Psyched for School Psych

These cards detail various cognitive distortions from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Sometimes referred to as thinking errors or thinking mistakes, these are common dysfunctional ways of thinking. As part of CBT, one has to identify the cognitive distortion they're experiencing and challenge them to reduce anxiety and stress. Use this as a poster in your office or calming corner or cut them out to put on a ring for students to use or take with them! Each card contains a cognitive disto

Use this tactile activity to help students individually, in small groups, or classwide identify their values and have a discussion of what values mean to us and to others.

The following editable resource is a list of pleasant activities for teens/tweens. Used in DBT as part of the ABC PLEASE framework and CBT with behavioral activation, students can brainstorm pleasant activities that they would enjoy doing. Students can select these activities as behavior rewards or as homework to practice in between counseling sessions! As a bonus these activities limit social media and technology use encouraging students to unplug!

This resource can be used on the individual, small group, and classroom level. The handout offers students ideas for what to include on a vision board. Vision boards can help students to set goals, think positively, and develop a future-oriented mindset.

This product can be used to help students make positive behavioral changes, define those changes objectively, and hold the student and staff accountable for sticking to a plan. This product can be used with classroom discipline or in counseling check-ins to help students take ownership of their behaviors.

This worksheet can be used in conjunction with Aggression Replacement Training (ART) as it summarizes all the steps to the anger control chain. It can be used independent of the curriculum to help students identify the ABC's of their anger and specific triggers and warning signs of their anger.

Use this activity with students individually, in groups, or in classroom lesson to help students identify their values

Use this positive psychology-based handout to help students set goals, come up with the roads to their goals, and potential roadblocks and how they will get past them.

Use this ice breaker to help students get to know each other

This handout outlines various ways students can manage their frustration. It can be used in conjunction with the movie Inside Out to show students how they can help release their Anger safely.