An interactive, hands-on employment training lesson designed for adults with IDD. Through simulation, gaming, and creative store planning, participants learn and practice key grocery store jobs, customer service, and collaborative problem-solving.
An introductory lesson designed to prepare high school special needs students for entering the workforce by understanding how to fill out a job application, identifying personal strengths, and recognizing supportive accommodations.
A highly scaffolded functional math lesson where students use the next-dollar-up estimation strategy to shop online at Stop & Shop, planning meals and staying strictly within a budget.
A final reflection on the simulation where students analyze their performance, identify breaking points, and create a long-term strategy for real-world balance.
Students create a personal 'Emergency Protocol' for overwhelming situations, learning how to prioritize tasks to drop and identifying support systems for recovery.
Students analyze their personal energy cycles to match high-demand tasks with high-energy periods, moving beyond simple time management to strategic resource allocation.
Focuses on professional communication and the distinction between hard and soft deadlines. Students practice scripts to negotiate extensions and help before a crisis occurs.
Students design an ideal weekly schedule and are immediately introduced to the 'Chaos Factor'—unpredictable life events that disrupt plans. They identify the need for buffer time and flexible scheduling.
A 90-minute interactive lesson on social manners and respect designed specifically for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), featuring slides, a complete activity guide, voting cards, and a facilitation plan.
A comprehensive 90-minute workshop teaching self-regulation, attention focus, and emotional calming techniques to co-ed groups of adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).
A structured counseling lesson designed for a 16-year-old student to address anger-induced screen-seeking behavior and build self-directed limits on tech use. Combining CBT and Motivational Interviewing, this lesson equips the counselor and student with tools to de-escalate emotional reactivity and establish sustainable digital boundaries.
A comprehensive 4-hour training curriculum for first-year camp counselors at the Metro West YMCA. This training establishes essential safety norms, communication habits, and the 'FARM' reward culture to set staff up for a high-impact summer.
A complete therapeutic game system designed to adapt UNO Show 'Em No Mercy into an active MH/SA coping skills group. Includes a high-visibility clinical rules board, somatic/mindfulness coping skill cards, and 20 CBT-based stress questions to turn gameplay tension into real-time regulation practice.
An interactive, somatic-focused mental health and substance use coping game where students contrast physical stress symptoms and select their preferred evidence-based distress tolerance and grounding techniques.
Materials for Day 2.8 of listing practices, focused on the seller's final closing steps, executing deed transfers and conveyances, paying off mortgage balances, and reviewing for the final licensing certification.
Materials for Day 2.7 of listing practices, focused on navigating inspection repair demands and appraisal shortfalls from the listing side, managing seller objections, and drafting contract amendments.
Materials for Day 2.6 of listing practices, focused on analyzing multiple purchase offers, completing seller net sheets, and managing competitive bidding wars.
Materials for Day 2.5 of listing practices, focused on building comprehensive property marketing campaigns, navigating the MLS database, syndication, open houses, and writing compelling MLS public remarks.
Materials for Day 2.4 of listing practices, focused on identifying legally material facts requiring written disclosure, avoiding misrepresentation, and analyzing structural and hazardous defects.
Materials for Day 2.3 of listing practices, focused on analyzing and completing the standard Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Agreement, listing commissions, and safety clauses.
Instructional resources and student practice worksheets for Day 10, focusing on the professional listing consultation, pricing strategies, and conducting a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA).
Materials for Day 9 of the Realtor course (Unit 2 Lesson 1), focusing on seller representation, single vs. dual agency, and navigating ethical boundaries in listing practices.
Materials for Day 8 of buying practices, focused on analyzing and auditing the Closing Disclosure (CD), calculating debits, credits, and property tax prorations, and completing the transaction.
Materials for Day 7 of buying practices, focused on structuring and drafting contract contingency clauses (inspection, appraisal, mortgage) and writing custom home inspection addendums to protect the buyer.
Materials for Day 6 of buying practices, focused on analyzing and comparing Conventional, FHA, and VA mortgage loans and computing down payments and Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratios.
Materials for Day 5 of buying practices, focused on the legal deconstruction and hands-on completion of the standard Residential Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Materials for Day 4 of buying practices, focused on developing strategic residential purchase offers, creating persuasive counteroffers, and simulating seller negotiations.