A high-energy, 30-minute counseling escape game for 4th and 5th graders teaching cognitive flexibility. Students collaborate to solve puzzle stations by discovering alternative paths ('Plan B') when their initial attempts are blocked.
A comprehensive lesson designed for 4th-grade students to understand the importance of family cooperation, following directions the first time, and managing big emotions. It includes an interactive slide presentation, a narrative reading with a reflection worksheet, and a collaborative behavior contract with a tracking system.
A collection of highly engaging, sketchbook-style journaling worksheets designed specifically for 12-year-old girls. This lesson focuses on self-esteem, managing stress and anxiety, navigating friendships, and constructively communicating and expressing anger.
A lesson for 4th graders on understanding the relative size of problems through different perspectives. It uses a fun 'Storm Tracker' theme to help students categorize conflicts and see how a 'glitch' for one person might feel like a 'category 5 storm' for another, especially in school and playground scenarios.
A warm, celebratory parent support group session focused on reflecting on school year successes, planning screen-free summer adventures, and setting growth goals.
Celebrating the group's progress. Students review their ninja strategies, complete a post-assessment, and receive their graduation badges.
Mastering goal setting and action planning. Students learn to break big, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable 'ninja-steps'.
Enhancing sustained attention and concentration. Students practice blocking out distractions using the Focused Ninja's techniques.
Developing emotional self-regulation. Students learn to scan their bodies for early warning signs of distraction, restlessness, or frustration.
Teaching impulse control through the 'Stop and Think' method. Students learn to pause before reacting, using the concept of an invisible defensive shield.
Introducing the group, establishing norms, and meeting Impulsive Ninja and Focused Ninja. Students complete a baseline self-assessment of their focus and impulse control.
Five 10-minute daily SEL scripts and visual slides focusing on handling strong feelings and managing stress daily (emotion regulation).
Five 10-minute daily SEL scripts and visual slides focusing on calming down and managing anger (emotion regulation).
Five 10-minute daily SEL scripts and visual slides focusing on self-talk for focus and learning to be assertive (skills for learning).
Five 10-minute daily SEL scripts and visual slides focusing on focusing attention and listening with the body (skills for learning).
Foundational tools for the Mindful Minutes curriculum, containing Tier 1 behavioral strategy cards for printable rings and a teacher pre/post-assessment checklist.
An interactive small group kit designed to equip kids with practical coping tools for everyday stress and conflict. The lesson features a hands-on coping wheel craft, discussion cards, and scenario-based role-play cards.
A hands-on, escape-room-style counseling lesson where students practice cognitive flexibility by solving interactive 'Plan B' challenges to crack open a resilience safe.
A intensive Tier 3 social-emotional learning lesson for 5th graders designed to slow down impulsive reactions, utilize the STEP framework, regulate with internal self-talk, and predict 'Social Fortune vs. Social Misfortune' outcomes across real-life scenarios.
An engaging elementary-to-middle school lesson focusing on the Zones of Regulation. Students learn to identify their feelings, categorize them into the four color zones, and construct a personal toolbox of calming strategies.
A comprehensive professional development and resource package for educators, mapping out Tier 1 classroom interventions and Tier 2 school counselor supports to build a proactive, collaborative, and restorative student support culture.
A transitional skills lesson designed to ease fifth-grade anxiety about middle school lockers and passing periods through hands-on organizational simulations and speed-packing drills.
A daily 5-10 minute SEL routine incorporating visual arts, movement, music, and drama to build self-awareness and emotional regulation during summer school.
A comprehensive end-of-year counseling lesson designed to review coping strategies, celebrate emotional growth, and prepare students for transitions. The lesson includes an interactive slide deck, a printable personal memory book, interactive discussion task cards, and counseling exit tickets, all tied together under a friendly 'Coping Camp Explorers' theme.
A comprehensive self-regulation lesson for transitioning 4th graders, focusing on the freedom and responsibility of middle school, the power of walking away, and a customized 'Stay in Control' plan.
A final week-20 individual review and celebration session for 4th-grade students transitioning to middle school. Focuses on comparing Week 1 and Week 20 data for executive functioning, tracking independence ratings, and awarding a keepsake certificate.
A therapeutic toolkit and instructional guide designed to help individuals understand, track, and navigate anxiety. This lesson combines daily visual tracking with cognitive-behavioral and somatic grounding techniques to build emotional resilience and self-regulation skills.
A dynamic lesson designed to help participants understand the impact of gossip, how rumors spread, and how to build healthy, respectful communication habits using visual scenarios and discussion prompts.
An upper elementary lesson that teaches students to distinguish between conflict, rudeness, meanness, and bullying through a detective-themed investigation. Students analyze social scenarios, learn key criteria, and practice upstander strategies.
Week 6 of the Basecamp Emotion Regulation curriculum. Students review their 6-week adventure, synthesize their personalized coping skills, and construct their final "Peak Coping Kit" to use in future emotional climbs.