School Counseling Files is owned by Laurie Mendoza, MA, CAGS, who has 25 years of experience as a children's therapist and elementary school counselor in Massachusetts.  She loves creating flexible, eclectic resources that combine the best of her favorite counseling approaches: CBT, Zones of Regulation®, Social Thinking®, Collaborative Problem-Solving (a.k.a. Collaborative Proactive Solutions), mindfulness, and more.  All resources have been tested extensively with her own K-4 students.  Laurie is also the creator of The School Counseling Files website, where counselors may find free resources and counseling activities for a variety of social-emotional issues.