An introductory lesson on cultivating a growth mindset, focusing on reframing mistakes as stepping stones to mastery. Students learn to decode errors and use self-talk to bounce back from academic challenges.
A sequential social skills program designed for 5th-grade students with NVLD. Focuses on bidirectional nonverbal cue decoding, eye gaze alignment, conversation turn-taking, and self-monitoring strategies.
A summer-themed self-regulation lesson for grades 2-5 focused on adapting the Zones of Regulation framework to vacation settings. Students build personalized transition plans and coping toolkits to maintain emotional and behavioral success during the summer break.
A 2-page student worksheet to build a personalized summer coping plan. Page 1 helps students map out their summer calendar, predict personal behavioral triggers, and name their summer support networks. Page 2 guides them in drawing or writing specific coping strategies for each color zone in their customized Summer Toolbox.
A comprehensive high school unit designed for TEKS §130.276 (Counseling and Mental Health). It covers therapeutic communication techniques, professional ethics and legal codes, mental health disorders, and careers in the mental health field.
A specialized counselor-led lesson on 'thinking with our eyes.' Teaches students that gaze direction reveals cognitive attention, featuring an eye-tracking guessing game, printable wallet-sized self-monitoring cue cards, and lesson-by-lesson self-reflection trackers.
A 2-page student self-regulation toolkit. Page 1 contains visual, summer-themed mini-desk charts that can be taped to a summer desk, notebook, or travel binder. Page 2 provides 8 printable, hand-illustrated summer coping cards with action steps and custom icons to manage daily transitions.
A six-session anxiety coping skills group designed for middle school students with high visual and concrete support. Students explore physical anxiety symptoms, sensory grounding, breathing regulation, cognitive reframing, and build a personalized visual toolkit.
A specialized counselor-led lesson for 5th-grade students with nonverbal learning disabilities, focusing on decoding physical cues, facial expressions, and spatial boundaries. Includes step-by-step guides, gamified scenario cards, and interactive visual anchors.
An 8-slide interactive slide deck to guide whole-class instruction. Features visually rich slides introducing the Zones framework using summer metaphors, multiple-choice interactive summer scenario cards (without clickable UI), and clear instructions for the transition planning activity.
A 4-week introductory ICAP unit designed for 6th graders to build self-awareness, explore career clusters, and set goal-oriented academic paths using Unrulr and My Colorado Journey.
Students investigate mental health disorders (etiology, signs, treatments) and complete a research project detailing counseling and mental health career pathways.
A comprehensive, 2-page teacher facilitation guide for the Summer Zone Explorers lesson. Includes learning objectives, materials check-lists, clear step-by-step procedures, summer-themed scenario prompts, and differentiation strategies to ensure all students successfully transition their coping skills from the classroom to summer vacation.
