Brain Hackers

DBT emotion regulation session teaching 'Check the Facts' to verify if emotional reactions match the actual objective facts of a school or social situation.

DBT emotion regulation session teaching 'Opposite Action' to change painful or unhelpful emotions by deliberately acting contrary to emotional urges.

DBT distress tolerance session teaching 'Radical Acceptance' to tolerate painful realities that cannot be changed immediately without making them worse.

CBT and ACT session focusing on identifying core personal values and taking committed action steps toward them in school and life.

A comprehensive, 2-hour interactive leadership training program for Camp MetroWest Day Camp Support Group staff. Covers critical operations, safety procedures, lunch expectations, attendance standards, and digital reporting protocols.

A hands-on activity and task card set designed for early childhood students to practice essential personal, physical, and calendar life skills across three dedicated learning centers.

Interpersonal effectiveness session covering DBT FAST skills (Fair, Apologies, Stick to values, Truthful) to build self-respect and set healthy personal boundaries with peers.

Interpersonal effectiveness session covering the second half of DBT DEAR MAN (Mindful, Appear confident, Negotiate) to guide active communication delivery and conflict negotiation.

Interpersonal effectiveness session covering the first half of DBT DEAR MAN (Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce) to teach structured assertive communication.

DBT session focusing on the 'Urge Surfing' technique to ride out intense emotional impulses and urges without acting on them destructively.

DBT session focusing on Behavior Chain Analysis to trace the sequence of events, thoughts, physical sensations, and actions that lead to emotional outbursts.

DBT crisis survival session focusing on the TIPP skills, specifically Paced breathing and Paired muscle relaxation to activate the parasympathetic nervous system.

DBT crisis survival session focusing on the TIPP skills, specifically Temperature shift and Intense exercise to down-regulate the nervous system.

Somatic and relaxation session focusing on Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and diaphragmatic breathing to release physical stress.

Somatic grounding session utilizing sensory-based techniques to de-escalate anxiety and hyperarousal in school situations.

CBT session focusing on identifying automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and cognitive reframing techniques using a 'Thought Detective' metaphor.

Day 3 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Students apply active listening skills to complex disagreement scenarios, practice expressing empathy, and take the post-test assessment.

Day 2 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Students engage in perspective-taking, learning that understanding another person's feelings and motives does not require agreeing with their point of view.

Day 1 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Students administer the pre-test, explore the mechanical and emotional differences between sympathy and empathy, and practice shifting sympathy into empathy.

An 8th-grade social skills lesson designed to help students decode the intended meaning of a speaker by analyzing context (setting, timing) and relationship dynamics (familiarity, peer history). Includes an interactive slide deck, a student-facing practice decoder, and a facilitator guide.

An engaging social-emotional learning lesson for 1st-3rd graders. Students learn self-regulation techniques by imagining their mind as a TV and using a 'Mind Remote' with Pause, Rewind, and Volume buttons to manage emotions and impulses during unstructured summer days.