The Friendship Foundry

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.

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.

A reflective counseling lesson celebrating emotional expression, triumph over shyness, and setting intentions for speaking up with confidence in group settings.

A restorative leadership module designed for a 5th-grade student transitioning to middle school. Focuses on channeling natural social influence into positive leadership, specifically protecting and looking out for others, rather than leading peers into conflict.

A heartfelt lesson designed to guide mentees through reflecting on their journey with their mentors, writing meaningful thank-you messages, and creating a beautiful framed keepsake.

A comprehensive progress monitoring and intervention kit designed to help 4th-grade students experiencing social anxiety and withdrawal. The kit includes situational scenario cards, an educator assessment rubric, and a student self-reflection journal to build emotional awareness, expand peer connections, and develop help-seeking behaviors.

A pediatric grounding and sensory regulation lesson featuring a self-squeeze physical therapy routine to help students self-soothe and calm down.

Una lección de transición diseñada para estudiantes que ingresan a 4.º grado, enfocada en prepararlos socioemocionalmente para su nueva escuela, nuevos maestros y rutinas diarias.

A lesson for 5th graders to analyze peer communication across recess, group work, and digital settings. Students learn to distinguish between helpful and hurtful comments and practice constructive reframing.

A warm, reflective closing lesson for the Friendship Garden small group. It provides students with creative keepsake coloring posters tailored to their grade levels to celebrate their growth and positive relationships.

A supportive transition lesson for upper elementary students to reflect on the past year, create a visual coping plan for summer, and build confidence for entering the next grade.

A supportive transition lesson for upper elementary students to reflect on the past year, create a visual coping plan for summer, and build confidence for entering the next grade.

A 5-day small group Tier 2 intervention lesson designed to teach grades 3-5 students how to identify social norms across various school environments and regulate their behaviors accordingly. Includes structured daily facilitation guides, pre/post assessments, slide presentations, challenge cards, and anchor charts.

Students complete their post-test, demonstrate behavior-shifting skills in a scenario-based card challenge, and celebrate their growth with a graduation badge.

Students practice using a "Behavior Dial" to physically and vocally adjust their volume, movement, and energy levels to match different school environments.

Students examine specific school settings like the hallway, cafeteria, and specials classes to map out their unique expectations and unwritten rules.

Students are introduced to the concept of social norms as unwritten rules that help groups work together, comparing how norms change between home and school.

A hands-on, table-play counseling lesson for 3rd graders to master self-regulation by matching social-emotional problem scenarios to their appropriate problem size (Small, Medium, Big) and corresponding reaction size. Includes sorting mats, cut-out scenario/reaction cards, and a counselor facilitation guide.