it. 

Bill and Theo, School Counselors that have been doing this for a very long time, discuss all things video games. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors with a whole lot of experience in education and school counseling, discuss what the new challenges are for helping our kids become self-confident and why it's more important than ever to instill this in our kids. 

Bill and Theo, School Counselors with a combined 50 plus years of experience, discuss the challenges and opportunities that come when our children to start to have "crushes" on other kids. 

Bill and Theo, School Counselors with over 50 years of combined experience in education,  discuss how families can support their special needs child in the school setting and how to work through sticky situations should they arise. 

Bill and Theo, School Counselors with over 50 years of combined experience in education, talk about how schools can and do help young people with special needs achieve and grow right along with their peers in a successful manner. 

Bill and Theo, Counselors in the North Clackamas School District, talk about how  misusing the term "bullying" can actually do more harm than good in some circumstances, and how to tell when we as the adults need to step in.

Bill and Theo, your friendly neighborhood School Counselors, share spooky stories, discuss why we like to scare ourselves, and how to handle your children's curiosity around spooky  things. 

Bill Woodridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss the importance of body language and other non-verbal cues in being socially successful in school and out in the world. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss the benefits and how to avoid the traps when your kids decide to try sports. With some of the pressure around playing sports at a young age, is it still a positive outlet for kids?

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, Discuss the common and often destructive nature of Anger. Today's podcast is about dealing with anger and teaching kids to deal with anger in a way that leads to positive outcomes for all. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss what leads to challenges around impulse control, and what we can do about it. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson discuss how to help young people develop empathy, and what to do if your young one is struggling with it. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss COVID fatigue/Burnout and what you can do about it for yourself and your kids. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselor's, talk about how they address grief and loss with the young people they work with, and how they have dealt with it in their own lives. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselor's in the North Clackamas School District, discuss how being back at school during the time of COVID-19 isn't alway easy for some kids. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors, discuss being back at school full time Since COVID-19 interrupted  the end of the  2019-20 school year. It's the start of a new school year, and Bill and Theo are back to discuss the road ahead and how to navigate this new world of education and learning.

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, Counselor's at Linwood Elementary School, talk about their careers together and the lessons they have learned from change. 

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson, School Counselors at Linwood Elementary School, discuss the things that can be done while your kids in Elementary School to get them  (and yourself) ready. No matter what your financial situation there are ways to make the college dream come true,  join Bill and Theo as they discuss how to make it happen. 

Bill and Theo, Elementary School Counselors, talk about getting ready for the start of Hybrid learning and kids going back to school part-time .

We have been doing distance learning for almost a full year, and now it is looking like we will finish the school year in the building in what is best described as a hybrid model. What will that look like for kids and families? Bill and Theo, Elementary School Counselors, talk about yet another new kind of school learning and what to think about as we get ready to go back.

Bill and Theo talk about their journey through the COVID-19 and discuss the ways that public education has adapted in this new world of online learning.

These are truly challenging times. Parents are now being asked to be teachers or at least co-teachers and it can can make the already difficult job of parenting that much more difficult. Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson share their ideas about trying to navigate this dual role in a child's virtual learning day.

Bill and Theo discuss their take on social media and its role in all of our lives.

Bill and Theo talk about how to stay oriented in a positive direction during difficult times, such as we are experiencing with COVID-19 and the challenges around isolation and uncertainty.

Bill and Theo discuss how schools are adapting to the ever changing landscape of distance learning in public school.

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson share their experiences and thoughts from the past few weeks as they, as we all are, try to make sense of the quickly changing world around us.

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson talk about supporting kids around toxic friendships. This is a podcast from Season 2. The podcast will temporarily be suspended until Early April. Thank you for Listening!

Bill Wooldridge and Theo Thompson talk with Erin McAdams, a Trillium Family Therapist that is based at Linwood Elementary, and does therapy with students on site at school. Erin discusses her role, the role of school based Therapists, and the way this service is delivered to kids within their school day.