Artistic modalities like journaling, painting, and music to process grief and bereavement. Provides non-verbal outlets for mourning while supporting emotional regulation and healing.
A 6-session bilingual school counseling curriculum for 6th and 7th graders navigating grief. Built on Worden's Tasks of Mourning, CBT, the Dual Process Model, and Narrative Therapy, it offers gentle, creative, and structured spaces for healing.
A comprehensive, professional, and warm internship binder split into modular parts to guide an elementary school counseling intern through their residency with practical tips, checklists, and procedures.
A comprehensive collection of evidence-based intervention toolkits for school social workers and counselors. Toolkits include ready-to-use visual instructional slide decks, practitioner cheat sheets, clinical dialogue scripts, and tracking tools.
A comprehensive suite of evidence-based mental health interventions and resources for school clinicians, covering grief, depression, anxiety, conduct disorders, and crisis prevention for K-12 students.
A comprehensive toolkit for school counselors and staff to support students experiencing prolonged grief. This sequence provides age-appropriate emotional regulation tools, communication strategies, and professional development for staff to create a trauma-informed environment.
A comprehensive 6-week small group counseling curriculum designed for 3rd-5th grade students to process grief, develop coping strategies, and find a sense of peace through shared experience and creative expression.
A creative end-of-year project where students reflect on their school year highlights by constructing a 3D "Gratitude Suitcase" box, focusing on the social skill of expressing appreciation.
A supportive 3-week group for 6th graders to understand grief, debunk common myths, and create a meaningful project to honor someone they've lost.
A gentle 4-week individual counseling program designed to help a student process the loss of her mother, focusing on identifying complex emotions, honoring memories, and building a sustainable toolkit of coping strategies.
A comprehensive series of parent handouts designed for elementary school counselors to facilitate difficult conversations between parents and children. Grounded in NASP guidelines, these resources provide evidence-based strategies for addressing bullying, grief, anxiety, and school safety.
A comprehensive series of brief activities and lessons designed to support students through the process of grief, from initial reflection to honoring memories and building resilience.
A gentle, reflective sequence designed to help a middle school student navigate the isolation of losing a parent and find ways to honor their memory.
A 1-page facilitation guide for teachers to lead the 'Coloring My Clouds' lesson. Includes an instructional script, discussion prompts, classroom environment setup tips, and guidance for supporting 1st graders with sadness, madness, or frustration.
Bilingual student worksheet for Lesson 6 where students list their continuing coping anchors, identify key members of their support network, and write a closing gratitude prompt.
Slide presentation for Lesson 6 focusing on continuing bonds, commemorating our group journey, and looking forward to the future with strength and hope.
Bilingual student worksheet for Lesson 5 where students design a memorial tapestry patch and answer a reflective narrative prompt from their loved one's perspective.
Slide presentation for Session 5 using Narrative Therapy, highlighting the power of sharing stories and keeping memories alive as a step to honor loved ones.
Bilingual student worksheet for Lesson 4 where students identify the external and internal changes in their lives since their loss, and list active coping behaviors.
Slide presentation for Lesson 4, explaining Worden's Third Task of Mourning: adjusting to external, internal, and spiritual changes when a loved one is missing.
Bilingual student worksheet for Lesson 3 based on the Dual Process Model, providing a balance scale layout for students to detail their loss and restoration behaviors.
Slide presentation for Lesson 3 focusing on the Dual Process Model, explaining the healthy oscillation between loss-orientation (processing grief) and restoration-orientation (adapting to life).
Bilingual student worksheet for Lesson 2 that uses a weather radar drawing area and CBT forecast blocks to help students identify and reframe unhelpful grief thoughts.
Slide presentation for Lesson 2 focusing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), help students map their complex emotions using weather as a bilingual metaphor, and connect thoughts and feelings.
Bilingual student activity worksheet for Lesson 1 where students draw and describe their grief waves and identify calming anchors.
A lesson for 1st graders focused on coping with sadness through creative expression, specifically drawing, coloring, and clay play. Includes a 3-page interactive student worksheet pack and a practical facilitation guide for teachers.
Session 6 targets Worden's Fourth Task of Mourning: finding an enduring connection with the deceased while embarking on a new life. Students engage in a closing ritual, evaluate their progress, and look forward.
Session 5 employs Narrative Therapy and memories to celebrate and honor the life of the person who died. Students share stories, map memories, and create physical or written symbols of remembrance.
Session 4 focuses on Worden's Third Task of Mourning: adjusting to an environment in which the deceased is missing. Students identify new roles, external shifts, and internal shifts, and build coping strategies.
Session 3 introduces the Dual Process Model, helping students understand the healthy oscillation between processing grief (loss-orientation) and participating in regular life/restoration (restoration-orientation).
Session 2 utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help students identify, label, and express their intense feelings, aligning with Worden's Second Task of Mourning: processing the pain of grief.
Session 1 introduces group norms, accepts the reality of loss, and conceptualizes grief as waves on an ocean, aligning with Worden's First Task of Mourning. Students explore grief basics in both English and Spanish.
A comforting, supportive lesson structure containing a multi-page creative expression and emotional regulation booklet for a grieving student, alongside a companion guide for the educator to navigate support during early grief.
A gentle, trauma-informed toolkit designed for a fifth-grade student processing the death of their mother. This lesson uses the ocean wave metaphor to validate complex, swirling feelings and provides practical, physical coping strategies for self-regulation.
The complete suite of internship binder materials designed to welcome, guide, and support school counseling interns through clinical expectations, daily operations, and self-care.
A therapeutic transition lesson designed to help 5th-grade students process end-of-year anxiety, grief over saying goodbye, and cognitive dissonance in impulse control. Through the social story of Sami the Squirrel, students explore self-regulation, learn CBT coping strategies, and complete a closure-focused reflection journal.
A specialized therapeutic toolkit for school social workers and counselors introducing bibliotherapy. The toolkit contains an instructional slide on clinical storytelling, a comparative age guide, and a step-by-step facilitation handout with discussion prompts.
