Sweet Choices

A three-week social-emotional small group sequence designed for first graders to build self-worth, foster empathy, and cultivate an inclusive classroom community. Students explore personal identity, practice inviting peers into play, and celebrate group belonging.

Students celebrate their shared group bond, reflect on ways to keep belonging alive in their classroom, and earn their belonging badges.

A 30-minute counselor facilitation plan for Session 3, featuring graduation ceremonies, reflection activities, caregiver follow-up notes, and long-term generalization strategies.

A two-part counseling sequence for 3rd graders focusing on impulse control, emotional self-regulation, and making safe choices. Students learn to recognize physical warning signals, activate instant calming strategies, and think ahead before reacting.

Students learn to identify feelings of exclusion and practice actionable words and gestures to welcome classmates onto the playground and into activities.

Printable graduation certificate and four cut-out friendship cheer cards celebrating each first grader's role as an inclusive Circle Keeper.

A two-week social-emotional learning unit connecting self-control strategies with the Zones of Regulation, guiding elementary students from emotional awareness to active behavioral regulation.

First graders explore what belonging feels like, celebrate their unique individual strengths, and co-create group agreements that ensure everyone feels valued and included.

Celebratory slide deck for Week 3 of the We Belong Club. Reviews group skills, recites the official belonging pledge, and introduces the Belonging Hero certificate and cheer cards.

An 8-month school-based CBT and DBT self-regulation curriculum designed for a first-grade student transitioning from staff co-regulation to independent emotional awareness. The curriculum moves through four 8-week developmental phases integrating body mapping, distress tolerance anti-elopement tools, cognitive reframing role-play, and classroom generalization.