A Tier 3 individual counseling session for 5th graders focused on identifying emotions and learning coping strategies to promote self-awareness and regulation.
A 20-minute targeted intervention focused on taking responsibility through role-play. Students use 'I' statements and feeling identification to practice 'owning up' to their specific part in a shared incident.
A lesson for grades 3-5 to teach the DEAR MAN skill for effective communication, called 'Clear Requests,' helping students learn how to ask for things or say no while maintaining relationships.
A lesson for grades 3-5 on the 'ABC' and 'PLEASE' skills, called 'Healthy Habits,' focusing on building a life that reduces emotional vulnerability through accumulation of positive events and physical health.
A lesson for grades 3-5 focused on Problem Solving, using the 'Solution Lab' metaphor to teach a step-by-step approach to resolving situations that can be changed.
A lesson for grades 3-5 focused on the concept of Radical Acceptance, called the 'Acceptance Lab,' where students learn to accept reality as it is to reduce suffering and move toward problem-solving.
A lesson for grades 3-5 to teach the 'Check the Facts' skill. Students learn to use a 'Facts Filter' to determine if their emotional reaction matches the reality of a situation.
The final Interpersonal Effectiveness lesson for grades 3-5, teaching the GIVE and FAST skills for maintaining relationships and self-respect.
A Distress Tolerance lesson for grades 3-5 focusing on strategic distraction using the IMPROVE and Distraction skills (renamed Stress Shield).
A lesson for grades 3-5 students to teach the 'Opposite Action' skill. Students learn to identify action urges and perform behaviors that are opposite to an emotion that doesn't fit the facts.
A Distress Tolerance lesson for grades 3-5 focusing on using strategic distraction (SEA: Sensations, Emotions, Activities) to manage high emotional arousal without acting impulsively.
A follow-up lesson for grades 3-5 students to learn the 'CAP' skills (Cold Water, Active Exercise, Paced Breathing) to change their body's physiology and reduce intense 'RED zone' emotions quickly.