Self-Regulation and Conflict Response Lesson for Middle School Counseling & SEL

Do your middle school students struggle with self-regulation and responding to conflicts in a healthy way? Self-regulation and conflict response are essential topics to teach at the middle school level. This middle school counseling self-regulation and conflict response lesson is thoughtfully designed to teach students how to self-regulate as it relates to the central nervous system. Using engaging activities and thoughtful discussion they will identify signals of invisible wounds and appropriate responses to student misbehavior.

Discussing physical sensations in the body as it experiences conflict is an age-appropriate way to discuss self-regulation, and recognizing coping skills and appropriate responses to peer misbehavior helps students’ academic success.

For the counselor, it is low-prep and easy to implement!

This Class Lesson Includes:

• Counselor's Guide with ASCA and CASEL aligned objectives
• Detailed Outlines with scripts and supplemental resources
• Experiential charades icebreaker to introduce visible needs and solutions
• Group work Apples to Apples style game to find solutions to invisible problems
• Group movement game to share how their body responds to conflict and stress using fight, flight, or freeze
• Whole class activity where students indicate the coping skills they plan to use next time they feel uneasy at school
• Self-reflection worksheet
• Data Collection Tools: Pre and Post Lesson Self-Assessments

Benefiting Students
Learning coping skills and appropriate responses to student misbehavior will support academic and social success.

Saving Time
This lesson is designed to be very low-prep and ready to use as is without any editing.

Who is This Lesson Designed For?
This Middle School Self-Regulation and Conflict Response Classroom Counseling Lesson is designed for students in grades 6-8.