Mindful Explorers

A comprehensive, 4-session DBT-informed social-emotional learning group curriculum. This sequence covers the four core pillars of DBT: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, using a supportive explorer-themed visual style with hands-on worksheets, guiding slide decks, and printable discussion cards.

NWNicholas Wren

Mindful Anchors

Introduces mindfulness as a mental anchor. Students learn to observe thoughts non-judgmentally and use 5-4-3-2-1 physical grounding and square breathing to anchor themselves in the present moment during emotional storms.

Storm Weatherers

Focuses on crisis survival skills and radical acceptance. Students learn physical self-soothing techniques and the TIPP skills (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Paired muscle relaxation) to weather intense distress without making things worse.

Emotion Alchemists

Teaches students to identify and decode their emotions. Students learn to view feelings as informative weather patterns rather than permanent states, and practice the 'Opposite Action' skill to shift intense emotional cycles.

Connection Architects

Equips students with assertiveness and communication skills. Using the DEAR MAN and GIVE frameworks, students practice expressing needs clearly, setting boundaries, and preserving self-respect in relationships.

Mindful Explorers

NWNicholas Wren

Anchor Lab Coping Skills

A six-session anxiety coping skills group designed for middle school students with high visual and concrete support. Students explore physical anxiety symptoms, sensory grounding, breathing regulation, cognitive reframing, and build a personalized visual toolkit.

Yna Bersales

Netiquette Shield

A high-impact 30-minute lesson for 9th graders exploring netiquette, digital citizenship, and setting personal digital boundaries through interactive commenting analysis, group dilemmas, and personal boundary logging.

Yna Bersales

Personal Digital Boundary Log

A print-ready student worksheet featuring a digital habits self-audit, a synthesis of the THINK framework, and a dedicated response area for students to draft their three personal rules for safe digital engagement.

Yna Bersales

My Future Compass

A 4-week introductory ICAP unit designed for 6th graders to build self-awareness, explore career clusters, and set goal-oriented academic paths using Unrulr and My Colorado Journey.

Yna Bersales

Email Etiquette

A comprehensive 30-minute lesson plan and suite of resources for 9th-grade students to master the essentials of professional digital communication, covering tone, audience, and structure.

Yna Bersales

Netiquette Scenario Dilemma Cards

A 2-page printable activity containing 4 distinct group-work scenario dilemma cards with realistic digital citizenship conflicts and dedicated handwriting areas for drafting netiquette interventions.

Yna Bersales

Future Finder Journey

A comprehensive four-week course designed for sixth graders to kickstart their Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) through self-discovery, career exploration, and digital portfolio creation.

Yna Bersales

Sailing Forward

Students create a relapse prevention plan, customize a daily/weekly coping tracker, and celebrate group completion with an anchor ceremony.

Yna Bersales

Digital Boundaries Visuals

High-impact 16:9 presentation slides for the direct instruction and warm-up phases of the lesson, utilizing custom designed mock comment boxes and the THINK netiquette framework.

Yna Bersales

My Toolkit Box

Students review the physical, sensory, breathing, and cognitive tools they have practiced, and select their personal favorites to assemble into a customized portable coping card toolkit.

Yna Bersales

Respect in Digital Spaces Lesson Plan

A comprehensive, 2-page print-ready lesson plan for teachers, detailing the 30-minute Netiquette Shield lesson, including pacing, warm-up, direct instruction, small group activities, and reflection.

Yna Bersales

Email Mastery Evaluation Rubric

A peer-and-teacher-friendly grading rubric to assess professional tone, completeness of the 5 elements, and mechanics with structured feedback spaces.

Mindful Explorers

Mindful Anchors Slides

Mindful Anchors Journal