Helping Hands

A dynamic multi-day sequence guiding students through structured decision-making with the DECIDE framework and strategic planning using SMART goals. Varied real-world scenarios help learners evaluate alternatives, anticipate consequences, and execute meaningful personal and academic goals.

An interactive social-emotional learning lesson designed to expand students' emotional vocabulary beyond basic feelings to nuanced emotions like frustrated, overwhelmed, and proud. Students explore school scenarios through direct instruction slides, partner scenario cards, and reflective journaling.

A comprehensive teacher guide providing pacing, instructional scripts, scenario card answer key, CASEL alignment, and differentiation strategies for Lesson 3.

A high-impact three-day mini-unit empowering upper elementary students to identify learning barriers, speak up for their academic needs, and build actionable personal goals. Students explore assertive communication scripts, craft targeted learning milestones, and practice self-advocacy in authentic classroom scenarios.

A targeted social-emotional learning lesson helping third graders differentiate small glitches from emergencies, match reaction size to problem size, and reliably utilize their break card.

A printable student reflection worksheet guiding learners to analyze feelings during difficult school days, explore physical body cues, and plan positive coping strategies.

A four-lesson social-emotional learning unit for first graders focused on foundational friendship behaviors, puppet social stories, movement-based responses, and cooperative play.

An interactive 30-minute lesson on school behavior expectations engineered for quiet, low-participation 5th grade classes. Students analyze real-world campus scenarios through low-risk voting signals, scenario triage, and actionable 'Pro Move' behavior strategies.

Printable school-based scenario cards for partner practice. Students take turns drawing cards and identifying nuanced emotions such as frustrated, nervous, disappointed, embarrassed, overwhelmed, and proud.

A comprehensive six-part primary school guidance counseling sequence focused on conflict resolution, distinguishing big vs. little problems, discerning tattling from reporting, emotional regulation, assertive communication, and restorative apologies.

An adaptable high school leadership development program focused on interpersonal intelligence, healthy social boundaries, ending gossip, impulse control, and collaborative teamwork. Includes the core 8-week curriculum guide and practical activity facilitation sheets.

An engaging slide presentation introducing 8 nuanced emotion words beyond basic feelings, setting up the partner scenario card activity, and guiding the personal reflection prompt.