Analysis of social cues, situational contexts, and the 'size of the problem' to recognize interpersonal conflicts. Develops skills for differentiating between minor accidents and intentional social challenges.
A comprehensive lesson for high school students with developmental disabilities focusing on the outermost circle of the Circles Curriculum: Community Helpers. It includes interactive slides, a structured script worksheet, ready-to-use role-play scenario cards, and a teacher facilitation guide.
A comprehensive small-group counseling lesson designed to help high school special needs students use context clues to decode social intent in workplace, community, and safety situations.
A 15-minute playful social-skills intervention designed for a first-grade student with ADHD. It focuses on distinguishing between accidents and intentional actions (intent vs. accident) using interactive scenario cards and a structured visual choice board to maintain engagement and provide agency.
An engaging, transition-themed speech therapy lesson designed for 5th graders. It targets figurative language comprehension, situational inferencing, and evidence-based predictions using real-world middle school scenarios to prepare them for the social and academic transition.
An adventure-themed speech-language therapy lesson for middle schoolers to practice problem-solving, inferencing, and social communication. Students solve 'island dilemmas' to escape a mysterious tropical island before summer break begins.
A highly structured social skills lesson designed for third graders with low-functioning autism (ASD), focusing on accepting when a peer plays a game differently. Includes a direct-instruction teacher script with visual cues, a trace-and-color path worksheet, and a visual social scenario comic strip.
An active customer service roleplay game for adults with IDD. Students practice essential social, communication, and problem-solving skills through authentic workplace scenarios and interactive group rotations.
A 90-minute interactive lesson on social manners and respect designed specifically for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), featuring slides, a complete activity guide, scenario cards, and a facilitation plan.
Students apply unit learning to a chosen career or post-secondary education path, identifying workplace accommodations and constructing a self-advocacy plan.
Under the Pre-ETS category of Counseling on Post-Secondary Opportunities, this lesson equips transitioning high school students with knowledge of workplace accommodations, visible/invisible disabilities, and self-advocacy. Students explore equity rights to prepare for post-secondary career and vocational opportunities.
An interactive, hands-on employment training lesson designed for adults with IDD. Through simulation, gaming, and creative store planning, participants learn and practice key grocery store jobs, customer service, and collaborative problem-solving.
A structured social-emotional learning lesson designed for 6th-grade students with Autism and OCD, focusing on managing friendship shifts through concrete strategies including the Circle of Control, Flexible Thinking Scales, and social scripts.
A multi-week emotional regulation and social self-advocacy curriculum designed specifically for high schoolers with ADHD and BIPs. This sequence provides a modern, gamified framework for identifying triggers, practicing coping mechanisms, tracking daily goals, and resolving peer conflicts.
A unit introducing high school students to essential teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills, focusing on workplace readiness, self-advocacy, and Pre-ETS skills.
A social-emotional and social skills sequence for 1st graders, specifically tailored for autistic learners. Uses a space-themed metaphor of 'Space Scouts' to teach bodily autonomy, personal space, flexible thinking, and alternative playtime choices.
A 6-week intervention sequence designed for a first-grade student with autism, focusing on functional communication, task completion, and elopement prevention using a Paw Patrol theme.
A 2-session program designed for 3rd-grade autistic students to develop flexible thinking, emotional regulation, and social communication skills through an 'Emotion Explorers' theme.
A specialized counseling sequence focused on replacing physical aggression with functional communication and sensory regulation for students with high-needs autism. This sequence emphasizes 'Gentle Hands' and provides visual tools for managing frustration when denied access.
A comprehensive regulation system for a 4th-grade student with autism, focused on academic frustration, motivation, and communication support using the Zones of Regulation framework. Includes strategies for both classroom and home environments.
A collection of reading comprehension stories designed for 3rd grade Special Education students, focusing on literal and inferential understanding.
A series of collaborative lessons designed for Best Buddies pairs to foster social connection through shared creative projects, from gardening to storytelling.
A collection of adaptive social skills and behavior lessons for students with autism, focusing on classroom engagement, emotional regulation, and social boundaries.
A 10-week Tier 3 individualized intervention for a 2nd-grade student, focusing on social-emotional skills like empathy, self-regulation, and honesty through a 'Quest Master' gaming theme.
An interactive, highly visual student matching worksheet where students draw lines to connect official community helpers with the specific verbal request or emergency script they would say to them.
A comprehensive, step-by-step teacher facilitation guide featuring lesson plans, instructional pacing, script-practice structures, differentiation tips, and safety insights for teaching the Outermost Circle.
A set of 4 printable, easy-to-cut role-play scenario cards color-coded by helper category with simple social situations, targeted helpers, and bold practice scripts.
A structured, highly visual student worksheet featuring simple 3-4 word speech-practice check-offs and interactive fill-in-the-blank script templates with large handwriting lines.
A visual slide presentation designed for students with developmental disabilities to learn about the four main categories of community helpers, understand the concept of the outermost circle, and learn simple scripts to request help.
An interactive slide deck featuring six structured slides that introduce the C.L.U.E. Framework, walk through step-by-step social scenarios, and guide student practice.
A two-page student practice worksheet featuring four real-world scenarios. Students apply the C.L.U.E. Framework to identify context clues, voice tone, body language, and intent, providing four structured opportunities for IEP tracking.
A two-page printable set of 12 scenario cards depicting real and hypothetical social situations in workplace, community, and public safety environments. Includes dotted cut lines.
A comprehensive, two-page facilitator guide providing counselors and teachers with lesson scripts, pacing, targeted discussion questions, and scaffolding strategies for teaching social context clues.
A visually striking, one-page anchor chart summarizing the C.L.U.E. Framework for decoding social context. It includes concrete indicators for workplace, community, and safety situations.
A practical, one-page facilitation guide for the educator to run the 15-minute intervention. Includes visual pacing timelines, actionable scripts for managing ADHD behaviors, and strategies to address the student's cognitive distortion of feeling targeted.
An interactive, tactile 3-step visual choice board designed to give a first-grade student control and predictability during their 15-minute session. Includes 'First, Then, Finally' slots and nine colorful cut-out activity tokens suited for children with ADHD.
