The Calm Quest

A comprehension lesson based on the book 'Helping Hands' by Anna Prokos, designed specifically for students with autism. It includes visual-supported question slides and a teacher facilitation guide with structured prompting hierarchies.

A comprehension lesson based on the story 'Helping Hands' by Anna Paroka, designed specifically for students with autism. It includes visual supports, clear structures, and highly readable materials.

A comprehensive framework and unified decision-making guide for CSE members to determine eligibility, severity, and discontinuation of speech-language services.

A comprehensive lesson containing visual supports and activities to prepare children with autism (ages 6-8) for doctor visits, focusing on sensory expectations, coping strategies, and pain communication.

A high-energy, collaborative staff training session built around a competitive trivia game. Staff work in teams to analyze realistic scenarios and master MetroWest YMCA's Social Networking Policy (Appendix IV, Updated 6/2024), emphasizing child safety, professional boundaries, and brand protection.

Students apply their deep listening and empathy skills to design a school-wide inclusion campaign or classroom standard, designing collaborative action items.

Students engage in active empathy and narrative exchange, analyzing how personal experiences and cultural backgrounds shape our perspectives of shared environments.

Students explore the concept of the cultural iceberg, distinguishing between visible elements of culture and deep, invisible values, to recognize the richness of identity.

A comprehensive lesson package designed to teach students how to recognize initiation blocks, launch tasks using structured strategies, and self-monitor their focus independently. includes presentation slides, a teacher facilitation guide, and a student self-monitoring workbook.

Focuses on creating a sustainable positive culture through daily small actions, prompting students to track their leadership and reflect on how positive behavior spreads. Features read-and-respond profiles of real student leaders.

Students explore what it means to be a 'shield' for peers in middle school rather than a passive bystander or an instigator. Features narrative read-and-respond case studies on standing up to social exclusion and rumors.

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 collection of matching visual aids and signs to help manage classroom routines and expectations, including entry and exit procedures.

A reflective counseling lesson celebrating emotional expression, triumph over shyness, and setting intentions for speaking up with confidence in group settings.

A restorative leadership module designed for a 5th-grade student transitioning to middle school. Focuses on channeling natural social influence into positive leadership, specifically protecting and looking out for others, rather than leading peers into conflict.