A comprehensive 30-minute lesson plan and suite of resources for 9th-grade students to master the essentials of professional digital communication, covering tone, audience, and structure.
A comprehensive high school unit designed for TEKS §130.276 (Counseling and Mental Health). It covers therapeutic communication techniques, professional ethics and legal codes, mental health disorders, and careers in the mental health field.
Students investigate mental health disorders (etiology, signs, treatments) and complete a research project detailing counseling and mental health career pathways.
A comprehensive summative project guide and evaluation rubric. Students research clinical mental health careers (LPC, LMFT, Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatrist) and create a career pathways map based on licensing, salary, and scope of practice.
A comprehensive, 4-session DBT-informed social-emotional learning group curriculum. This sequence covers the four core pillars of DBT: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, using a supportive explorer-themed visual style with hands-on worksheets, guiding slide decks, and printable discussion cards.
An exploration of critical legal and ethical principles in mental health practice, including confidentiality, informed consent, and ethical decision-making models.
A detailed clinical disorder profiling activity. Students use a diagnostic perspective to investigate the biopsychosocial etiology, objective signs, and therapeutic treatments of Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
A 3-lesson career exploration unit using an RPG-style quest theme ('Spark Quest') to help students discover their personal strengths, work values, and career clusters. Students build their own 'Character Profile' as they progress from understanding their strengths to exploring matching career pathways.
Students master core client-centered communication techniques, exploring active listening, verbal and non-verbal empathy, and common communication barriers in clinical practice.
An advanced, two-page ethical analysis packet designed for future mental health practitioners. Students analyze real-world clinical dilemmas involving confidentiality, Tarasoff duty to protect, and professional boundaries.
An 8-week student group curriculum utilizing CBT cognitive reframing and DBT interpersonal effectiveness skills to help middle and high school students manage school drama, navigate social conflicts, and build healthy relationships.
A lesson that explores cognitive distortions using Inside Out 2 as a case study. Students learn to identify common CBT concepts like catastrophizing and mind-reading through Riley's actions, mapping her anxiety-driven thoughts to physiological responses and behaviors.
A professional clinical worksheet designed for hands-on therapeutic practice. Students analyze SOLER body language and transform unhelpful statements into active listening reflections using the OARS framework.
