The Academic CV Architect

A 4-week space explorer themed morning meeting series for middle school ESY scholars with disabilities. Led by Commander Sosnoff, it covers Mars Rover, Asteroid Navigation, Saturn Rings, and Nebula sectors with calendar ship logs, cosmic energy checks, stellar affirmations, and turn-and-talk communication prompts.

A 4-week wildlife safari themed morning meeting series for ESY elementary school scholars. Covers Savannah, Jungle, Desert, and Ocean habitats with daily welcomes, mood checks, date trackers, affirmations, and interactive social-emotional sharing prompts.

An opening day professional development session for Edgewood Intermediate School, home of the Flashes, centered around the theme 'Be the Spark.' Designed to introduce the administrative team, establish annual goals, build community, and motivate staff.

A Tier 3 individual counseling intervention designed for 7th graders (ages 12-13) to map physical stress patterns, analyze neurological escalation, and construct customized coping matrices.

A 5th-grade Social-Emotional Learning lesson focused on empathy, active listening, and perspective-taking. Students become 'Perspective Pilots' to explore diverse viewpoints and connect deeply with others.

Celebrates collective triumphs, reflective learning, and restorative closure as the school year draws to an end (May, June).

Fosters professional empathy, creative renewal, and navigating high-stakes testing season with collaborative support and grace (February, March, April).

Explores themes of collective healing, mid-year fatigue management, peer-to-peer gratitude, and warming up school culture during the winter months (November, December, January).

Focuses on establishing group trust, sharing summer transitions, and setting supportive baseline agreements for the start of the school year (August, September, October).

A powerful social-emotional learning lesson series designed for high school teachers to foster relationship-building, self-regulation, active communication, self-awareness, and integrity through quick daily classroom routines.

A comprehensive professional development module for program leaders to master the art of weekly enrichment planning. This module focuses on integrating trauma-informed social-emotional learning (SEL), active enrichment, and structured reflection debriefs into cohesive weekly plans.

A comprehensive summer support packet for a third-grade student experiencing anxiety and worry due to parental conflict. Includes a child-friendly workbook, coping cards, a daily tracker, and a guide for supporting adults.

A complete lesson designed for first-time job seekers (students) to transform their school projects, volunteering, and extracurricular activities into professional resume bullet points. Includes a structured teacher guide, instructional presentation slides, a student drafting worksheet, and a peer feedback checklist.

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.

An interactive, sensory-focused lesson introducing incoming high school freshmen to Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (VAK) learning styles. Designed to build academic self-awareness, ease transition anxiety, foster peer connections, and teach actionable study strategies.

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.

Administrative materials and briefing resources to coordinate Richardson ISD's Summer Melt prevention campaign.

Emphasizes self-advocacy and building a support network. Students identify their 'crew' (trusted adults, peers, mentors) and practice asking for support, setting boundaries, and communicating proactively.

Explores personal responsibility, ownership of actions, and goal setting. Students examine the difference between things they can control versus things they cannot, and learn the 'Pause, Plot, Proceed' decision-making framework.

Focuses on emotional growth, self-awareness, and identity. Students learn to map their emotions, understand physiological responses to stress, and build a vocabulary for their internal experiences.

A high-engagement small group lesson for fourth graders focused on identifying school-based triggers that wake up the Inner Critic and using 'flipping the script' strategies to activate the Inner Coach.

A guidance-rich lesson package designed to help sixth-grade students build self-advocacy and goal-oriented confidence as they transition to seventh grade, culminating in writing a letter to their future selves.

A sensory-motor lesson designed for young learners to build emotional self-regulation through midline-crossing movements, rhythmic auditory beats, and visual breathing exercises. It includes interactive calm-down cards, a daily routine poster with choice boards, and an instructional guide for teachers and parents.

A pair of visually striking, high-contrast printable signs to organize any kitchen or classroom space. Features separate, elegant layouts for clean and dirty dishes to maintain perfect organization.

A middle school lesson framing meekness as 'power under control'—the strength to choose your response in social situations. Through scenario analysis and active listening, students learn to handle peer pressure, resolve conflicts, and master the art of the intentional pause.

A comprehensive 5th-grade social-emotional learning lesson addressing peer pressure, manipulation, and the difference between shared humor and using someone as a prop for a laugh.