Identifies mental health crises and suicide warning signs while developing personal safety plans and grounding techniques. Equips users with peer gatekeeper skills and direct pathways to professional crisis resources and hotlines.
A compact grounding reference sheet featuring the 5-4-3-2-1 technique, square breathing visual, a mantra writing area, and a "Just 5 Minutes" challenge. Designed to fit easily on a single page for quick student reference.
A teacher and parent-facing guide providing evidence-based strategies to support students struggling with school re-entry and school avoidance behaviors.
A supportive two-page document for students transitioning back to school, featuring a positive message, coping strategies for anxiety, and a personal planning worksheet.
A set of printable, bilingual icebreaker cards featuring low-pressure discussion prompts to help students practice social interaction in small group settings.
A comprehensive confidence-building checklist that provides bilingual strategies for managing social anxiety and preparing for social interactions.
A visual goal-setting worksheet using a 'Confidence Ladder' metaphor to help students identify their strengths and set manageable social goals in both English and Spanish.
A bilingual (English/Spanish) guide featuring practical scripts for self-advocacy in classroom and social settings, designed for shy students to practice speaking up.
A worksheet focused on Medium problems (Level 3) that require collaboration or adult assistance, helping students identify when to ask for help, updated with a 2nd-grade appropriate 'missing special item' scenario.
A worksheet where students learn to match the size of their emotional reaction to the size of the problem, distinguishing between matched reactions and over-reactions, optimized for a single page.
A worksheet focusing on Level 4 and 5 problems, helping students distinguish between emergencies and non-emergencies and identifying who can help, optimized for a single page.
An introductory worksheet that defines what a problem is and helps students distinguish between problems and expected daily activities, condensed with fixed dimensions to ensure it fits on a single page.
A worksheet where students match specific problem-solving tools and strategies to different social and emotional scenarios, optimized for a single page.
A final review and assessment worksheet where students solve complex scenarios to earn their 'Expert Investigator' certification, covering all 5 levels and strategies.
A visual guide defining specific 'lab tools' or strategies students can use to solve problems of different sizes effectively.
A high-contrast visual aid and poster identifying Level 4 and 5 emergencies, emphasizing immediate action and safety.
A worksheet focusing on Level 1 and 2 problems, helping students identify quick strategies to solve 'glitches' independently, optimized for a single page.
A condensed worksheet for students to practice categorizing everyday scenarios into the 5 problem levels, designed to fit on a single printed page.
An anchor chart visual defining the 5 levels of problem sizes with colors, descriptions, and examples, condensed to fit on a single printed page.
A worksheet where students identify and reflect on a specific problem they encountered, focusing on their feelings and the nature of the challenge, condensed to fit on a single page using a flex layout.
A comprehensive facilitation guide for teachers to deliver the 'Emotional Navigation' lesson, including learning objectives, a step-by-step flow, and differentiation tips.
Teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 5. Focuses on the synthesis of concepts into a final project and the sharing of personal safety plans.
Capston project worksheet where students synthesize all sequence concepts into a personal 'Safety Shield'. Includes sections for trusted adults, strongest 'I' statements, and body alarms.
Visual slide deck for Lesson 5 synthesizing all previous concepts into a 'Safety Shield' framework. Includes a review of core skills and introduction to the trusted adult team concept.
Teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 4. Focuses on health advocacy and guiding students through describing physical symptoms using the '3 Ws'.
Student worksheet focusing on symptom vocabulary and practicing the '3 Ws' (What, Where, When) to describe physical illness or injury to an adult.
Introductory slide deck for Lesson 4 focusing on health advocacy, teaching students how to describe physical symptoms using the '3 Ws' (What, Where, When) to ensure they receive proper care.
Teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 3 focusing on refusal skills, differentiating between polite and safety refusals, and practicing the 'firm voice' through 'I' statements.
Student worksheet for practicing the formulation of 'I' statements and differentiating between polite and safety-based refusals. Includes scenarios and a phrase bank.
Introductory slide deck for Lesson 3 focusing on refusal skills, differentiating between polite and safety refusals, and practicing the 'firm voice' through 'I' statements.
Teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 2. Focuses on somatic awareness and guiding students through identifying physical 'alarms' as internal indicators of discomfort.
Student worksheet featuring a body outline for mapping physical sensations associated with 'Feeling Alarms'. Includes a color key and vocabulary matching section for identifying emotions.
Introductory slide deck for Lesson 2 explaining 'Feeling Alarms'—physical body signals that indicate discomfort or a crossed boundary. Focuses on identifying racing hearts, butterflies, and sweaty palms.
A set of printable cards featuring different community roles for students to sort into 'Trusted Helpers' and 'Strangers' as part of an introductory activity.
Facilitation guide for teachers conducting Lesson 1. Includes pacing, key talking points for slides, instructions for the 'Bubble Walk' hook, and differentiation strategies.
Introductory slides for Lesson 1, defining what a trusted adult is and identifying them across home, school, and community.
Student worksheet for mapping personal space boundaries. Includes a drawing area for their 'bubble' and a section for categorizing different groups of people by proximity.
Visual slide deck for Lesson 1 introducing the concept of personal space through the 'Bubble' metaphor. Includes physical space expectations for different groups and the core message of body autonomy.
A visual mapping worksheet where students identify trusted adults in their home, school, and community environments.
A decorative completion certificate for students who have participated in the Kind Circles sequence and demonstrated supportive behaviors.
A reflection journal for students to record their feelings and experiences after participating in the community circle.
A teacher guide for the final lesson of the Safety Squad unit. It provides a summary of the unit's learning, instructions for the personal action plan activity, and tips for implementing the plans in the classroom.
A teacher guide for Lesson 4 of the Safety Squad unit. It provides co-regulation principles, role-play facilitation steps, and important safety boundaries for students helping peers.
A celebratory completion certificate for the Safety Squad Training unit. This material marks the student's mastery of emotional grounding and co-regulation skills.
A comic-strip style action plan worksheet for Lesson 5. Students draw and write their personal grounding plan, identifying their specific warning signs, chosen strategy, and the desired calm outcome.
Simple "What to Say" script cards for Lesson 4. Students use these during co-regulation simulations to practice supportive language and calm modeling for peers in distress.
A visual presentation for Lesson 4 of the Safety Squad unit. It introduces the "Anchor Friend" metaphor for co-regulation and teaches students how to help a peer through calm modeling and supportive language.
A teacher guide for Lesson 3 of the Safety Squad unit. It provides instructional strategies, tool definitions, and modeling tips for teaching students how to match grounding strategies to emotional intensity.
A scenario-based worksheet for Lesson 3. Students match emotional situations of varying intensity to the appropriate "Cooling Tool" or "Power Tool."
A visual presentation for the third lesson of the Safety Squad unit. It introduces "Cooling Tools" for low intensity and "Power Tools" for high intensity grounding, helping students match the strategy to the emotional heat level.
A teacher guide for Lesson 2 of the Safety Squad unit. It provides facilitation steps, zone definitions, and discussion prompts for teaching the "Feeling Volcano" emotional scale.
A cut-and-paste sorting worksheet for Lesson 2. Students sort different feelings and behaviors into the Green (Sleeping), Yellow (Smoking), and Red (Erupting) zones of the Feeling Volcano.
A visual presentation for the second lesson of the Safety Squad unit. It introduces the "Feeling Volcano" scale (Green, Yellow, Red) and explains why the Yellow Zone is critical for intervention.
A teacher guide for the first lesson of the Safety Squad unit. It provides instructional scripts, key concepts, and common misconceptions for teaching students about physical warning signs of emotional escalation.
A student worksheet for identifying personal physical warning signs of emotional escalation. Includes a body map for visual identification and a checklist of common physiological responses.
A visual presentation for the first lesson of the Safety Squad unit. It introduces the concept of body clues through a story about Leo the Lion and guides students in identifying physical warning signs of emotional escalation.
