This workshop will detail a year-long curriculum that can be implemented immediately for elementary students. A flexible format allows for personalization of the themes to correspond with a school's needs. Ten themes, with age appropriate activities, book titles, songs, quotes, and discussion prompts, are used to engage students in topics that range from friendship to bullying to transition, to name just a few. The curriculum is jointly taught by the librarian and guidance counselor at the school, but can also be implemented by classroom teachers who are looking to add a social-emotional component to their teaching. 

Laura Giosh-Markov

Laura Giosh-Markov has worked at The Anglo-American School of Sofia for twenty-three years.

Laura Giosh-Markov has worked at The Anglo-American School of Sofia for twenty-three years. 

She is currently the Elementary School Counselor, responsible for the Personal Social Health Education program and parent training workshops at the school.  She is also in the Music Psychotherapy program in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Previously, Laura has taught Music, Theatre, English and French in the US, France and Bulgaria. Most recently, her professional interests are related to helping students with social and emotional issues through the expressive arts, as well as training students through small leadership groups. Laura is also a singer and children's composer; she has produced two CD's in English and one CD in French.