Reflecting on Alex's story and connecting it to personal classroom experiences.
A comprehensive career exploration framework and counselor planning toolkit for grades K-12. This curriculum maps academic subjects to real-world career paths (college, trade school, and workforce) and provides counselors with implementation templates, annual pacing calendars, and a school-wide Career Day blueprint.
A interactive, high-energy staff training lesson designed to review the MetroWest YMCA Code of Conduct (Appendix I) through active team play and situational analysis.
A printable team response sheet for the Y Conduct Showdown game. Allows teams (Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility) to record their members, track scores, draft scenario answers, and note down key takeaways.
A 3-day social-emotional learning series for grades K-2 focusing on cooperation, sharing, and peaceful turn-taking, aligned with the CASEL Relationship Skills competency.
A reflective counseling lesson celebrating emotional expression, triumph over shyness, and setting intentions for speaking up with confidence in group settings.
An interactive, competitive trivia slide deck designed to train 20-30 staff members and volunteers on the MetroWest YMCA Code of Conduct. Features scenario-based questions, team structures, and clear answer explanations.
A 3-day SEL small-group intervention for grades K-2 focused on material sharing, turn-taking, and peaceful collaboration, aligned with the CASEL Relationship Skills competency. Each daily session is designed for 20 minutes with specific timestamps.
A therapeutic lesson designed for adult children caught in long-standing triangulation dynamics between their mother and sister. This lesson teaches assertive communication, boundary-setting strategies, and detouring family arguments.
A beautiful, warm, and reflective landscape-inspired keepsake award certificate and interactive student reflection document celebrating a student's personal growth and triumph over shyness in group counseling.
A social-emotional learning unit for first graders to master peer conflict resolution. Through physical metaphors, visual scaling, and calming exercises, students learn to transition from rigid thinking to flexible problem-solving.
A pediatric grounding and sensory regulation lesson featuring a self-squeeze physical therapy routine to help students self-soothe and calm down.
A 2-page professional facilitator guide for therapists, counselors, or coaches leading clients through the Triangle Detour workbook. Contains session structure, clinical context based on Family Systems Theory, roleplay facilitation tips, and strategies for managing family resistance.
