Bear Behavior Boot Camp

A 3-session individual counseling sequence for 2nd-grade students to identify physical anxiety sensations and personal triggers. Utilizing a whimsical detective theme, students gather clues, map their body responses, and formulate an investigative calm-down plan.

An interactive, high-engagement lesson for first graders introducing responsibility as a virtue. Students learn what responsibility means at home and school through visual slides, a core pledge, and active thumbs up/down voting scenarios.

A 4-week small-group curriculum using a detective theme to help third graders recognize bodily cues of anxiety, identify anxiety triggers, and master calming and grounding strategies.

A delightful preschool lesson centered on Mo Willems' 'The Pigeon Needs a Bath', focusing on social-emotional learning, fine motor coordination, and sequencing skills. Students explore Pigeon's resistance to bathing, identify and validate their own feelings about change, and build fine motor skills through tracing, coloring, and simple story sequencing.

A structured 4-session counselor small group curriculum designed for early elementary students (Grades K-2) to explore anxiety, identify physical symptoms, and build a personalized toolbox of sensory and cognitive coping strategies.

A playful mini-lesson introducing Pre-K to 1st-grade students to the 'See Three Before Me' self-reliance strategy. Includes highly visual slides, interactive teacher-guided role-play cards, and a friendly coloring and drawing reflection sheet.

An 8-bit retro video-game themed anxiety-reduction small group curriculum for upper elementary (Grades 3-5). Over four engaging levels, students learn to identify physical anxiety signals, scale their worries, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and build a customized coping skills toolkit to level up their emotional regulation.

A lesson focused on establishing a peaceful, cooperative, and safe classroom environment by helping students distinguish between calming behaviors and disruptive/stormy actions. Students will participate in sorting activities and select their favorite strategy to contribute to a collaborative classroom poster.

A three-day social-emotional learning sequence focused on collaborative teamwork. Students learn to share resources fairly, integrate and value diverse ideas, and resolve peer conflicts constructively using 'Co-Op Mode' strategies.

In this final session, the student reviews their body clues and triggers, decides what is in their control to handle, and creates a personalized detective checklist of calm-down strategies.

A 3-part social-emotional sequence focusing on teaching students how to navigate friendships, set and respect boundaries, resolve conflicts restoratively, and identify green and red friendship flags.

In this session, the student acts as a detective to hunt for triggers—situations or thoughts that cause their worry monster to appear. They sort situations to identify their personal triggers.