Month 4 focus on peer-to-peer conflict resolution, de-escalating social tension, responding to sarcasm, and reading social feedback cues without dysregulating.

Addresses social skills, self-advocacy with teachers, navigating peer-to-peer conflict, and reading social feedback cues without dysregulating.

Focuses on calming techniques, active anger management, and frustration tolerance when triggers spike, introducing personalized 'Pivot Plans' for classroom situations.

Establishes the foundation of self-awareness by helping students map their physical trigger responses ('Internal Radar') and setting up their baseline self-monitoring daily tracker.

A comprehensive social-emotional learning lesson designed for 9th-grade students with autism to recognize triggers of anxiety or frustration and employ concrete coping strategies (breathing, physical grounding, self-advocacy, and requesting breaks). Includes teacher facilitation guides, visual strategy cards, and structured scenario worksheets.

A high-energy team-based relay game where participants complete physical coordination challenges while the leader deploys humorous, safe distractions. Teams earn points for speed, accuracy, and focus recovery.

A high-energy, hands-on workshop where students practice executive functioning skills through a 'Focus Factory' simulation. Students rotate between being 'Task Workers' completing physical tasks and 'Distraction Squad' members trying to (kindly) test their peers' focus.

A 1:1 ERMHS (Educationally Related Mental Health Services) counseling session designed for a 9th-grade autistic student. Emphasizes evidence-based cognitive-behavioral reframing, co-regulation, factual evidence testing, and co-creating a discrete pocket-sized regulation comfort card.