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 lesson focused on establishing clear boundaries and accountability for iPad and YouTube usage, using a 'Tech Pilot' theme to frame digital responsibility.
A comprehensive social-emotional lesson for preschool students using a volcano metaphor to teach self-regulation strategies like deep breathing, weighted balls, and wall pushes.
A suite of professional school counseling forms for managing student referrals, tracking progress, and providing feedback to teachers and families.
A restorative behavioral intervention focused on resolving physical conflict and verbal aggression between two students through a formal agreement and daily tracking.
A comprehensive support package designed to help K-2 students with anxiety navigate the transition from school to summer by creating predictable routines and providing caregivers with evidence-based coaching strategies.
Practical steps for setting up a sticker chart system to reward school attendance and morning routines.
Strategies for parents to validate their child's school anxiety while maintaining firm boundaries regarding attendance.
A collaborative design-based lesson for young learners to practice turn-taking, waiting, listening, and eye contact through a shared 'Master Builder' project.
A resource to help students self-monitor their behavior and effort during a single learning session.
A lesson focused on teaching kindergarteners the social-emotional skill of turn-taking through visual schedules and structured play routines.
A lesson designed to teach kindergarten students the core expectations for classroom behavior through positive reinforcement and clear visual modeling. Students engage with a personalized social story and interactive reminders to build self-regulation skills during transitions, work time, and instruction.
Reviewing all steps and setting a long-term goal for classroom independence.
Practicing 'Pause Power' in controlled classroom situations.
Understanding how charting success leads to 'Power Rewards' (bonus break time).
Preparing to transition back to academic work and re-entering the classroom flow.
Activities during the 'Pause' that lead to regaining self-control and readiness to learn.
The mechanics of requesting a break through verbal and non-verbal cues.
Understanding what a 'Pause Power' break is, its purpose (self-control, not just escape), and how it works.
Identifying the feelings of 'shutting down' or avoidance and framing them as signals that it's time for a 'Pause'.
A final review and celebration of becoming a 'Super Stopper' who can use their pause independently.
A comprehensive toolkit to help elementary students identify their emotional state using the Zones of Regulation framework and select appropriate coping strategies for each zone.
A lesson designed for K-4 students to distinguish between small problems they can handle independently and big problems that require immediate adult assistance. Students will learn to identify the 'size' of a problem to choose the appropriate reaction and coping strategy.
A 20-minute working memory session. Students learn to store 'Memory Flowers' in their 'Brain Garden' using mental snapshots.
A 20-minute active listening session. Students use their 'Petal Ears' to catch instructions and the 'Sparkle Echo' to make them stick in their memory.
A 20-minute session on sustained attention. Students learn to keep their 'Focus Wand' pointed at their work and ignore 'Distraction Butterflies' that try to fly in.
A 20-minute introduction to starting tasks promptly. Students learn to use their 'Magic Spark' to start jobs immediately and practice the 'Bloom Signal'.
A 20-minute working memory session. Students learn to create 'Mental Snapshots' and store them in 'Brain Folders' using a visual reference guide and drawing activity.
A 20-minute active listening session. Students learn the 'Echo Strategy' using a Magic Ears visual guide and practice multi-step instructions through the Echo Challenge game.
A 20-minute session on sustained attention. Students learn to recognize 'Brain Bubbles' and use the 'Pop It' strategy to stay on track. Includes a Focus Spotlight visual aid for small group discussion.
A 20-minute introduction to task initiation. Students learn to identify the 'Go-Signal' and practice starting tasks immediately using a 'Brain Boss' anchor chart. Adaptable for small group play or individual coaching.
A comprehensive lesson on identifying frustration triggers and developing early-intervention coping strategies. Students learn to categorize frustration levels and match them with appropriate tools to maintain emotional regulation.
A mindful transition lesson for K-2 students using nature-themed visualization and breathing techniques to manage high energy and regain focus. Students learn specific 'Blossom Breaths' to help them settle into learning tasks.
An expanded version of the Week 5 lesson focusing on patience, now including a physical 'Waiting Challenge' and deeper role-play scenarios to fill a 30-minute block.
Students practice three specific strategies for accepting "no" (Stay Calm, Say Okay, Move On) through role-play and reflective activities.
Students identify that hearing "no" is a common experience and explore the feelings that arise when they don't get what they want. They learn the 'Stop and Breathe' technique.
Troubleshooting challenges and finalizing individual regulation plans. Sessions 9 and 10 focus on maintenance, generalization, and graduation.
Applying the skills to real-world scenarios through intensive role-playing and performance feedback. Sessions 7 and 8 focus on classroom and transition environments.
Focused practice on the replacement behaviors: isometric muscle squeezes and appropriate fidget use. Sessions 5 and 6 provide structured modeling and initial role-playing.
Introduction of the specific SkillStreaming steps for self-regulation and selecting functionally equivalent replacement behaviors. Sessions 3 and 4 focus on the 'Stop Signal' and 'Pro Choice'.
A foundational lesson introducing the Zones of Regulation to young learners, providing them with a visual tool to identify their emotions and select appropriate coping strategies.
A high-support lesson for 12:1:1 classrooms reviewing the four Zones of Regulation and identifying internal body signals associated with each zone.
Students will identify and practice specific sensory, physical, and cognitive tools to manage their energy levels and return to the Green Zone.
Students learn to compare the magnitude of a problem with the intensity of their reaction, ensuring they match appropriately.
Explorers build their own regulation toolbox, identifying and testing strategies to help them stay in or return to the Green Zone.
Students become investigators of their own bodies, identifying physical sensations that signal a change in their emotional zone.
Students explore the four color zones, matching specific emotions to each land to build a foundational vocabulary for self-regulation.
Using Minecraft analogies to manage 'Creeper moments' (unexpected setbacks) and collaborative building conflicts in digital sandbox environments.
A comprehensive binder of emotional regulation and coping tools for a 2nd-grade student. Featuring a friendly cat theme, these visual-heavy resources support feelings identification, break-taking, problem-solving, and classroom engagement with minimal reading required.
Generalizing the pause button skill to everyday life situations and creating a personalized 'remote control' of regulation strategies.
Applying pause strategies to physical building activities like LEGOs and Magnatiles, focusing on handling 'collapsed' projects or sharing materials.
Using video game analogies to teach students how to 'pause' when they feel frustrated or need to transition away from screen time.
A lesson designed to help students in behavior support programs identify their current emotional state, recognize triggers, and select appropriate coping strategies for self-regulation.
A small-group counseling session designed to help students identify the 'size' of their problems and select appropriate coping tools from a 'Calm Down Menu' to regulate frustration and prevent tantrums.
A social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students that uses weather metaphors to teach interoception and self-regulation. Students learn to identify physical body sensations as 'internal weather' and use coping tools to manage their emotional climate.
A sensory-focused lesson helping preschoolers navigate changes in their daily routine through a hands-on sensory bin and a 'Flexible Flower' craft. Students learn vocabulary for transitions and practice emotional regulation when plans shift.
Students demonstrate the complete cycle from identifying a need to returning to work independently.
Students practice the routine for ending a break and transitioning back to work smoothly.
Students learn the expectations for the classroom Break Zone, differentiating between 'reset time' and 'play time'.
Students learn and practice the 'Stop, Grab, Show' method for non-verbally requesting a break using visual cards.
Students identify physical sensations associated with dysregulation using a body scan and create a Body Thermometer visual.
Students set up a classroom mirror station where they can check their own faces and bodies. They role-play noticing a warning sign (like pacing) and choosing to go to the 'calm corner' before a meltdown occurs.
Children contrast 'tiptoe' and 'walking feet' with 'stomping feet.' They identify that heavy, loud footsteps often happen when feelings are growing from small to medium.
Students explore how 'grabby hands' or invading personal space can be a warning sign of losing control. They practice recognizing when their hands feel like they want to push or grab and using a 'stop' gesture instead.
Focusing on the 'flight' response, this lesson uses the 'Turtle' metaphor to demonstrate how hiding or withdrawal can be a warning sign that someone feels unsafe or overwhelmed.
Students distinguish between calm, safe walking and restless, agitated pacing using the metaphor of a pacing tiger to identify when they or a peer might need help.
In this culminating lesson, students rotate through stations where they must complete tasks independently and check them off on a visual schedule. The focus is on self-assessing completion and building stamina.
The lesson structures activities using 'First-Then' boards to teach the sequence of completing a requirement before accessing a reward. Students complete a short task to 'unlock' a preferred activity, reinforcing internal motivation.
Students learn specific communication scripts and physical regulation techniques to use when a task gets hard. Through role-playing with puppets, the class practices asking for help or taking a break instead of quitting.
This lesson introduces visual timers as tools to help students visualize the passage of time during work periods. Students engage in a high-interest task that must continue until the timer ends, teaching them to pace their effort.
Students participate in a sorting activity to distinguish between 'finished' and 'unfinished' work using concrete visual examples. This lesson establishes the baseline expectation for quality and completion through the 'Is It Done?' game.
The class practices 're-reading' the schedule after a change and chorally verifies the new sequence to ensure everyone understands the new expectation.
Students take turns physically removing planned activity cards and replacing them with change cards or new activities to reinforce the mechanic of flexibility.
Students observe the teacher modeling a calm reaction to a schedule change and see the physical act of updating the schedule board.
The teacher introduces a specific visual cue for change, and students practice spotting this symbol to learn that it means something different is happening.
Students explore the concept of a daily timeline using picture cards and practice sequencing three simple activities to understand linear progression.
A comprehensive lesson on social-emotional learning focused on respecting adults and being kind to peers, set in a vibrant underwater world. Students explore 'The Anchor of Respect' and 'Waves of Kindness' through interactive discussion and creative activities.
Introduction to the sensory seeking behaviors and building awareness of the internal 'urge' to crash or push. Sessions 1 and 2 focus on defining the group purpose and identifying body signals.
A 30-minute counseling lesson for kindergarteners focused on whole-body listening and mastering two-step directions through movement and art.
A supportive toolset designed to help students with anxiety overcome the hurdle of starting tasks through gentle, visual grounding and micro-steps.
Expressing the concept of personal space through a creative art project.
Linking feelings to physical actions and practicing calm breathing.
A review and celebration of learning where students receive visual reminders for their desks and earn their Body Boss diplomas.
Teaches students how to keep their feet in their own space and move safely through the school environment.
Focuses specifically on how hands can be used safely and kindly, featuring a sorting activity to distinguish between safe and unsafe choices.
Introduces the concept of being a 'Body Boss' and the importance of having a safe and kind body using the Whole-Body Listening framework.
A social-emotional learning lesson for K-2 students focused on strategies for following directions even when they feel resistant, using 'Wait and Why', positive self-talk, and consequence thinking.
A social-emotional learning lesson where students become 'Social Detectives' to identify expected and unexpected behaviors across various school settings including the classroom, lunchroom, and assemblies.
Session 10 applies the full skill to a social/emotional trigger and celebrates mastery.
Session 9 applies the full skill to an academic trigger (difficult work).
Session 8 integrates all 6 steps into a single continuous behavioral flow with guided practice.
Session 7 focuses on the final step: the "clean comeback" and returning to tasks independently.
Session 6 focuses on step 5: selecting and using a calming tool from the toolkit.
Session 5 focuses on steps 3 and 4: determining problem size and naming the emotion.
