DBT Group Skills

A comprehensive 13-week curriculum for middle school students focused on the four core modules of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance. Students learn and practice key coping strategies in a supportive group setting.

IYilana yakubovich

Discovering Dialectics

Introduction to the concept of Dialectics and the DBT Group approach to building a life worth living.

Wise Mind Balance

Focuses on the Wise Mind concept—the balance between Reasonable Mind and Emotion Mind.

Observe and Describe

Teaching the 'What' skills of Mindfulness: Observe, Describe, and Participate.

Effective Action

Teaching the 'How' skills of Mindfulness: Non-judgmentally, One-mindfully, and Effectively.

Master of Requests

Using the DEAR MAN skill to ask for things or say no effectively while maintaining relationships.

Relationship Repair

Using the GIVE skill to maintain and strengthen relationships during interactions.

Self-Respect Shield

Using the FAST skill to maintain self-respect and remain true to personal values.

Emotion Detective

Learn to identify and name emotions to reduce their power and increase self-understanding.

Body Support System

The PLEASE skill to maintain a healthy body to support a healthy mind and emotional balance.

Impulse Override

The Opposite Action skill to change unwanted emotions by acting contrary to the emotional urge.

Crisis Cooling

The STOP and TIPP skills for immediate crisis management and physiological cooling.

Moment Improver

Self-soothing using the five senses and improving the moment with the IMPROVE skill.

Reality Acceptance

Radical Acceptance and turning the mind toward reality to reduce suffering and pain.

DBT Group Skills

IYilana yakubovich

Spark Quest

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.

Lori Shaw

Everyday Hero Academy

A comprehensive life skills lesson introducing elementary and middle school students to the four pillars of independence: Communication & Safety, Financial Literacy, Time Management, and Household Basics. Students learn critical everyday skills through interactive scenarios, planning templates, and hands-on practice logs.

Lenny

Hero Academy Slides

A visually stunning, 6-slide presentation deck used to introduce the Everyday Hero Academy. It covers each of the four core life skill pillars with engaging discussion prompts, colorful icons, and big, readable text designed for classroom projection.

Lenny

The Multiverse of Grief

A 6-week small group school counseling curriculum for grades 4-6 that uses a multiverse metaphor to help students navigate diverse grief and loss experiences in a modern, trauma-informed way.

Heather.Koke

Heart of Help

A comprehensive career exploration lesson that introduces students to the core traits, interpersonal skills, and professional responsibilities of a school or mental health counselor, highlighting empathy, active listening, and ethical boundary-setting.

Dan Wagner

Everyday Hero Handbook

A highly engaging, 4-page student activity handbook for the Everyday Hero Academy. Each page represents a core life skill pillar, featuring an Emergency Contact Card, Needs vs. Wants Sorting game, Saving Tracker, Time Scheduler, Analog Clock Matching, Laundry Sorting basket game, and a final graduation Hero Pledge.

Lenny

Cluster Connect

The final quest bridges self-discovery to the real world, mapping students' character profiles (strengths and values) to specific career clusters and defining their next action steps.

Lori Shaw

Hero Academy Facilitator Guide

A comprehensive, 3-page lesson plan and teacher facilitation guide for the Everyday Hero Academy. It provides complete step-by-step instructions, discussion scripts, pacing timelines, and full answer keys for all student activities.

Lenny

Value Vault

The second quest guides students through the treasury of core motivators, helping them uncover and rank their work values to define what rewards drive their personal career journey.

Lori Shaw

Helper Habits Exit Ticket

A printable, double-sided styled exit ticket page designed with two identical copies per sheet to save paper, assessing student understanding of active listening, empathy, and counselor boundaries.

Dan Wagner

Helper Handout Worksheet

A guided student-facing worksheet containing an active listening peer lab checklist and professional scenario-solving exercises to help students practice therapeutic empathy and active listening.

Dan Wagner

Counselor Lesson Plan

A structured, step-by-step teacher lesson plan designed to guide educators through delivering the "Heart of Help" counselor exploration lesson, complete with discussion prompts, pacing, and group activities.

DBT Group Skills

DBT Group Teacher Guide

DBT Group Teacher Rubric

DBT Group Week 1 Slides

DBT Skills Student Workbook Part 1

DBT Skills Student Assessment

DBT Skills Cheat Sheet

DBT Group Week 2 Slides

DBT Group Week 3 Slides

DBT Group Student Workbook Part 2

DBT Group Week 4 Slides

DBT Group Student Workbook Part 6

DBT Group Week 5 Slides

DBT Group Week 6 Slides

DBT Group Student Workbook Part 3

DBT Group Week 7 Slides

DBT Group Week 8 Slides

DBT Group Student Workbook Part 4

DBT Group Week 9 Slides

DBT Group Week 10 Slides

DBT Group Student Workbook Part 5

DBT Group Week 11 Slides

DBT Group Week 12 Slides

DBT Group Week 13 Slides

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