CBI Pilot Modules

This group application module, explores the neuroscience behind how trauma impacts the brain and helps participants recognize both physical and emotional responses to trauma. It also introduces practical self-regulation techniques and builds awareness of various treatment approaches to support healing and recovery.

This group application module, focuses on developing frustration tolerance by exploring its core concepts and practical strategies. Participants will learn and apply techniques such as the “Media Method” and the “Power of the Pause” to manage frustration effectively. The module also emphasizes creating personal coping strategies and fostering group support to enhance emotional resilience and mutual understanding.

This group application module introduces the foundational principles of restorative justice and peace building circles. Participants will learn how to create safe spaces for constructive dialogue between conflicting parties, practice using the circle process to resolve two-person conflicts, and apply the “PEACE” method within the circle framework to facilitate meaningful and respectful communication.

Participants will learn to recognize five core emotions, understand how they show up in the body, and practice strategies to regulate overwhelming feelings

This group session teaches participants to recognize unhelpful thought patterns, reframe their thinking, and reduce negative self-talk

This session guides participants through mindfulness and deep breathing exercises to help them build emotional self-regulation and stress management skills using practical, easy-to-learn techniques.

The emoji feelings chart helps participants identify and name their emotions using expressive, easy-to-understand visuals

The feelings thermometer helps young people recognize the intensity of their emotions and learn when they might need to use regulation strategies

This simple brain diagram shows how trauma affects key areas of the brain—specifically the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus

A tool that helps participants name and better understand their emotions

This session provides a grounding structure to begin each group as a starting point for new facilitators

This Quick Connect teaches the “Media Method,” a simple four-step tool youth can use in the moment to manage frustration and regain control.

This lesson helps participants identify and label core emotions and introduces the PAC method—Pause, Acknowledge, Choose—to support emotional regulation and coping in the moment.

This lesson helps practitioners support participants in understanding conflict dynamics and applying the PEACE method to resolve conflicts safely and constructively.

This quick lesson introduces the PACT method to help participants identify, challenge, and reframe unhelpful thought patterns using a simple, supportive framework.

A 5-minute conversation guide to help young people understand their body’s stress responses and learn a simple grounding technique they can use any time to establish emotional safety