This emotional regulation counseling curriculum with cognitive behavioral activities was created for middle to upper elementary students. CBT is an evidence-based counseling intervention but it can be a challenge to implement with children. This resource is a child-friendly and developmentally appropriate way to do cognitive behavioral work with kids!
The CBT-based activities included were designed to help children who struggle with anger, sadness, anxiety, or any combination. By addressing multiple emotions, you can target the feelings both above and below the surface.
Sessions are hands-on and incorporate play. Each one helps students learn to emotionally regulate through relaxation, problem-solving and coping, and cognitive restructuring.
Is this for group counseling or individual counseling? It’s for both! This counseling intervention curriculum was designed to be used for MTSS tier 2 or tier 3 support.
Resource Includes:
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Session 1: Welcome and Introduction
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Session 2: Thoughts vs. Feelings vs. Actions
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Session 3: Feelings
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Session 4: Relaxation Skills
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Session 5: Thoughts, Feelings, Actions Cycle
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Session 6: Actions and Consequences
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Session 7: Helpful vs. Unhelpful Thoughts
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Session 8: Review and Reflect with “Go Think!”
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Session 9: Challenging Thoughts
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Session 10: Coping Skills
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Session 11: Problem Solving
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Session 12: Closing and Review
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Additional Components: parent intro letter, student reminder note, student and teacher pre/post assessments, parent notes for reinforcement, and homework
This complete resource is now available in Spanish!
Features:
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This is a research-based resource. That means that the activities and concepts are based on what research (studies published in peer reviewed journal articles) have found to be effective practices. Specific studies and textbooks are listed in the resource.
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It’s a ready-to-go curriculum. It is also flexible. You can easily pick and choose which sessions to do or re-order them to best fit your students, or extend some of the skill topics to two sessions.
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While each session has a specific objective, there are common elements throughout: emotional identification and scaling, metacognition, and relaxation skills.
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