A workshop on de-escalation and Interest-Based Relational (IBR) communication strategies for middle schoolers. Students learn to separate people from problems and identify underlying interests to resolve conflicts effectively.

A warm, science-themed motivational session to prepare 5th-grade students for their state science test, focusing on confidence and shared growth.

A lesson focused on the 'Orange Cog' from the Emotion Works framework, helping students develop a rich vocabulary for their feelings through sorting and scenario analysis.

A social-emotional learning lesson where elementary students identify sensory triggers and design a mental 'safe-house' to manage overstimulation and build self-regulation skills.

Uses social stories and role-play to practice 'pivoting' when faced with unwanted tasks or transitions, focusing on calm compliance and compromise.

Creating a personal 'Base Camp' (Calm-Down Corner) toolkit with visual reminders of strategies learned in previous weeks.

A lesson designed for a 6th-grade student to understand the neuroscience of grounding and practice specific techniques (Sensory, Mental, Physical) to manage anger and grief at home.

A lesson for middle schoolers on the neuroscience of grounding, covering the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and vagus nerve to manage anxiety and anger.

Students practice reframing unhelpful thoughts and building a toolkit of coping strategies to 'bloom' through challenging emotions.

Students explore the concept of the Circle of Control, learning to distinguish between things they can change (inside the garden fence) and things they must accept (outside the fence).

Students learn to identify physical signs of anxiety and recognize 'weed thoughts'—unhelpful or negative thoughts that can crowd out calm ones.