Once upon a time, there were students who struggled with the most important relationship there is. This affected their self esteem, which caused them to be more vulnerable to depression and anxiety.

Sometimes these students were willing to be friends with anyone, just because they wanted a friend.

Sometimes they engaged in unhealthy habits for the dopamine hit, like eating unhealthy food or binging video games.

And some students made negative comments about themselves, which they almost always hear from someone else first.

I created the lesson we are talking about on this episode for all of these students.

In this lesson, our students learn about the most important relationship there is: The one that we have with ourselves. Students learn and discuss their needs and challenges across eight areas when it comes to our relationship with ourselves.

Once upon a time, there were autistic, ADHD, and anxious students who wanted a reputation for being smart, but weren't sure how to get it.

Some students said and did things that they thought made them seem smart, but really made them seem annoying.

Other students were too anxious to say or do much of anything, so it was difficult for them to have a reputation for being anything other than shy.

And then there were students who didn't really think about their reputation at all, but were unintentionally sabotaging it anyways.

I created this lesson for all of these students.

In this lesson, students learn how to identify the things that actually cause people to create a reputation for being smart, and how we can do them in moderation. And we practice self-awareness by discussing where we feel like we fall on the Reputation in Moderation scale.

Once upon a time, there were autistic, ADHD, and anxious students who didn't know how to start a conversation.

Some students wanted to talk to other people, but didn't know what to say. This usually meant they didn't say anything.

Other students tried things they had been taught, like saying, "How's it going?" or, "Hey, what's up?" which didn't get them very far.

And then there were students who tried to start interactions by being silly or weird or over the top, because they didn't know how else to get someone's attention.

I created this lesson for all of these students.

In this lesson, students learn how to start a conversation with someone they know, how to start a conversation with someone they don't know (because, yes, I teach my students to talk to strangers), and when and how to introduce ourselves to someone, if at all.