This lesson focuses on teaching the student specific phrases and tools to communicate needs and feelings in the moment, reducing reliance on non-verbal or behavioral outbursts.

This final session focuses on the role of the 'Upstander' and the 'Ally'. Students apply their social decoding skills to bystander situations, practicing how to intervene or report while maintaining emotional regulation in high-pressure social moments.

Students practice rebuilding trust through integrity-based role-play and set personal goals for being a trustworthy 'Trust Detective.'

Students develop impulse control techniques and 'internal coach' self-talk to pause before taking things that don't belong to them.

A focus on empathy where students use a social story to explore how others feel when their belongings are taken without permission.

Students learn the clear boundaries between borrowing and stealing, focusing on the essential 'Ask First' rule for items that aren't theirs.

A targeted 15-minute intervention focusing on shifting from retaliatory impulses to healthy coping strategies during peer conflict, specifically designed for students who struggle with the urge to 'get back' at others.

A supportive lesson designed to help 4th graders understand anxiety by identifying their unique triggers and physical warning signs, concluding with the creation of a personalized coping toolbox.

A 15-minute counseling lesson designed to help middle school students identify intense emotions and apply specific self-regulation strategies to return to on-task behavior.