Powerfully You
Self Regulation Curriculum for All Children
Equipping therapists and classrooms with self regulation curriculum that builds capacity from the bottom up and values every individual
Self-Regulation Curriculum That Supports Every Child
Finding a social emotional learning curriculum that meets all of your needs is a challenging task. If you’re like us, you’ve used many programs and pull bits and pieces from each of them.
You want a curriculum that starts at the foundation of self-regulation and respects each child’s individuality.
With the Powerfully You curriculum, you have:
Curriculum that starts from the foundation of self-regulation
Language that feels aligned with your values
Well-designed lessons that deliver a wide range of tools that contribute to the development of self regulation.
Powerfully You self-regulation curriculum keeps you up to date.
The Powerfully You training and curriculum complement your clinical skills as you guide children to build awareness of self and a strong foundation for self-regulation. You’ll benefit from ongoing support and a network of providers as you compassionately build awareness and self-regulation.
This curriculum is research-informed, classroom and clinic tested, and simple to implement. It’s consistently updated to incorporate new research, methods, and language. As a subscriber, you receive access to every addition and update.
Powerfully You is respectful of individual differences and promotes the value of all children. Modeling this lens for kids increases their capacity for empathy and compassion for others, while developing their own self-regulation.
Continuing Education Included with the Powerfully You Curriculum Subscription
Your curriculum subscription includes 2 one-hour webinars per year to update you on curriculum changes, best practices, and research. These webinars are approved by AOTA and can be used for NBCOT renewal. If you are not an occupational therapist and these courses don’t count toward your licensure, you will still gain valuable information and updates.
Self-regulation is foundational to academic learning, emotional regulation, and social functioning — but we aren’t born with this ability.
Self-regulation develops as we grow if we’re provided with adequate guidance, opportunities, and resources.
Powerfully You Curriculum Details
Training with Powerfully You provides access to the multimedia curriculum for one year (a $99 value). Access can be continued for a low annual fee of $29/yr, so it’s always a click away — not lost in a cabinet.
The Powerfully You curriculum includes a series of interactive lessons designed to teach fundamental skills and concepts that encourage self-awareness and enable self-regulation.
The online dashboard is shown below.
Powerfully You Self-Regulation Curriculum
Easy to Teach, Research-Informed Self-Regulation Curriculum
The Powerfully You curriculum provides a step-by-step progression to follow.
Every lesson welcomes interaction and reinforces the compassionate lens.
First year of subscription included in training. Training required for access.
Our approach when using the curriculum is to work with children directly and allow their caregivers and/or teachers to learn alongside them. This approach allows the therapist to model a compassionate lens, validate the experience of the learners, and teach tools to both the child and their adult simultaneously.
Powerfully You Lessons
Lessons work for individuals, groups, and classrooms. The activities and terminology in the curriculum are scientifically accurate, kid-friendly, and trauma-informed.
The lessons build on skills from a bottom-up perspective (lower brain processes like body sensing first then building towards cortical strategies). They start with the very foundation of self-regulation and slowly build as the child is ready to progress.
This sequence helps children gain awareness and understanding of their own regulation in a compassionate, fun way.
For example, children learn about their “activation” and how to notice how activated their body is feeling in the moment — without labeling their activation as good or bad.
Powerfully You also uses the battery symbol in lessons. Children learn the 4 inputs that can help recharge their body battery — sleep, nutrition, physical activity, and connection to people who help them feel safe.
Activities in the lessons help children understand their activation state and body battery to increase their ability to self regulate.
As you become more experienced using these tools and practices, you may intuitively move around the order of lessons to match the needs of your client. The Powerfully You training will help you use the lessons flexibly while maintaining the integrity of the curriculum.
Your co-regulation and guidance are still imperative to helping children learn self-regulation in a deep and meaningful way. Powerfully You is a tool that amplifies the impact you have.
The concepts taught in the Powerfully You lessons include:
Awareness of body sensations
Mindful awareness
Self-assessment of body activation and emotional activation
Tools to shift body activation and sensations
Tools to shift emotions, skills for tracking and changing habits
Practices to cultivate self-compassion
Cognitively based inquiry techniques
The lessons in the Powerfully You curriculum are designed to pre-teach skills and concepts at a time that the learner is feeling regulated. The lessons are fun and interactive, with opportunities for movement and exploration. The learning of concepts depends on the clients feeling safe and supported by their therapist, counselor, and even peers (when taught in a group situation).
The Powerfully You lessons provide a framework and language that is supportive of individual differences and compassionate in its’ tone.
BONUS — Powerfully You reduces your preparation time by including teacher/parent letters, support documents, handouts, and support materials.
Self Regulation — A Foundation For Success
You can provide a strong foundation for self-awareness and self-regulation so the children you work with can comfortably and successfully navigate the challenges they face in life.
You need curriculum that…
Teaches every child to understand their individual body sensations and emotions
Is trauma-informed, compassionate, and values individual differences
Approaches social-emotional learning from a non-judgemental lens
Is quick and easy to implement in a clinic or a classroom
Always uses current evidence, neuroscience, and language
You’ve found the curriculum you’re looking for — Powerfully You.
Powerfully You Curriculum Outline
Below is an outline of the Foundational Core Lessons included in Powerfully You.
After the Foundational Core Lessons are completed, you and your clients will move on to the Tools Lessons. The Powerfully You curriculum will guide you to the appropriate lessons based on a child’s developmental age as shown below.
