An 8-week individual counseling sequence designed for 8th-grade students with autism to develop self-advocacy skills, focusing on requesting learning tools and clarification. Content uses direct, literal language.
A comprehensive 16-week school-based therapeutic curriculum designed to equip students with emotional regulation, healthy relationship skills, trauma-informed coping mechanisms, and self-advocacy strategies.
An end-of-program psychosocial rehabilitation reflection lesson. Students complete a creative reflection survey on milestones, memories, and future goals, which the facilitator then converts into an engaging 'Who Said It?' / Jeopardy-style cooperative guessing game to celebrate program completion.
A highly scaffolded reading comprehension lesson designed for literal thinkers to bridge the gap between concrete facts and social inferences. Students analyze a realistic, high-interest text-message exchange to uncover hidden feelings, connect their findings to Robert Frost's 'Nothing Gold Can Stay', and practice evidence-based writing in a non-threatening, game-like format.
A comprehensive skills training lesson on DBT Biosocial Theory designed for adolescents, explaining the transaction between biological sensitivity and invalidating environments. It includes interactive slides and a step-by-step facilitator guide for clinicians.
