Peer relationship navigation, conversational turn-taking, and stress management strategies within supportive group settings. Develops communal belonging through shared mental health education and collaborative skill practice.
An assessment rubric for the final Community Charter project, evaluating theory application, safety planning, and sustainability.
Final project rubric for evaluating the Community Care Initiative, focusing on rationale, boundaries, referral pathways, and sustainability.
Student design workbook for planning the Community Care initiative, covering problem definition, logistics, safety boundaries, and sustainability.
A design framework for a community care plan, producing a 'Community Charter' for peer support in a specific campus context.
Final project brief for the Community Care initiative, detailing requirements, core components, and the "Department Pitch" assessment.
Visual slide deck for Lesson 5, introducing the concepts of mutual aid, sustainable networks, and the "Community Charter" project.
Observation and feedback tool for students to use while observing peer-led group facilitation simulations, focusing on psychological safety and dynamic management.
A brainstorming worksheet for identifying collective coping strategies for common undergraduate stressors.
Practical script for students to lead a brief check-in circle, featuring opening ground rules, modeling prompts, and intervention strategies.
A sorting activity where students categorize shared stressors from an anonymous "drop box" into personal or systemic categories to facilitate normalization.
Facilitation Fundamentals Slides focusing on group dynamics, psychological safety, and managing difficult participants.
Visual slide deck for Lesson 4, introducing group facilitation skills, the power of normalization, and the distinction between individual and systemic stressors.
Reference guide and template for students to identify professional resources and practice the "warm handoff" referral protocol.
A resource guide template for students to collect and categorize campus professional resources.
Case studies focusing on temporal and emotional boundary failures in peer support, including scripting exercises for boundary resetting.
Sustainable Support Slides focusing on compassion fatigue, different types of boundaries, and the professional referral process.
Case study scenarios for Lesson 3 focusing on identifying red flags, setting internal limits, and drafting referral scripts.
Reference sheet for students featuring micro-skills definitions, validation hierarchy levels, and helpful open-ended question prompts.
Visual slide deck for Lesson 3, covering the scope of peer support, referral red flags, and the prevention of compassion fatigue.
Student activity sheet featuring "Bad Listener" exercises and specific role-play scenarios for practicing the validation hierarchy.
A teacher facilitation guide for the final session of the Middle School Map program, providing instructions for the "Letter to My Future Self" activity and final debrief.
A reflective student worksheet for the final session, designed as a letter from the student's current self to their future self on the first day of middle school.
The final presentation for the Middle School Map program, recapping all six sessions and facilitating a final discussion and reflection for the students.
A teacher facilitation guide for the fifth session of the Middle School Map program, focusing on time management hacks and task prioritization for 5th graders.
A student worksheet for session 5, featuring a task prioritization activity and a weekly schedule blocker to help students visualize their available time and practice "hacking" their productivity.
A presentation for the fifth session of the Middle School Map program, providing students with practical time management strategies like "Phone Jail" and the "25/5 Rule."
A teacher facilitation guide for the fourth session of the Middle School Map program, focusing on refusal skills and identifying types of peer pressure.
A student activity sheet for session 4, providing space for students to script their own refusal responses and identify personal values to help resist peer pressure.
A presentation for the fourth session of the Middle School Map program, identifying types of peer pressure and providing students with a "toolkit" of refusal strategies.
A teacher facilitation guide for the third session of the Middle School Map program, providing a pacing guide and tips for navigating social dynamics and friendship changes.
A two-part student activity sheet for session 3, featuring a friendship circles visualization and a section for students to develop and practice conversation starters.
A presentation for the third session of the Middle School Map program, exploring the social changes students will experience and teaching them how to navigate evolving friendships and make new connections.
A teacher facilitation guide for the second session of the Middle School Map program, focusing on organizational systems and locker logistics with a 25-minute pacing plan.
A student worksheet for the second session of the Middle School Map program, featuring a locker blueprint activity and a scheduling strategy section to help students plan their transitions.
A presentation for the second session of the Middle School Map program, teaching students about the logistical changes in middle school and strategies for staying organized.
A teacher facilitation guide for the first session of the Middle School Map program, providing a 25-minute pacing guide, lesson objectives, and facilitation tips.
A student worksheet for the first session of the Middle School Map program, providing space for students to reflect on their worries and excitements regarding the transition.
A visual presentation for the first session of the Middle School Map program, introducing the concept of the transition and facilitating a discussion on students' feelings and expectations.
A reference sheet for students featuring sentence starters and 'Language Bridges' to help them navigate classroom discussions, including specific support for using their home language.
A student-facing weekly handout for recording the current 'Power Play' strategy, reflecting on small participation wins, and setting personalized goals for classroom engagement.
A 12-week teacher guide outlining the 'Participation Powerhouse' framework, including a weekly rotation of communication strategies (Power Plays) and community-building games.
A student worksheet for the Categories (A-Z) game, including a grid for entries and space to record home language 'Bridge Words'.
An updated student worksheet for the Week 2 Collaborative Drawing game, now including four different dashed starter shapes (Round, Spiky, Bean, and Boxy) for students to build their creatures from.
A set of slides for Week 6 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, focusing on the 'Phone a Friend' strategy and the 'Human Knot' game, including content-area examples.
A set of slides for Week 5 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, focusing on the 'I Wonder' Ask strategy and the 'Mystery Bag' game, including content-area examples.
A set of slides for Week 4 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, focusing on the 'Wait-Time Warrior' strategy and the 'Silent Ball' game.
A set of slides for Week 3 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, focusing on the 'Home Language Bridge' strategy and the 'Categories (A-Z)' game.
A set of slides for Week 2 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, now including a visual example of the Collaborative Drawing game.
A vibrant set of slides for Week 1 of the Participation Powerhouse framework, now including a clear example slide for the 'Two Truths & A Lie' game.
A comprehensive 5x5 Bingo board with 24 open-ended conversation questions and space for students to write names and keywords, optimized for a single printable page.
A seated trivia game for the final Session 8 that reviews all friendship skills learned throughout the 8-week program in a 'Master Chef' competition format.
A seated Bingo game for Session 7 where students mark off different positive 'Heart Habit' friendship behaviors described by the teacher.
A matching game for Session 6 where students pair 'broken' friendship scenarios with the appropriate 'fix-it' repair action.
A simple tabletop board game for Session 5 where students move their game piece by suggesting fair compromise 'recipes' for common friendship conflicts.
A seated perspective-taking game for Session 4, where students use 'feeling paddles' to express their individual views on different activities described by the facilitator.
A memory matching game for Session 3 where students match visual social cues (facial expressions and body language) with the corresponding emotion.
A printable paper spinner game for Session 2 that prompts students to use different types of conversation starters with their peers.
A physical sorting game for Session 1, where students cut out 'flavor' behavior cards and place them into the correct 'Sweet' or 'Sour' jar.
A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide for the 'Comparison Clash' lesson. Includes pacing guide, differentiation tips, and a student worksheet answer key.
A student worksheet for mastering 'Compare' and 'Contrast.' Includes a vocabulary sorting task, a Venn diagram for e-books vs. physical books, and an academic writing challenge.
An engaging slide deck for 6th-8th graders on 'Compare' and 'Contrast.' It features visual aids, academic transition words, and examples of how to elevate basic comparisons to academic ones.
A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide for the 'Explain Expert' lesson. Includes lesson objectives, pacing guide, differentiation strategies, and a worksheet answer key.
A rigorous worksheet for middle school students to practice the academic verb 'Explain.' Features comparison tasks, transition word practice, and discipline-specific explanation scenarios.
A dynamic slide deck for 6th-8th grade students on the academic verb 'Explain.' It distinguishes 'explaining' from 'describing,' introduces transition words, and provides practical examples.
A clinical reference "cheat sheet" for graduate counseling students, featuring translation guides for surface-to-depth language, question stems, and a session checklist.
A slide presentation for graduate counseling students, now updated for group dynamics. It includes the required definitions of depth, why it matters, and specific facilitator techniques like linking and modeling vulnerability.
Student-facing role-play scenarios and a clinical observation tracker designed for school counseling graduate students to practice identifying underlying themes.
A clinical facilitation guide for instructors, redesigned for group counseling. It includes the Iceberg model, specific definitions of depth, and techniques for facilitating group process and cohesion.
This facilitator guide provides instructional notes, pacing suggestions, and discussion prompts for teaching the Healing Together lesson effectively.
This support guide helps family members process Janet Seahorn's video and create a personal action plan for supporting their loved ones and themselves.
This slide deck provides a visual guide for supporting family members through PTSD, featuring Janet Seahorn's video and key strategies for compassionate care and self-preservation.
Closing slides for the 8-week Inner Compass curriculum, focusing on reflection, celebration of growth, and writing a 'Letter to Future Self' to sustain self-compassion practices.
Week 7 slides on 'Bouncing Back', defining resilience through a self-compassion lens and summarizing the 'Compass Kit' tools (Breath, Touch, Bridge, Circle) developed throughout the curriculum.
Week 6 slides on 'Words of Power', explaining the neuroscience of affirmations and teaching students how to create believable 'Bridge Affirmations' to counteract harsh self-criticism.
Week 5 slides on 'Self-Kindness', using the 'Best Friend Test' to highlight discrepancies in self-talk and introducing physical compassionate touch as a grounding and soothing technique.
Week 4 slides on 'Common Humanity', helping students understand that struggle is a shared experience and reducing the isolation of internalizing problems through a 'Me Too' circle activity.
Week 3 slides teaching mindfulness and grounding techniques, specifically defining mindfulness as non-judgmental awareness and introducing the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise.
Slides for Week 2 of the Inner Compass Circle, focusing on identifying the 'Inner Critic', categorizing its voices (Loudmouth, Protector, Judge), and introducing the concept of externalizing thoughts.
