Anxiety is a topic that you will come back to again and again as a school counselor. With this three-tier curriculum, you will have an engaging, ready-to-use, research-based school counseling activity to use no matter what level of intervention your students need.

 The resources in this bundle use a brain-based approach to explain anxiety. This empowers and prepares students for the changes that accompany feeling anxious.

 This bundle includes:

• Anxiety Class Lesson
• Anxiety Small Group (Elementary)
• Anxiety Small Group (Middle)
• Anxiety Individual Counseling Curriculum

About the anxiety class lesson:

This counseling lesson uses a brain-based approach to explaining anxiety and empowers and prepares students for the changes that they feel when experiencing anxiety.

I have taken care of all of the planning and prep for you! This classroom guidance lesson is aligned with ASCA and CASEL standards, and it includes a detailed counselor script, outline, suggested answers, and extension activities.

Lesson Includes:

• Counselor's Guide including ASCA and CASEL aligned objectives
• Detailed Outlines with scripts, suggested student answers, and extension activities
• Mindfulness Icebreaker
• Beach Ball Toss Discussion
• Parts of the Brain art activity
• Cut and Paste Reflection
• Data Collection Tool: Pre and Post-Lesson Self-Assessments

About the anxiety small group (elementary)

8-week anxiety and stress management group that includes weekly outlines with objectives aligned to CASEL Standards and ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors. This resource includes everything you need to run a successful school counseling small group including self-assessments to make data tracking easy.

Students will learn the brain/body connection behind their anxiety, and how to prevent anxiety through problem-solving, grounding techniques, and calming tools. This group has a ton of fun and memorable activities to keep students engaged. Think charades, movement-based activities, and board games! 

Anxiety Group Outline:

Week 1: Body Brain Connection

Week 2: Fear Response

Week 3: Facing Fears

Week 4: Fake or Factual

Week 5: Grounding Techniques

Week 6: Coping Skills

Week 7: Calming Box

Week 8: Healthy Habits

Here is what's included each week:

• Outlines: Easy to implement outlines with ASCA and CASEL-aligned objectives
• Group Rules: Suggested and DIY Group Rules poster so students can take ownership of the creation of the group rules and norms.
• Feelings Check: Feelings Check Poster to serve as a visual aid for students to self-reflect on their emotional state at the start of each session.
• Self-Assessments: Pre and post-group self-assessments to track student growth and make data collection easy!
• Engaging games and activities: I include everything you need to run each session. Simply print each week before the students arrive and you are ready to go.

Lessons/Activities Included:

• Matching Game
• Movement Based Game
• Card Game
• Sorting Activity
• Grounding Games
• Charades
• Sort and Paste
• Craft Box
• Board Game

About the anxiety small group (middle)

This 6-week anxiety and test anxiety middle school counseling group is designed to help students recognize anxiety, prevent anxiety, and practice coping skills they can use when they feel anxious. In addition, students will learn size of the problem and how to distinguish irrational fears from facts.

This curriculum has everything you need to run a successful school counseling small group including self-assessments to make data tracking easy. The included weekly outlines are research-based and aligned with CASEL standards and ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors.

Anxiety Middle School Group Outline:

Week 1: Determine the types of anxiety

Week 2: The body's response to anxiety

Week 3: Relaxation techniques

Week 4: Prevent anxiety with a schedule and Inner Coach

Week 5: Irrational fears and size of the problem

Week 6: Alternate outcomes and previous successes

Lessons/Activities Included:

• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Grounding games
• Daily scheudle activity
• Interactive group Activites
• Scenario cards
• Matching game
• Discussion dice game
• Discussion ball toss
• Discussion cards
• Craft activities

Here is what's included each week:

• Outlines: Easy to implement outlines with ASCA and CASEL-aligned objectives
• Group Rules: Suggested and DIY group rules poster so students can take ownership of the creation of the group rules and norms.
• Feelings Check: Feelings check poster to serve as a visual aid for students to self-reflect on their emotional state at the start of each session.
• Self-Assessments: Pre and post-group self-assessments to track student growth and make data collection easy!
• Engaging games and activities: I include everything you need to run each session. Simply print each week before the students arrive and you are ready to go.
• Self Reflection Journal: Weekly journal reflections with writing prompts.

About the anxiety individual counseling curriculum:

This worry and anxiety individual counseling curriculum is designed to be used with students in a Tier III one-on-one setting. Through engaging activities, crafts, and games, students will learn the strategies and coping skills they need in order to reduce anxiety. Each session includes an outline that is set to ASCA Mindsets and Behavior Standards.

Data tracking is essential to ensuring your counseling program is working efficiently. that is why I have included all of the tools you need in order to assess and measure your students' progress.

What's included with this resource:

• 5 Individual Counseling Anxiety Activities
• Student Journal with 5 Anxiety Strategies
• Feelings Check Posters
• Guide on Best Practices and Recommendations for Individual Counseling Sessions
• Counselor's Implementation Guide with Supplemental Videos
• Data Tracking Tools

Activities Include:

• Coping Skills Choice Board (covers 9 coping skills!)
• Social Story and Dice Game
• Dice Discussion Game
• Reflective Think Sheet
• Deep Breathing Card Game

Data Tools Include:

• Self-Assessments (digital Google Forms version included!)
• Student Rating Scales
• Behavior Progress Monitoring Forms (digital Google Forms version included!)

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