Learning physical coping strategies like deep breathing and grounding to calm the body's response to anxiety.
A transition curriculum for an 8th-grade student moving to high school, using music and guitar metaphors to cultivate individuality, self-confidence, independent decision-making, and positive peer connection. This 2-lesson unit empowers him to choose his own path, join clubs aligned with his interests, and build supportive friendships.
An engaging, science-themed counseling lesson where students become 'researchers' to test, rate, and formulate their own personalized mental health coping tools. Students track their emotional 'reactions' and compile a custom recipe for self-care and emotional regulation.
A professional 1-page teacher facilitator guide for running the Coping Lab lesson. It provides instructional pacing, precise prompts for conducting the experiments, student-facing scripts, troubleshooting advice, and common misconceptions.
A 3-lesson unit on culture, identity, empathy, and building an inclusive school community. Students explore the cultural iceberg, share personal perspective narratives, and collaborate on actionable school-wide inclusion plans.
A modern, evidence-based lesson helping high schoolers identify, categorize, and rate coping strategies to build a personalized self-care and crisis-prevention plan. It includes an instructional slide deck to introduce coping science and categories, paired with a structured, print-ready coping planner.
A highly visual, science-themed 2-page worksheet where students act as lead researchers. Page 1 contains a custom 1-5 'Reactivity Scale' and a 2x2 grid to test and observe 4 active coping experiments. Page 2 includes post-experiment reflection prompts and a 'Daily Maintenance Formula' coping plan styled as a custom chemical recipe.
A comprehensive restorative leadership and peer advocacy sequence designed for students transitioning to middle school. It guides students from understanding their social influence to actively protecting peers and spreading positive school culture.
