About the store
Welcome to Informed Decisions! I.D. provides educators with engaging, culturally competent Advisory and social-emotional learning resources to engage multicultural urban youth populations!
For over two decades I have worked with students whose ages have ranged from nursery school through high school and young adults. This includes: court and gang-involved, LGBTQ+, teen mothers, and special needs populations.
Throughout my career I've taught, counseled, ensured support and academic intervention services, supervised, designed curriculum, and developed programs. A few of these programs include; Advisory, Family Groups, Conflict Resolution, Managing Difficult Behaviors, life skills, social-emotional skills, and Rites of Passage. I've also conducted staff professional development trainings on classroom management, program development, and implementation, as well as conducted trainings on various other topics.
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Anti Bullying Activities Bundle High and Middle School Bullying Prevention
This anti-bullying bundle provides a perfect opportunity to address bullying and empathy with your students. Through the use of interactive lessons, students will gain a better understanding of how gossip can impact the emotions of others, negatively, along with how quickly it can be spread and become distorted. Rumors are also addressed, with the opportunity for students to learn the importance of determining whether or not a rumor is actually true and understanding the impact that rumors have
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+88
What’s Your Motivation? Middle & High School Activity for Exploring Motivators
This is an interactive motivation activity for middle and high school students to help them explore and identify how they are motivated and what motivates them - This includes intrinsic and external motivators. This lesson plan is great as an introduction for goal setting lesson plans and to get them re-motivated anytime during the year! This product includes: An Educators' GuideHands-on interactive activityActivity Signs Activity ReflectionKEEP IN MIND: Social-emotional activities work best in
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.6.1
, W.6.1a
, W.6.1b
+46
Anti Bullying Empathy Activity Bullying Prevention For High and Middle School
This engaging, hands-on resource supports teens and young adults in understanding how hurtful words can impact themselves and others. The importance of showing empathy towards others is stressed as students explore taking ownership of hurtful things they may have said in the past and identify ways they can avoid saying hurtful things in the future, that they may later regret. This resource includes: An interactive anti-bullying activityEducator's Guide (including step-by-step instructions for
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+88
Healthy V.S. Unhealthy Dating Relationships Bundle Building Relationship Skills
Dating relationships are hard at any age. These interactive activities, skits, worksheets, and scenario cards provide teens and young adults real-life scenarios for them to learn to identify the difference between a healthy relationships and unhealthy relationships in order to make informed decisions about their future relationships and learn how to navigate the dating world. This bundle includes: ❶ Identifying Healthy V.S. Unhealthy Dating Relationships Role Play SkitsThe use of role play ski
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
SL.9-10.1
, SL.9-10.1b
, SL.9-10.1c
+5
Stress and Anxiety Bundle for Identifying Stress Management and Coping Skills
These engaging stress management activities for Advisory, Social-Emotional Learning, and push-in programs will help teens to learn to identify and understand what causes stress. It's important for our students to learn anxiety coping skills in order to cope with life's every day challenges. Interactive puzzles, Stress Cards, and Healthy and Unhealthy Ways of Coping With Stress Cards are fantastic ways to help high school and middle school students to alleviate feeling overwhelmed by the pressu
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+91
Cyber Bullying Activity & Cyber Safety Internet Harassment Bullying Prevention
This interactive, hands-on lesson and survey provides the perfect opportunity for teens to reflect on, and evaluate, their own online behaviors so that they are able to recognize bullying conducted over the internet by themselves and others. By answering the questions on the cyber bullying survey, students will gain a better understanding of healthy and unhealthy social media use and will be able to recognize cyberbullying behaviors in themselves that may need to be reevaluated. The guided discu
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.1
, W.7.1a
, W.7.1b
+37
Coping Skills Activity and Strategies for Stress & Anxiety Stress Management
Teens and young adults can often struggle to identify the difference between healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with stress and anxiety. This activity provides an opportunity for students to explore and identify 268 healthy and unhealthy ways to cope with unwanted stress and anxiety. This resource includes: • Interactive Step-by-Step Activity • 134 Healthy Ways of Coping With Stress Cards • 134 Unhealthy Ways of Coping With Stress Cards • 9 Blank Cards • 2 Ways of Coping With Stress Signs
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+93
Healthy V.S. Unhealthy Mega Bundle Coping Friend and Relationship Activities
This bundle offers interactive activities that will help students understand and explore the difference between healthy and unhealthy dating relations, friendships, and coping skills. There are hundreds of real life scenarios for students to relate to their own lives. These products also look dynamic and can be printed in grayscale. KEEP IN MIND: Social-emotional activities work best in an environment where relationships have been fostered through team building activities and positive supportive
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
SL.9-10.1
, SL.9-10.1b
, SL.9-10.1c
+5
Cyber Bullying Lesson Plan Bundle Cyber Safety for High and Middle School
This resource offers students the chance to recognize different types of cyberbullying, understand cyberbullying behaviors, and learn about online safety. It's perfect for high school and middle school students to start making safer choices online and become responsible social media users. With 7 interactive activities, students will identify various forms of cyberbullying and learn about the consequences of their decisions when using social media platforms. This bundle includes: Educators' Guid
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+88
Antibullying Gossip Activity Bullying Prevention Telephone High & Middle School
High school and middle school students can often gossip about others without thinking about the ramifications of their behaviors. Empathy is sometimes nonexistent. Gossiping can negatively impact the emotions of others, can lead to altercations, bullying, and alienation by their peers. This interactive, hands-on activity provides an opportunity for students to witness first-hand how quickly gossip can be spread and how distorted it can become. After the activity, students will be able to discuss
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.2
, W.7.2a
, W.7.2b
+88
Social Emotional Learning and Advisory Survey Discussion Topics to Engagement
This checklist is fantastic for surveying your teens and young adults about their interests in social-emotional and life-skills. You can use this checklist to shape your program or address the topics as individual workshops. It is available for you in both print and digital. It includes a tally sheet to assess which topics students are most interested in discussing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>&g
6th - 12th, Higher Education
School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Antibullying Internet Cyber Safety Empathy Social Emotional Learning Activities
This comprehensive antibullying mega bundle provides everything you will need to teach your middle and high school students what bullying is and isn’t, the differences between in-person bullying and cyberbullying, the importance of empathizing with others and bullying prevention, and measures that can be taken to intervene in, or prevent bullying. Through interactive, hands-on learning, your students will learn how to recognize bullying behavior in themselves and others, the different roles
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.1
, W.7.1a
, W.7.1b
+38
College Preparation Activities & Exploration Mega Bundle Middle & High School
These interactive college vocabulary preparation and exploration activities are perfect for teaching middle school and high school students the language they need to make the college application process and transitioning to college easier. Questions to Ask on College Tours and to College RepresentativesSenior year can be stressful for students. This graphic organizer is a comprehensive list of questions to help guide students on questions to ask on a college tour or at a college fair. It is an
7th - 12th
School Counseling, Vocabulary
CCSS
SL.9-10.1
, SL.9-10.1a
, SL.9-10.1b
+17
Identifying Stress and Anxiety Stress Management Activity and Coping Skills
This is a fantastic interactive resource for middle and high school students! Teens and young adults can often feel overwhelmed by the pressures and demands of society as they begin to transition into adulthood. These resources provide ways for high school and middle school students to identify, understand, and explore the causes of stress and anxiety. This resource includes: 2 Interactive Step-by-Step Activities109 Large Stress Cards109 Small Stress Cards 5 Area of Stress Signs Stress Map 1 Str
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, School Counseling
Around the School Scavenger Hunt Middle & High School Back to School
Are you looking for an exciting way to help your students learn their way around the school while building teamwork and problem-solving skills? Whether it’s the first day or first week of school, a new student orientation, or part of an SEL or Advisory activity, this fun activity is the perfect way to get students moving, thinking, and working together while setting the tone for a welcoming, student-centered culture where everyone feels more confident, connected, and ready to thrive. During thi
6th - 12th
Classroom Community, Family Consumer Sciences, Not Subject Specific
Job Interview Questions
This free resource is an easy to use printable which contains 99 practice interview questions. These questions will assist your students in becoming better acquainted with questions asked by the interviewer. It will aid in them being better prepared for the interview.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences
Intentional & Random Acts of Kindness Challenge Middle School & High School
Teens are eager to find places where they feel safe and make real connections with one another, and this Acts of Kindness Challenge is the perfect activity for middle and high school students to take proactive steps to improve their classroom and school environment through random acts of kindness and building empathy. Exploring and engaging in these acts should be easy, and this activity is packed full of resources to make performing random acts of kindness an everyday part of young adults’ live
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Character Education, Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
Also included in: Intentional and Random Acts of Kindness Activities Bundle
Intentional and Random Acts of Kindness Activities Bundle
Use these lessons and activities to teach acts of kindness and promote a positive climate for your learners. This bundle is the perfect way to get your students involved in understanding the importance of and demonstrating random and intentional acts of kindness. These 10 interactive activities will provide an opportunity to keep your teens and young adults engaged! This bundle includes: Intentional Acts of Kindness I: Acts of Kindness ActivitiesThis is the perfect activity for teens and young a
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
Human Bingo Ice Breakers & Team Building Activities Bundle Icebreakers for Teens
These fun and engaging Human Bingo cards provide the perfect opportunity for your students to explore the many different types of friendships, the characteristics of a healthy friendship, and to make deeper connections with their peers while discovering qualities of a healthy friendship that they, as well as their peers, possess. The interactive activities are ideal for building a sense of community in the classroom and can be used as a fun back-to-school activity, the first day of school, the f
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
W.8.1
, W.8.1a
, W.8.1b
+30
Cyberbullying Prevention Activities Scenario Cards and Game Online Cyber Safety
These cyberbullying scenario cards and game activities are a hands-on, interactive way for high and middle school teens to learn about the different types of cyber bullying and to learn to recognize online behaviors that are considered to be bullying. The use of real-life scenario cards is an excellent way for teens and young adults to learn to recognize the difference between healthy and unhealthy social media use in themselves and others and to learn to be proactive about cyber safety and resp
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling
CCSS
W.7.1
, W.7.1a
, W.7.1b
+37
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to Informed Decisions! I.D. provides educators with engaging, culturally competent Advisory and social-emotional learning resources to engage multicultural urban youth populations!
For over two decades I have worked with students whose ages have ranged from nursery school through high school and young adults. This includes: court and gang-involved, LGBTQ+, teen mothers, and special needs populations.
Throughout my career I've taught, counseled, ensured support and academic intervention services, supervised, designed curriculum, and developed programs. A few of these programs include; Advisory, Family Groups, Conflict Resolution, Managing Difficult Behaviors, life skills, social-emotional skills, and Rites of Passage. I've also conducted staff professional development trainings on classroom management, program development, and implementation, as well as conducted trainings on various other topics.
Teaching style
-Collaborate interactive methodologies, integrating the four main learning styles
-Strengths-based perspective
-Trauma informed Lens
-Culturally informed Lens
-Best Practices
Awards & shining teacher moments
Outstanding Acts and Compassion Award
My own education history
Boston University
Master of Social Work in Clinical Social Work
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Criminal Justice and Concentration in Juvenile Delinquency
Fordham University
Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI)
License and Certifications:
LCSW,Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), NYC DOE Certification for Conflict Resolution Mediation, and Working with Teens 12-17 YMCA Training Certification
Additional biographical information
Informed Decisions provides Advisory and Social-emotional learning resources for teachers and counselors working with multicultural urban youth, teens, and young adults. Culturally, racially, and developmentally appropriate materials are created to engage, educate, guide, and inspire our young people. Students deserve to be afforded equitable opportunities to become productive contributing members of society. Together we can engage multicultural youth in making informed decisions about their lives and future successes!
Thank you for taking the time to read my bio. I look forward to hearing from you!
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