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Counseling Termination Activities | Last Session, Discharge & End-of-Year Activities for Elementary & Middle School

Name: Counseling Termination Activities | Last Session, Discharge & End-of-Year Activities for Elementary & Middle School
Brand: Social Emotional Workshop
SKU: 4567371
Price: 4.50 USD
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Three hands-on activities for the last counseling session: strategy backpack, power-word keychain, and prevention plan. 30+ pages, PDF + Google Slides.

Made for: Individual Counseling and Small Groups

Grade Level: Not Grade Specific

File Format: Google Slides and PDF

Total Pages: 30+

Topic: Coping Skills, Feelings, Problem Solving, Positive Thinking, and Self Regulation

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About This Resource

Counseling termination toolkit for the last session | Elementary & middle school | 30+ pages | PDF + Google Slides | Print or digital.

The last session sneaks up on you. A student is ready to graduate out of counseling, and you want to send them off with something that makes the growth stick, not just a "good luck, you've got this." These three hands-on activities help a student name what they learned, make something to carry it with them, and plan for handling things on their own. Use them when you're discharging a student, closing out the year, or marking progress mid-year.

With this resource, you'll help students:

Reflect on the strengths, strategies, and supports they built in counseling
Leave with a physical reminder they can keep and use
Name a word that captures their growth or a future goal
Make a plan for problems that might come up, and who to ask for help
Close counseling in a way that feels like a milestone, not a drop-off

What's Included

Three termination activities

Strategy Backpack or Wallet: students build a paper backpack or wallet and fill cards on their strengths, strategies, support system, and other topics from their counseling. A blank card lets you add your own, and digital slides are included for each card.
Power Word Token Keychain or Digital Board: students make a beaded keychain or a digital power-word board around a single word that captures their growth or a future goal.
Prevention Plan Mini-Folder: students brainstorm what problems might come up after counseling, how they'll handle them, and who can help, then build a mini-folder to take with them. Digital brainstorming slides are included.

Digital versions

Google Slides versions of the printable activities, for students to complete on a device.

30+ pages | PDF + Google Slides | Print or digital

Why This, Why Now

Termination is the part that's easiest to wing and easiest to get wrong. A rushed last session can quietly undo the sense that counseling mattered. These activities give the ending a shape: the student looks back at what they built, makes something to take with them, and leaves with a plan for the moments you won't be there for. It works whether you have one final session or a few weeks to wind down.

How to Use It

A meaningful last session when discharging a student from individual or small-group counseling
An end-of-year wrap-up across your whole caseload
A mid-year reflection to mark progress and reset goals
Run all three as a termination arc (reflect, capture growth, plan ahead), or pull the single activity that fits your time

Good to Know

Works for individual and small-group counseling
Print-and-go, or assign the Google Slides versions for digital
Flexible across elementary and middle school
Instant digital download; single-classroom license included

Details

Grade Levels: Not grade specific (works across elementary and middle school)
Focus: counseling termination, reflection, and prevention planning
For: school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health staff
Format: PDF + Google Slides
Length: 30+ pages

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This was an easy end-of-year termination activity for my counseling students.

This helped me plan termination group sessions and I am thankful!

Such a fun way to end the school year and have the kids reflect!

A great SEL tool to add to my collection. Good tips on counseling termination. Thank you!

Terminating individual counseling sessions can be hard. This is a great resource to make it easier. I love that it gives students something tangible to take with them!

I was looking for a way to wrap up my individual counseling sessions and I really love this resource. I used the wallets a lot with my students and we were able to review what we learned and they walked away with reminders of skills to continue to practice to take with them.

I used this during my termination sessions with my counseling students.

This was a great end of year activity to help students reflect on their social emotional progress and areas of need. Thank you!

This is a great comprehensive end of counseling activity. I recommend having it pre-cut to save time.

Great resource on wrapping up counseling sessions with students.

This was a great resource for my guidance class with my middle school students and will be using every year now!

My students have loved these activities and so do I! You have a choice of multiple activities for termination, it's a good way to review what was learned during counseling sessions and have students make a plan for how they will manage new challenges in the future. I used both the digital option and the printable - I ask the students what their preference is.

After completing my internship, this resource was awesome to have towards the end of the school year!

Very useful in putting a stopping point on sessions with students who primarily seek connection (vs working a particular skill or dealing with a particular situation), and in helping them find some closure in the end of our frequent time together.

This is a great resource to help say goodbye to working one-on-one with a student. I love that it gives them something to take with them to help them remember all that they learned during the sessions and to share with their parents and to practice the skills at home as well.