Healing Through Memories
GRADE 6-8 SESSION 3
Time Required: 30 minutes
Content Standards:
Personal/Social Development
A. Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to
help them understand and respect self and others.
Indicators:
Students will be able to gather, analyze and apply information and ideas.
Students will be able to communicate effectively within and beyond the
classroom.
Students will be able to recognize and solve problems.
Students will be able to make decisions and act as responsible members of
society.
GOAL: Students will be guided through the healing
process by designing memory collages or memory
boxes.
Activity Statements:
The session will be informally evaluated by observation of group interaction,
responses to open-ended questions and group level of comfort and trust.
Materials:
Taking Care of You!
Poster board and/or boxes (shoe box size with lid)
Markers
Glue and/or tape
Magazines
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Healing Through Memories
GRADE 6-8 SESSION 3
Foam shapes or other art supplies for memory board collage
Tissue
Teacher/Parent/Guardian Small Group Follow-Up
Unit Assessments (attached to the Unit Plan)
Teacher Pre-Post-Group Individual Student Behavior Rating Form
Teacher Feedback Form: Overall Effectiveness of Group
Parent/Guardian Cover Letter
Parent/Guardian Feedback Form: Overall Effectiveness of Group
Procedures:
Session #3: Professional School Counselor Procedures:
Session #3: Student Involvement
1. Review Small Group Counseling Guidelines. Ask
students how they are doing on their plans for taking
care of themselves (Taking Care of You!).
2. Share your own memento and its significance.
1. Students will participate in review and report
on their progress.
3. Invite group members to share one memento if they
choose.
3. Group members take turns sharing their
mementos and their significance.
4. “Often pictures or other items help us remember
special people or special events with those who have
been close to us. That is probably why each of you
chose to bring in your special items today. Now, we
are going to design memory board collages or
decorate memory boxes to represent the special
person (or persons) that you have lost.”
4. Using the poster board or the boxes, the group
members will design a personal memory board
collage or decorate a memory box that
represents a special person (or persons) that
they have lost.
5. Closure/Summary: Encourage students to respond to
the open-ended statements below:
Today I learned that I…
I remembered that I…
I was surprised that …
5. Closure/Summary: Group members complete
one of the open-ended statements of their
choosing.
2. Students listen to PSC’s story regarding his/her
memento.
Discussion:
Why are memories so important to the healing process?
Additional Resources:
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Healing Through Memories
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Adapted from
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Extension Activities:
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