Beginning a Friendship Collection

Our Beginning a Friendship collection contains a series of videos about Casey's struggles and successes with beginning friendships, along with complementary printables and activities.

What videos are included? 

The Befriending

Chapter 3 of our full 30-Chapter series
Casey is eager to make new friends but worries that he won’t have the courage to. He reconnects with an acquaintance named Bridget from the previous year and they make plans to play during recess.
  • Beginning a friendship with: smile, chin up, say hello
  • Putting emotions on a scale from Uncomfortable to Comfortable
  • Calming social anxiety

SCALE-ing Chant!

Bonus Video
Practice the SCALE-ing Chant to learn the steps of regulation: S for Stop, C for Calculate, A for Act, L for Listen, and E for Evaluate. 
  • Stop: Take a moment to pause what you're doing to give yourself some headspace. 
  • Calculate: Think about where your energy, thoughts, emotions, or behaviors are on a scale of 1 to 7. 
  • Act: Use a skill to regulate your energy, thoughts, emotions, or behaviors.
  • Listen: Take a moment to listen to your body and what's around you to see if the skill worked. 
  • Evaluate: Did the skill work? If not, let's try a new skill. 

Casey, The Mind Reader

Chapter 4 of our full 30-Chapter series
Casey and Bridget want to add another friend to their imaginary play game at recess. As Casey approaches Isaac, a friend from last year, he “mind reads” that Isaac isn’t going to like him anymore.
  • Catching negative "mind reading" of what others think
  • Putting thoughts on a scale from Negative to Positive
  • Including others

The Great Rock of Friendship

Chapter 5 of our full 30-Chapter series
Casey gets invited to Isaac’s birthday party but learns that his best friend Bridget isn’t invited. He instantly worries that he’s going to be all alone at Isaac’s party because he doesn’t know any of the other kids! 
  • Putting friendship on a scale from Unfriendly to Friendly
  • Adding friendly "pebbles" to the Friendship Scale, like smiling or giving a compliment
  • Managing social anxiety before an event

Printables and Activities

Our printables and activities correlate with our chapter videos. Facilitators can watch the video of their choosing with their group or client, then lead the corresponding activity. 

Lesson Activities

  • Casey's Clubhouse Feeling Cards

Take-Home Activities

  • Emotions in Motion (Home Activity 3)
  • Create Your Own Feeling Cards (Home Activity 3)
  • Mind Reading (Home Activity 4)
  • Just Pebbles (Home Activity 5)

Coloring Pages and Posters (8x11 or 11x14 downloads available)

  • Corresponding coloring page for every video
  • Emotions Scale Poster
  • Thought Scale Poster
  • Friendship Scale Poster