Emotion recognition ranging from basic feelings to complex nuances and mixed states. Strengthens accurate self-assessment through identity exploration, strength identification, and values-based decision making.
A formal participation and confidentiality consent form for the Heart of Service training. It outlines voluntary participation, the "safe room" rule for peer privacy, data handling policies, and an agreement to the group support protocols.
A clean, printable attendance form for the Heart of Service training. It features space for session details and a table for up to 18 staff members to sign in, matching the botanical emerald theme.
A personal debriefing form for the presenter to use after facilitating the Heart of Service training. It focuses on self-evaluation of regulation techniques, identifying powerful group moments, and providing a space for the facilitator to "shed" the emotional weight of the session.
A formal report template for the presenter to provide to organization leadership. It summarizes key training themes, identifies systemic barriers to staff wellbeing, and lists aggregated recommendations for organizational shifts to support long-term mission sustainability.
A facilitator guide for interactive group activities across the three-day training. It includes the "Resilient Forest" visualization for Day 1, an expanded set of 8 roleplaying scenario cards for Day 2, and the "Legacy Jar" closure ritual for Day 3.
A single-page sustainability contract for Day 3. It helps staff reflect on their purpose ("The Why"), establish closure rituals, and finalize personal and team care plans to ensure long-term health in trauma-focused work.
A 11-slide presentation for Day 3 of the training, focusing on healing, finding meaning, and creating long-term sustainability plans. The design uses golden and sunrise tones to represent closure and a new beginning.
A single-page resilience toolkit for Day 2 of the training. It includes spaces for grounding exercises, building a personalized coping toolkit (Emergency, Transition, Sustainable), and a structured buddy protocol for peer support.
Updated Day 2 presentation with simpler, conversational language. Complex terms like "Somatic Release" and "Buddy Protocol" have been changed to "Shake it Off" and "The Buddy System" to make the skills and strategies more relatable and easier to implement.
A specialized guide for the presenter to help them manage their own nervous system while delivering the training. It includes slide-by-slide scripts, deep psychological explanations, and specific physical techniques to avoid tension and fidgeting.
A comprehensive facilitator guide for the Heart of Service training session. It includes pacing instructions, key facilitation principles for psychological safety, talking points for activities, and troubleshooting tips for managing heavy emotional content.
A simplified, single-page version of the Reflection Map Worksheet. It consolidates the energy audit, body mapping, and resilience planning into a clean, actionable layout.
A 13-slide training presentation for organizational staff focused on psychological safety, trauma-informed care for employees, and burnout prevention. The design uses a calming botanical theme with deep greens and stone tones.
A visually striking slide deck titled 'Iron Character' designed for a large-group SEL lesson, featuring interactive prompts, discussion frameworks, and structured activity instructions.
A reflective student handout titled 'Character Compass' that guides students through identifying their core values, reflecting on ethical challenges, and planning personal growth.
A comprehensive facilitator guide for a large-group SEL lesson on character, featuring session objectives, a minute-by-minute breakdown, and management tips for large groups.
A reflection worksheet for 4th graders to practice decision-making in honesty scenarios, explore the feelings associated with lying, and sign an 'Integrity Promise.'
A visual presentation for 4th graders on honesty and trust, featuring the 'Tangled Web' and 'Trust Bridge' metaphors, plus practical tips for telling the hard truth.
A comprehensive teacher guide for teaching 4th graders about honesty, featuring 'The Tangled Web' yarn activity, scenario analysis, and discussion prompts.
A simple coloring and checkbox activity for Kindergarteners to identify the body parts used for "Whole Body Listening."
A facilitation guide for the counselor, providing specific strategies for rapport building, framing impulse control as 'power,' and navigating the student's unique home dynamics as an oldest sibling.
A visual aid and checklist that reframes being the oldest sibling as a leadership role, encouraging positive behaviors (Hero Habits) and fostering discussion about home dynamics.
An activity sheet that visualizes the 'Ripple Effect' of social behavior, helping students understand how their actions (both positive and negative) affect family members and peers.
An activity sheet for practicing 'Pulse Pilot' techniques, identifying physical triggers (The Spark), and mapping out alternative reactions to common stressors.
Visual aids to introduce the 'Pulse Pilot' concept, focusing on identifying the physical 'spark' of impulsivity and using a mental remote control.
An interactive worksheet for 4th graders to build their "Calm Down Kit," identifying physical body signals and selecting personalized coping strategies. Revised with better contrast and student-friendly work areas.
A slide deck for teaching coping skills, featuring the "Inner Weather" metaphor, identifying body signals, and step-by-step guides for breathing and grounding techniques. Revised for better legibility and contrast.
A comprehensive teacher guide for teaching 4th graders coping skills, including discussion prompts, breathing exercises, and sensory grounding techniques.
An activity worksheet for students to brainstorm acts of kindness and plan a 'Secret Kindness Mission' within the school community.
A visual presentation for the Kindness Connection lesson, featuring definitions of kindness, school community roles, and interactive scenarios for class discussion.
A comprehensive teacher guide for leading a lesson on school-wide kindness, including discussion prompts, roleplay scenarios, and instructions for the Kindness Quest activity.
Teacher facilitation guide for Week 9, including a 60-minute pacing plan, discussion prompts about the transfer of learning, and tips for scaffolding the final choice board project.
The capstone presentation slides for Week 9, where students synthesize their learning into a final project and apply survival lessons to their own lives.
Teacher facilitation guide for Week 8, including a 60-minute pacing plan, discussion prompts about markers of growth, and tips for facilitating the personal reflection circle.
Presentation slides for Week 8, a reflective session where students track Brian's (and their own) growth over the course of the novel.
Teacher facilitation guide for Week 7, including a 60-minute pacing plan, discussion prompts about the resilience loop, and tips for facilitating survival station brainstorms.
Presentation slides for Week 7, developing adaptability and resilience by practicing survival problem-solving and reflecting on personal setbacks.
Teacher facilitation guide for Week 6, including a 60-minute pacing plan, discussion prompts about the levels of courage, and tips for scaffolding the Fear vs. Courage T-chart.
Presentation slides for Week 6, examining the nature of courage, distinguishing it from the absence of fear through Brian's risky survival tasks.
Teacher facilitation guide for Week 5, including a 60-minute pacing plan, discussion prompts about the difference between being alone and lonely, and tips for facilitating the 5-minute silence activity.
A comprehensive facilitator's guide for teachers or counselors, providing a roadmap for individual and dyad sessions, key talking points, observation checklists, and troubleshooting tips for addressing trauma bonding.
A two-page individual 'self-repair' guide for students featuring grounding exercises, strength identification, the 'Yet' reframing technique, and daily journaling prompts to build personal resilience.
A one-page 'pocket guide' for students featuring conversation scripts, a friendship agreement, and a menu of emotional regulation tools to maintain healthy boundaries.
A two-page student activity featuring 'The Backpack Exercise' for identifying emotional ownership and three 'Upgrade the Moment' scenarios for practicing healthy boundaries and responses.
A two-page student-facing fact sheet and reflection guide that explains the concept of 'emotional mirroring' (trauma bonding) and introduces the 'both can be true' mindset for healthy friendship boundaries.
A one-page reference checklist for students featuring 'circuit breaker' coping skills to use when feeling emotionally overwhelmed or 'sucked into' a friend's mood.
A comprehensive one-page master checklist of all coping skills, organized by tactical 'Sectors' (Hardware, Software, Base Camp, Toolkits, Advanced Ops) with rating and field note sections.
An answer key for the Humor Filter worksheet, providing correct categorizations for scenarios and an expanded list of suggested boundary-setting scripts.
A student activity sheet for categorizing different types of classroom humor and practicing boundary-setting scripts to address aggressive or mean-spirited jokes, now featuring 6 scenarios and 6 expanded boundary scripts.
A visual presentation for a 5th-grade SEL lesson on distinguishing between playful banter and aggressive humor, featuring interactive discussion prompts and an expanded set of 6 boundary-setting scripts.
A comprehensive teacher guide for a 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson focused on identifying and addressing aggressive humor and mean-spirited 'jokes' in the classroom. Now includes an expanded scenario bank and 6 boundary scripts.
An advanced version of the Calm Cards matching game specifically tailored for middle schoolers. Features 12 pairs of sophisticated coping strategies like cognitive reframing, digital boundaries, and assertive communication, with a mature journal-style design.
A peer review checklist and facilitation guide for students to audit each other's physiological safety plans, focusing on actionability and bottom-up efficacy.
The culminating project template for the sequence: a personalized physiological safety plan that synthesizes triggers, cues, somatic interventions, and anchors.
Synthesis slides for Lesson 5, introducing the concept of mental rehearsal and the architecture of a physiological safety plan.
Facilitation guide for the Somatic Toolkit workshop, including station setup instructions and instructional scripts for bottom-up regulation.
Student evaluation scorecard for somatic regulation techniques, allowing learners to test and rate the effectiveness of various bottom-up interventions.
Slides for Lesson 4, detailing bottom-up regulation techniques including the dive reflex, diaphragmatic breathing, and muscular discharge.
Teacher's guide for the Interoceptive Lab, including instructions for the Heartbeat Tracking Task and clinical interpretations of accuracy gaps.
Student lab log for interoceptive accuracy tests and state-sensation mapping, including the Heartbeat Tracking Task (HTT).
A celebratory completion certificate for students who have finished the 'Mood Makers' sequence, recognizing them as 'official Mood Makers and Reset Heroes'.
The final instructional slide deck for Lesson 5, guiding students through synthesizing their research into a "Joy Menu" and practicing their new skills through role-play.
A student worksheet for reflecting on emotional change by creating a visual comic story of identifying a problem, choosing a tool, and achieving a positive mood shift.
Slides for Lesson 3, covering the definition of interoception, its link to anxiety, and biofeedback techniques for improving internal awareness.
A personal visual 'Happy Heart' collage template for Pre-K students to select and display activities identified in previous lessons.
Instructional slides for Lesson 5, reviewing the key concepts of internal weather, movement experiments, and the coping toolbox.
A student-facing restaurant-style menu template for synthesizing and illustrating personal mood-lifting activities and coping strategies.
A Kindergarten reflection and gratitude worksheet for the final lesson, where students identify traits they appreciate in their peers.
Facilitation guide for teachers to lead Pre-K students through creating their personal visual 'Happy Heart' collage.
Answer key and facilitation notes for the Academic Shutdown Analysis activity, providing biological explanations and intervention strategies for each state.
Visual presentation for Pre-K students to conclude the sequence and prepare for their happiness collage.
A teacher guide for the Community Celebration Circle, facilitating a concluding reflection and peer-compliment activity.
Visual presentation slides for Lesson 4, distinguishing between adaptive excellence and maladaptive perfectionism while introducing the law of diminishing returns.
Final student synthesis materials for Lesson 5, including a comprehensive Resilience Architecture master plan and a portable, pocket-sized Crisis Card for immediate intervention.
Visual presentation slides for Lesson 3, teaching students how to detach self-worth from academic critique and parse feedback for objective data.
Visual presentation for Lesson 5, synthesizing the sequence and introducing the Resilience Architecture plan and Crisis Card.
Visual presentation slides for Lesson 2, illustrating the ABC model of CBT and common academic cognitive distortions.
Grading rubric and evaluation guide for teachers to assess the final "Reframing Guide" projects while maintaining student confidentiality.
A student budgeting activity for Lesson 4 that teaches students how to evaluate opportunities and practice declining them to protect their academic capacity.
Final project guide and template for students to create their personalized "Reframing Guide," applying CBT techniques to their three most recurring stressors.
The summative student material for the sequence—a Professional Resilience Manifesto template where students synthesize their learning into core commitments and a resilient professional narrative.
Visual presentation for Lesson 4, addressing the economics of energy, role overload, and the "Yes/No/Negotiate" framework in academia.
Final synthesis presentation showing the shift from anxious narratives to balanced reframing, preparing students for their final project.
Teacher facilitation guide for the final lesson, focusing on cognitive rehearsal and the construction of a Professional Resilience Manifesto.
