Functional behavior assessment, data tracking, and de-escalation strategies for managing classroom conduct. Addresses positive reinforcement, token economies, and individualized behavior contracts to support student self-regulation.
A social-emotional learning lesson designed for students with trauma backgrounds and impulse control challenges. It focuses on 'Scene Scanning'—assuming positive intent and dissecting social interactions through a detective-style lens to improve perspective-taking and reduce reactivity.
A quick refresher for teachers on the 2x10 relationship-building strategy, focusing on improving student attendance and engagement through consistent, personal connection.
A set of emotional regulation tools designed specifically for high schoolers using the Zones of Regulation framework to support self-awareness and self-management.
A comprehensive re-entry guide for high school students returning after exclusion, focusing on emotional literacy and managing impulsive triggers through a 'strategic blueprint' lens.
A supportive lesson focused on easing school-re-entry anxiety and providing concrete strategies for students transitioning back after a break.
A daily check-in system designed to help students identify their energy levels, emotional states, and regulation needs. Includes a student log and a teacher implementation guide.
A daily habit-building system for students to monitor their readiness, preparation, and work effort across all subjects. Includes student trackers and teacher implementation guides to foster accountability and self-regulation.
A collection of tools to help students in residential settings prepare for their school day through social-emotional reflection.
A comprehensive resource kit for the 'Neuro Command Academy' 10-week curriculum, including high-impact TPT product pages and standards-aligned guides.
A comprehensive set of tools designed to help teenagers master executive functioning skills, focusing on task management, environmental organization, and self-monitoring using a high-tech, tactical aesthetic.
A self-guided reflection lesson designed to help students evaluate their behavior, understand its impact on the classroom community, and set concrete goals for improvement.
A high school SEL lesson for SPED students focused on emotional regulation through a feelings thermometer and a personalized coping strategy toolkit.
A comprehensive SEL lesson for high school SPED students focusing on identifying emotional states via a feelings thermometer and building a personalized toolkit of coping strategies like grounding and deep breathing.
The introductory lesson for the Brain Boss Module. Students are introduced to the 'Brain Team' concept and learn that they are the 'Boss' who leads their team of mental skills to success.
A 60-minute review lesson where students demonstrate their mastery of all 9 Brain Team members. Includes a station-based 'Brain Gauntlet' review game and a graduation ceremony to celebrate their new executive function skills.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'ORGANIZATION' team member, known as 'The Organizer'. Students learn to use 'Mental Cubbies' to keep their desk, belongings, and ideas in the right place.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'SELF-MONITORING' team member, known as 'The Coach'. Students learn to check their work and behavior as they go.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'EMOTIONAL CONTROL' team member, known as 'The Volume Remote'. Students learn to "dial down" big feelings to stay calm and focused.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'FLEXIBILITY' team member, known as 'The Play-Doh'. Students learn how to reshape their thinking when plans change or they get stuck.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'PLANNING' team member, known as 'The Mapmaker'. Students learn how to look at a goal and decide on the steps needed to get there before starting.
A comprehensive independent study unit for students to explore the logical foundations of respect, rules, and personal accountability through an architectural lens.
A 1:1 intensive session focused on identifying emotional triggers and applying regulation strategies through a 'system control' lens. Designed specifically for older students to navigate high-stakes social and academic scenarios without feeling patronized.
A workbook and tracker focused on building accountability in academic, domestic, and personal spheres for teenage boys. Use scenarios to explore the consequences of choices and a structured tracker to build consistent habits.
Foundational materials for the Life Skills Launchpad, including binder covers, dividers, and sequence-wide tracking systems.
Practicing the core skills of independent living, including home maintenance, personal advocacy, and daily scheduling.
Preparing for the workforce with mock interviews, professional communication practice, and on-the-job simulations.
Developing social-emotional awareness through event planning, role-play conversations, and meaningful peer interactions.
Mastering money identification, budgeting, and the mechanics of shopping through a pantry store simulation and real-world problem-solving.
A structured reflection process to help students identify triggers, emotional states, and behavioral outcomes. This lesson provides tools for self-regulation and restorative action.
A reflective lesson designed for students who missed an end-of-quarter incentive, focusing on accountability, emotional regulation, and proactive goal setting for the upcoming quarter.
A 45-minute lesson focused on maintaining high behavioral standards and integrity when a substitute teacher is in the classroom. Students explore the concept of integrity through scenario-based discussions and personal reflection.
A 40-minute lesson on calculating elapsed time by working backwards. Students learn to plan their departure times for transportation and prioritize tasks to ensure they arrive at their destination on time.
A 30-minute intensive one-on-one session focused on identifying anger triggers and implementing distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills to prevent escalation.
In this synthesis lesson, students review a full-length interaction containing multiple phases of behavior. They must map the subject's journey from baseline to trigger to escalation, citing specific evidence for every shift.
Moving beyond active aggression, this lesson focuses on 'implosive' escalation—withdrawal, silence, and avoidance. Students analyze case studies of students who escalated internally before an outburst, learning to spot the 'quiet' warning signs.
Students create a timeline or flowchart that correlates the seven stages of behavior escalation (Calm, Trigger, Agitation, Acceleration, Peak, De-escalation, Recovery) with specific physiological markers.
Students investigate physical warning signs such as pacing, fist-clenching, and invasion of personal space. They review footage of escalating situations to pinpoint the exact moment physical movement shifts from restless to aggressive.
Students investigate how environmental factors (noise, light, crowding) can trigger physiological escalation. They conduct an audit of a classroom or common area to identify potential sensory triggers.
Students explore how anxiety manifests physically before turning into aggression, looking at behaviors like pacing or wringing hands as attempts to self-regulate excess energy. This reframes 'acting out' as a coping mechanism.
Focusing on how things are said rather than what is said, students analyze audio recordings to identify changes in pitch, volume, cadence, and tone.
This lesson focuses on high-arousal symptoms such as heavy breathing, sweating, and trembling. Students review medical case studies to understand these as automatic responses to perceived threats.
A final mastery-based simulation where students apply all previous skills to identify risk levels in a live, unfolding scenario.
Focuses on the split-second 'leaks' of emotion in facial expressions that often precede behavioral outbursts.
Students analyze shifts in tone and volume to identify the 'turning point' where a conversation moves from debate to emotional conflict.
Focuses on tracking physical restlessness and pacing behaviors in real-time, helping students correlate kinetic energy with internal anxiety levels.
Students learn techniques for situational awareness, focusing on scanning a room for 'outlier' behaviors and identifying individuals who deviate from group norms.
Students examine the concept of 'baseline behavior'—the standard operating state of an individual—to create a reference point for detecting future anomalies.
Students learn the brain science behind escalation, specifically how the amygdala overrides the prefrontal cortex. They map this internal process to external signs like flushed skin or dilated pupils.
A summative project where students reconstruct a crisis event timeline to identify missed intervention 'off-ramps' and missed warning signs.
Analyzing the peak of the crisis cycle where rational communication fails and identifying physical and behavioral warning signs of an imminent outburst.
An exploration of the cumulative nature of stress and how unresolved frustrations lead to the acceleration phase of escalation.
Differentiating between immediate triggers and setting events that prime an individual for agitation using a causal 'Domino Effect' model.
Introduction to the bell-curve model of behavioral escalation, identifying the five key stages: Trigger, Escalation, Crisis, De-escalation, and Recovery.
This lesson focuses on identifying internal emotional states and using visual check-ins to monitor stress levels before they lead to disruptions.
A comprehensive 60-minute session designed to introduce students to the science of neuroplasticity and the practical application of a growth mindset through interactive games, discussion, and reflective work.
General engagement tactics and group management strategies for the Social Architects program.
Focuses on self-management techniques, impulse control, and emotional regulation strategies tailored for high-stakes social situations.
Focuses on the concept of role modeling by identifying personal values and how outward actions influence group dynamics and peer perception.
A comprehensive restorative counseling session designed to help a student take accountability for testing disruptions, process the emotional aftermath of getting in trouble, and create a concrete plan to repair relationships and behaviors.
A comprehensive set of tools for teachers to support students experiencing work avoidance or shutting down, focusing on emotional regulation and proactive intervention.
A comprehensive guide for high school students to navigate academic, mental health, and behavioral support systems. Students learn how to identify their needs, find the right resources, and effectively ask for help.
A set of tools for school counselors to effectively communicate student social-emotional progress with families, ensuring a collaborative approach to support.
A lesson for adolescent boys on identifying emotional repression and practicing conflict resolution through the 'Pressure Valve' metaphor. Includes a student workbook and a teacher facilitation guide.
A 30-minute Tier 2 social-emotional learning lesson designed for 6th-grade students to practice self-control. Students explore impulse triggers, learn three core pause strategies, and practice making better decisions through role-play and reflection.
A capstone simulation where students apply their cumulative knowledge to a complex clinical scenario, demonstrating assessment, safety, and regulation skills.
Examines the intersection of culture, race, and historical trauma, emphasizing that trauma interventions must be contextually relevant and culturally humble.
Explores the impact of secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue on providers, culminating in the creation of personal professional sustainability plans.
Focuses on verbal and non-verbal de-escalation strategies. Students learn to recognize signs of escalation and apply safety-signaling body language and phrasing.
Students define the six core principles of TIC (Safety, Trustworthiness, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Cultural/Historical issues) and analyze school policies through a trauma-informed lens.
A final mastery session where students draw a random scenario card and must demonstrate a positive alternative behavior to resolve the conflict effectively in a 'hot seat' challenge.
Students learn the basics of principled negotiation—separating the people from the problem. They engage in a negotiation game to find win-win solutions using the 'Orange Problem' activity.
Students role-play disagreements with teachers, coaches, or employers. They practice the skill of 'disagreeing and committing' or respectfully appealing a decision without defiance.
Focusing on the high school social scene, students analyze scenarios involving rumors and social exclusion. They practice responses that set boundaries without escalating the drama using case studies and discussion.
Students study the components of escalation (volume, proximity, tone) and practice 'lowering the temperature' of an interaction. They learn how to mirror calm behavior to influence others through simulation and game-based learning.
A Tier 3 behavioral intervention lesson designed for individual students to reflect on past behavioral incidents, identify triggers, and brainstorm alternative responses through guided journaling and discussion.
A 5-minute Tier 3 intervention for students with ADHD to build task-attention strategies using the 'Stop, Breathe, Name, Do' technique.
A 30-minute Tier 3 individual session designed for at-risk high school students to reflect on past choices, understand consequences, and develop a personalized success plan for remaining in a mainstream classroom environment.
A Tier 3 individual student lesson designed to help students analyze past behavioral incidents, identify triggers, and brainstorm alternative responses through guided reflection and journaling.
Visual cues and routines to help toddlers understand and follow the steps of using the potty.
Using CBT techniques to build a step-by-step exposure plan for returning to school and reframing anxious thoughts.
Introduction to distress tolerance skills like TIPP and ACCEPTS to manage overwhelming emotions in the moment.
Students learn to identify physical sensations of distress and name their emotions to increase self-awareness.
A comprehensive lesson focusing on the personal and social impacts of theft and vandalism, exploring consequences, victim empathy, and restorative practices.
A comprehensive lesson for students aged 11-17 to understand the sequence of their actions, identifying triggers, behaviors, and consequences to build self-regulation and problem-solving skills.
A 45-minute guided discussion lesson focused on identifying self-regulation tools, evaluating their effectiveness, and distinguishing between internal and external controls using the Zones of Regulation framework.
A high-stakes guide to managing conflict and de-escalating tension in real-world peer situations. Students learn to identify physical triggers and use the EAR method to maintain control in high-pressure social environments.
A restorative justice resource designed for students who have intentionally damaged school technology, focusing on financial accountability and community impact.
A set of resources designed to help high school students identify emotional escalation and effectively communicate their need for support to adults.
This lesson focuses on teaching students how to accept consequences for their actions without escalating the situation. Through discussion, scenario analysis, and role-playing, students learn the steps to take ownership of their behavior and stay calm when corrected.
A high school lesson focused on empowering students to design their own behavior plans, moving from external compliance to internal self-regulation and accountability.
A comprehensive collection of CBT-based tools and strategies designed to help students overcome school-related anxiety and avoidance through cognitive restructuring, graded exposure, and relaxation.
A cumulative review where students create a personal "Success Contract" and practice role-playing scenarios to solidify their new skills for long-term behavior change.
Provides specific de-escalation and conflict resolution strategies, teaching students how to "flip the script" on a potential fight and walk away with their dignity intact.
Introduces self-regulation techniques to manage the frustration that often leads to outbursts, teaching students to identify "triggers" and use "cool-down" tools before reaching a breaking point.
Focuses on identifying and practicing prosocial ways to get noticed by peers and adults, shifting from "loud and aggressive" to "valued and respected" through social skills training.
Students will explore the concept of "attention" as a basic human need and identify how their current behaviors (fighting) are attempts to meet that need, while evaluating the long-term costs of negative attention.
A professional development session for high school teachers focusing on restorative practices, emotional regulation, and the implementation of proactive care plans. This lesson equips educators with the tools to handle chronic emotional challenges and foster deep connection with students in grades 9-12.
A set of resources designed for a therapeutic program to address class and work avoidance using a witty, nautical winter theme. Focuses on self-regulation, coping skills, and the impact of individual behavior on the school community.
A comprehensive home visit framework designed for social workers to support students experiencing school avoidance. This lesson focuses on building trust, identifying specific barriers to attendance, and co-creating a gradual return plan with the student and family.
This lesson introduces high school students to Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), emphasizing that behavioral challenges stem from a lack of skill rather than a lack of will. Students will explore lagging skills, the 'Plan B' conversation, and how this approach fosters equity and inclusion at their school.
A suite of professional case note templates for school counselors, designed for efficiency and clarity in documenting student support sessions. These templates follow a blue and gold theme and utilize best-practice intervention checklists.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'WORKING MEMORY' team member, known as 'The Recorder'. Students learn how to hold steps and instructions in their mind while completing a task.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'START' team member. Students learn how to "rev their engines" to begin tasks immediately without getting stuck in the "waiting zone".
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'INHIBITION' team member, known as 'The Stopper'. Students learn to use their 'Stop Signal' to pause before acting and resist impulses.
A 60-minute lesson teaching K-2 students how to activate their 'FOCUS' team member, known as 'The Flashlight'. Students learn to use their 'Attention Spotlight' to ignore distractions and stay on task.
Analyzes the long-term impact of behavior on personal goals and external relationships, concluding with the development of concrete behavioral 'specifications' for future success.
Introduces practical, low-profile coping mechanisms referred to as 'Override Protocols' to manage high-arousal states before they lead to physical or verbal aggression.
