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A 6-week small group curriculum designed to build executive functioning skills in transitioning 6th graders. Covers organization, time management, planning, distraction management, goal setting, and stress coping using a highly engaging space-mission theme.

Navigating middle school stress with system checks. Students identify emotional triggers, build a cooldown manual, and create a resilient coping strategy deck.

A foundational unit designed to establish essential routines, behavioral expectations, and self-regulation skills in Pre-K students during the critical first weeks of school. Features visual supports, structured practice, and school-to-home partnership resources.

Setting high-orbit goals and tracking progress. Students learn the science of friction and fuel in achievement, drafting actionable goals and creating a self-monitoring checkpoint system.

A comprehensive unit on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) mindfulness skills, taking students from somatic anchoring and cognitive understanding to collaborative, station-based performances that demonstrate 'What' and 'How' skills.

Shielding against attention thieves. Students identify personal visual, auditory, and digital distractions, design a study sanctuary, and practice self-monitoring techniques.

A comprehensive systems-based study skills sequence designed to transform 9th-grade students' planning and project management habits. Over multiple targeted sessions, students master backwards planning, time allocation, and systematic progress tracking.

Demolishing overwhelming assignments. Students learn to take a massive multi-week research project, book report, or science poster and chop it into bite-sized daily action steps.

A four-part scaffolded social-emotional learning unit for high schoolers (grades 9-12) focused on developing time management, personal responsibility, balance, goal-setting, and leadership within a community context. Each grade level builds on the prior, transitioning from individual preparation to community leadership.

Cracking the clock and mastering time estimation. Students learn to budget their after-school hours, estimate homework duration, and maintain a digital/physical weekly planner.

A comprehensive stress-management curriculum designed for small-group counseling, covering advanced cognitive, physical, organizational, and interpersonal coping strategies. Aligned with the Burlington Public Schools Portrait of a Graduate (focusing on Resilience, Self-Awareness, and Communication) and the Massachusetts School Counseling Framework standards.

Mastering physical and digital storage systems. Students learn to map their lockers, color-code binders, and declutter materials to prevent the 'backpack black hole' and start middle school with structural confidence.