Focuses on specific school-day challenges that might be causing morning anxiety. Using 'the vault' metaphor, the student learns to identify 'speed bumps' and practices 'vaulting' over them with quick strategies.
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.
A workshop focused on managing testing anxiety by personifying worries as 'Worry Watchmen' who are trying too hard to protect students. Includes cognitive reframing techniques and narrative therapy approaches for 4th and 5th graders.
A comprehensive lesson focused on building task persistence and frustration tolerance when facing non-preferred tasks, specifically using number sequence challenges.
A collaborative lunch bunch lesson for 3rd and 4th-grade girls focused on building inclusive social habits and mastering the art of making new friends through the lens of a 'Friendship Lab.'
A lesson designed to help 3rd-grade students build persistence when facing multi-step math problems and long reading passages, using a gamer-themed social story and practical strategies.
A celebratory closing lesson for a small group focused on anxiety, featuring games and reflection activities to honor students' progress and reinforce coping strategies.