MIDDLE SCHOOL

STUDENTS
 “We're in the middle of what, exactly? too old for
elementary school, but not big enough for high school.
So they shove us here.”
—James Preller, Bystander
11-14 years old
the typical age for students in
6th through 8th grade
 THE POPULATION OF 12-14 YEAR OLDS IN THE UNITED STATES

12,913,229 12,378,234 12,358,887 12,548,067

18% 17% 17% 17%

2005 2010 2015 2019
 13.7%
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
23.1%
ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE USE
Average for 6-21 year olds in 1 in 3 students keep, use, or
the United States in 2017-18 sell drugs in 2017

6.1%
POC CHILDREN
10.5%
LGBTQIA STUDENTS
Between 2010-18 the number of POC 2017 estimate of 13-18 year
children increased vs. 7.1% decrease in olds identify as LGBTQIA
white children
 DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS

Puberty Independence
Developing Worldview Peer Pressure
Growth Spurts
Reasoning Bullying
Periods
Critical Thinking Keeping Secrets
Body Hair
Flexible Thinking Sense of Pride
Gross Motor Skills

EMOTIONAL
PHYSICAL COGNITIVE & SOCIAL
 COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS
DBT CHILD THERAPY
focuses on psychosocial, play therapy, feeling based
collaborative relationships, and games, gives tools for
coping skills emotional identification
PSYCHODYNAMIC
THERAPY
holistic focus, finding patterns
in emotions, aimed at
deep-seated needs and desires,
 SCHOOL AGE CHILD THERAPY TECHNIQUES

Small Talk:
What is Worry?
Discussion Cards 01 03
Handout Worksheet

Second Story Positive

02 04
Technique Postings
 STEREOTYPICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIQUES
(explained by glitterellie and other contributors)

THE NORMAL CLIQUE THE WEIRDO CLIQUE THE NERDS

THE SPORTY KIDS THE POPULAR SQUAD THE ARTSY PEOPLE

 STEREOTYPICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIQUES
(explained by glitterellie and other contributors)

THE SHIPPERS THE K-POP FANS THE MEAN GIRL CLIQUE

THE MEME LORDS THE DETENTION PRISONERS THE DRAMA QUEENS

 STEREOTYPICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CLIQUES
(explained by glitterellie and other contributors)

THE RICH KIDS THE BFFS THE WANNABES

THE CLASS CLOWNS

 BINGO!
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REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
● Developmental Milestones for Middle-Schoolers by Amanda Morin
○ https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/signs-symptoms/developmental-milestone
s/developmental-milestones-for-typical-middle-schoolers
● Kids Count Data Center
○ https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/101-child-population-by-age-group?loc=1&loct=1#detailed/1/
any/false/1729,573,133,16/64/419,420
● PositivePsychology.com
○ /child-therapy
○ /psychodynamic-therapy
○ /dbt-dialectical-behavior-therapy
● Drug Use in Middle School by Amy Keller RN, BSN
○ https://www.drugrehab.com/teens/middle-school/
● Children of Color Already Make Up the Majority of Kids in Many US States by
Rogelio Sáenz and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.
○ https://theconversation.com/children-of-color-already-make-up-the-majority-of-kids-in-many-us-states-
128499
● Special Education: Definition, Statistics, and Trends By Maya Riser-Kositsky
○ https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/special-populations/index.html
● TheTopTens.com/middleschoolcliques by glitterellie
● Trevor Project, National Estimate of LGBTQ Youth Seriously Considering Suicide
○ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Estimating-Number-of-LGBTQ-Youth-Who
-Consider-Suicide-In-the-Past-Year-Final.pdf