Empathy in Action

A 90-minute Tier 1 workshop for parents on building empathy in children with behavioral needs, equipping families with practical strategies to strengthen emotional connections and promote supportive home environments.

AWAlyssha Walker

Empathy in Action

AWAlyssha Walker

True Influence Journey

A comprehensive restorative leadership and peer advocacy sequence designed for students transitioning to middle school. It guides students from understanding their social influence to actively protecting peers and spreading positive school culture.

Marcia Cullinane

Social Media Showdown

A high-energy, collaborative staff training session built around a competitive trivia game. Staff work in teams to analyze realistic scenarios and master MetroWest YMCA's Social Networking Policy (Appendix IV, Updated 6/2024), emphasizing child safety, professional boundaries, and brand protection.

Jen Hyman

Showdown Team Scorecard

A clean, print-ready single-page team scorecard for 20-30 staff members divided into squads. It features space for team details, selection indicators, and dedicated white writing blocks for teams to cite policy rules from Appendix IV.

Jen Hyman

Staff Kinship Collective

A year-round community-building sequence for TK-6 staff, structured seasonally from August through June. Grounded in a 'Village Kinship' theme to foster professional empathy, shared resilience, and deep peer-to-peer appreciation.

Robbin Johnson-Perez

Heart to Heart

A high-quality co-completion toolkit for parents and 11-year-old pre-teens. Focuses on active listening, emotional attunement, conflict de-escalation, and establishing daily connection rituals.

Theresa Casarella

Showdown Slide Deck

An engaging, high-contrast 14-slide presentation used to project the interactive trivia game during the training. It details real-world scenarios, game rules, and reveals answer explanations citing official rules from the MetroWest YMCA Social Networking Policy.

Jen Hyman

Blueprint Career Prep

A 2-week, highly scaffolded employability curriculum tailored for young incarcerated men (ages 18-25) preparing for re-entry. It uses concrete, highly chunked graphic organizers, real-world case studies, sentence frames, and clear visual icons to build self-awareness, career interest, paperwork, interview readiness, and job-keeping skills.

V Lundgren

Ripple Effect

Focuses on creating a sustainable positive culture through daily small actions, prompting students to track their leadership and reflect on how positive behavior spreads. Features read-and-respond profiles of real student leaders.

Marcia Cullinane

Showdown Facilitator Guide

A comprehensive, two-page print-ready facilitator guide for leading the Social Media Showdown staff training. It contains game instructions, pacing guides, team division tips, and detailed policy explanations for each round based on the MetroWest YMCA Social Networking Policy (Appendix IV, Updated 6/2024).

Jen Hyman

Peer Shields

Students explore what it means to be a 'shield' for peers in middle school rather than a passive bystander or an instigator. Features narrative read-and-respond case studies on standing up to social exclusion and rumors.

Marcia Cullinane

Heartstrings Connection Guide

A beautifully crafted 3-page companion workbook for moms and their 11-year-old daughters titled 'Heartstrings Connection Guide'. This material focuses on emotional attunement, interpreting unspoken body signals, deep emotional validation, and collaborative conflict repair tools. It features blank writing areas and elegant styling.

Theresa Casarella

Ripple Effect Slides

A 5-slide presentation matching the Ripple Effect lesson. It introduces students to the physics of school culture, walks through Maya's hallway story, and details the 5 leadership tracker actions.

Empathy in Action