The Power of Small Steps Slides

Counselor Planning Toolkit containing a K-12 annual pacing calendar, school-wide Career Day implementation action plan, and a printable Career Day Student Passport.

A comprehensive K-12 career exploration curriculum map linking school subjects to college, trade school, and workforce pathways. Spans elementary, middle, and high school grade bands with specific learning targets, activities, and developmental milestones.

An engaging 1-page student worksheet designed for self-reflection, reframing unkind words into kind words, and committing to the Heart Care Pledge.

A visually striking anchor chart poster displaying the diagnostic contrast between 'Bruising Words' and 'Healing Words', complete with guidelines for treating others with care.

A structured 2-page lesson plan for teachers detailing the 'Bruised Heart' activity, discussion questions, and step-by-step guidance on teaching the lasting impact of unkind words.

An interactive whole-class slide deck to teach definitions, walk through scenarios, and practice self-advocacy scripts as a group.

A printable set of 8 comprehensive task cards containing real-world school scenarios with two-choice paths, physical visual supports, and custom sentence starters for practicing self-advocacy.

A bright visual classroom poster/anchor chart comparing friendly teasing, hurtful teasing, and bullying, with actionable steps and verbal scripts.

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide containing lesson plans, pacing recommendations, common student misconceptions, discussion prompts, and an answer key for the task card scenarios.

A comprehensive, structured 1-page facilitation and closure guide for school counselors. Features a step-by-step session pacing plan, clinical prompts for discussing transitions/goodbyes, and strategies to support IEP students with change.

A printable 1-page takeaway resource. The top half is a rustic "Summit Certificate of Excellence" celebrating the student's growth and resilience. The bottom half is a cut-out "Pocket Coping Compass" that students can carry home to guide their summer wellness.

An interactive mountain-themed student workbook (2 pages). Page 1 guides students through a reflective climb of their progress, supports, and proudest moments this year. Page 2 helps students identify summer transition feelings, pack a custom list of summer coping tools, and set visual goals for next year.

A set of 6 printable roleplay scenario cards for hands-on conflict resolution practice. Each card features a realistic friendship dispute, designated roles, and a specific skill challenge for students to solve using active listening and mediation.

A print-ready 2-page Student Activity Packet for the Bridge Builders workshop. Features an active listening analysis, guided I-statement scaffolding, a peer mediation path map, and a formal signable Bridge Builder Pledge.

A comprehensive 3-page Counselor Facilitator Guide for the Bridge Builders conflict resolution workshop. Contains a detailed workshop schedule, scripted session instructions, active listening prompts, and a structured peer mediation framework.

A comprehensive 3-page teacher facilitation guide for the 4-week Orbit Odyssey morning meetings. It features a detailed 15-minute pacing breakdown, explicit verbal scripts for choral responses (ship logs and daily affirmations), active sensory cues for daily cosmic energy checks, and structured guidelines for a timed crew turn-and-talk sharing session. Featuring Commander Sosnoff.

A 26-slide presentation for a 4-week, 20-day space explorer themed morning meeting series. Designed specifically for middle school scholars with disabilities, it is led by Commander Sosnoff. Features daily ship logs, cosmic energy/sensory checks, stellar affirmations, and timed turn-and-talk sharing prompts, with no text smaller than 24px.

A compact, 1-page professional facilitator guide for teachers or counselors running the Middle School Playbook lesson. Includes pacing, slide-by-slide guiding prompts, answers/discussion keys for the 4 scenarios, and checklist debrief directions.

A premium 10-slide presentation styled like a tactical sports/gaming playbook. Teaches middle school transition coping skills, size of problems, and specific tactics for chaotic hallways, rule-breaking peers, and group work, featuring 4 interactive scenarios with minimum 24px font sizes.

A clean, straightforward single-page printable coping skills checklist designed for middle schoolers. Features categorized, highly compliant, actionable coping strategies for handling sensory hallway chaos, group work struggles, and rule-breaking peers without non-permitted items like hoods or headphones.

A highly interactive, student-facing workbook designed for a 7th grader (ages 12-13). It includes tactical activities such as mapping physiological stress signals on an anatomical vector body outline, logging daily autonomic states, scaling triggers on a 1-5 escalation meter, and crafting printable coping matrix cards.

A comprehensive step-by-step facilitation guide for school counselors or clinical therapists. It provides clinical scripts, session structures, progress tracking, and professional strategies for individual Tier 3 anxiety intervention for middle schoolers (ages 12-14).

A single-page guided reflection worksheet for students who acted as bystanders, helping them analyze their psychological barriers and build low-risk intervention plans.

A double-sided printable restorative workbook for students who have engaged in bullying, teasing, or social exclusion behavior, helping them deconstruct their actions objectively.

A printable sheet of 6 beautifully designed, high-contrast cutting scenario cards for student advisory discussions or writing prompts, analyzing peer pressure and social exclusion.

A double-sided printable student reflection journal with conformity self-assessments, deep personal reflection prompts, and analytical scenario deconstructions.

A modern, high-impact 16:9 slide deck for Advisory classrooms introducing the psychology of herd mentality, the Asch conformity phenomenon, and the power of the outlier mindset to resist group pressure.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Temperature Reset. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Check the Facts. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student fact-checking ledger worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Opposite Action. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious somatic relaxation worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Radical Acceptance. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student acceptance worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Valued Actions. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student values worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Behavior Chain. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Paced Rhythm. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Boundary Shield. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student boundary worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Confident Delivery. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student role-play checklist and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Assertive Script. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student communication worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Urge Surfer tailored for 9-12 grade. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a student somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A comprehensive 2-page counselor session bundle for Behavior Chain. Page 1 contains a step-by-step facilitation guide with talking points and scripts. Page 2 contains a student somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A comprehensive 2-page counselor session bundle for Paced Rhythm. Page 1 contains a step-by-step facilitation guide with talking points and scripts. Page 2 contains a student somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A comprehensive 2-page counselor session bundle for Temperature Reset. Page 1 contains a step-by-step facilitation guide with talking points and scripts. Page 2 contains a student somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Tension Release. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious somatic relaxation worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Calm Anchor. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious somatic grounding worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A simplified, less dense 2-page counselor session bundle for Thought Detective with minimal reading. Page 1 contains a streamlined facilitation outline with bullet points. Page 2 contains a spacious reframing worksheet and a cut-out portable coping card.

A 1-page teacher facilitation guide for Day 3 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Details the three pillars of active listening under tension, guides students through active oral rehearsal, and supports the final post-test assessment.

A 1-page student worksheet for Day 2 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Students analyze a peer disagreement scenario by mapping the feelings and motives of both sides, practicing empathy without choosing a side or agreeing.

A 1-page teacher facilitation guide for Day 2 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Focuses on perspective-taking during disagreements, outlining a 20-minute small-group lesson that teaches students how to empathize without agreeing.

A 1-page student worksheet for Day 1 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Includes a matching section on definitions and three real-world scenarios where students practice re-writing sympathetic responses into empathetic ones.

A 1-page teacher facilitation guide for Day 1 of the Empathy Connection curriculum. Features a structured 20-minute timeline with exact timestamps, CASEL Social Awareness alignments, step-by-step small group instructions, and high-level strategy notes.

A 1-page post-test student assessment for the Empathy Connection curriculum. Identical to the pre-test to provide clean, reliable baseline growth data on student empathy comprehension, vocabulary, and perspective-taking skills.