The ND Teacher Summer Recovery Series Guide
A Suggested Path Through Week 1
This series is designed to be used in whatever way works best for your brain. There is no wrong way to move through the content. If you're someone who finds structure helpful, or if you're in a place where decision fatigue is real and you'd just like someone to hand you a plan, here's a suggested progression for Week 1:
Day 1 — Download and Begin Reading Download this week's content and begin reading through the continuum section at whatever pace feels comfortable. You don't need to finish today. If text-to-speech works better for you, find accessibility instructions at www.ComprehensiveLiteracySolutions/accessibility.
Day 2 — Finish Reading and Complete the Snapshot Screener Finish reading through the continuum descriptors if you didn't complete them on Day 1. Then turn to the assessment pages and complete the Snapshot Screener. It takes under five minutes. Score it, locate yourself on the continuum, and sit with what you find — no action required yet.
Day 3 — Complete the Full Inventory and Review Your Profile If you'd like a more comprehensive picture, complete the Full Inventory today and score it by domain. Then return to the continuum and reread the descriptor for your overall placement. Read the descriptors for any domains that scored significantly lower than the others. That unevenness is worth understanding before we move forward. The Full Inventory is optional — if the Snapshot Screener gave you what you need, that's enough.
Day 4 — Complete the Nervous System Reset Activity Turn to the journal pages and work through the nervous system reset rounds. You don't need to do anything with what comes up yet. Just complete the rounds, record your brain dumps, and circle your restlessness ratings. Then set it aside.
Day 5 — Reflect and Free Journal Come back to your brain dumps from Day 4 with fresh eyes. Read through what you wrote and notice anything that stands out. Then move to the open journaling pages and write — about the reset experience, about your continuum placement, about what this week surfaced, or about something else entirely that needs space on a page.
This is a suggested structure, not a prescription. If you work better moving through everything in one sitting, do that. If you need more than five days, take them. If you want to skip the Full Inventory entirely, that's a completely valid choice. The only thing this series asks of you is honesty, and you get to decide what that looks like for your brain.
A SUGGESTED PATH THROUGH WEEK 2 Let Me Hear Your Body Talk
This series is designed to be engaged with in whatever way works best for your brain. There is no wrong way to move through the content. If you're someone who finds structure helpful or if you're in a place where decision fatigue is real and you'd just like someone to hand you a plan, here's a gentle suggested progression for Week 2:
Day 1 — Read the Content Pages Download this week's content and read through the content pages at whatever pace feels comfortable. You don't need to finish today. As you read, notice whether the descriptions of alexithymia, hyperempathy, or delayed emotional processing resonate with your own experience. You don't need to do anything with that noticing yet.
Day 2 — Spend Time With the Body Signal Reference Guide Read through the Body Signal Reference Guide thoroughly. This isn't a checklist; it's a vocabulary builder. Notice which signals feel familiar. Notice which ones you've experienced without having words for them before. Keep the guide somewhere accessible this week and refer back to it when you notice something physical happening in your body that you can't immediately name.
Day 3 — Complete the Snapshot Screener Complete your Week 2 Snapshot Screener and note your placement on the continuum. Compare it to Week 1 and notice what the data shows. Jot a few quick notes about your notices or questions.
Day 4 — Complete the Present Moment Body Check-In and the EMDR-Inspired Memory Practice Turn to the first journal page and work through the present moment body check-in. Move slowly through each section, noticing what's physically present. There are no wrong observations. If nothing comes up in a particular area, that's information too. Then turn to the second journal page and work through the situation-based memory practice. Choose a moment that feels manageable, not your most difficult memory. After you finish, give yourself some transition time before moving on to other demands. This practice can sometimes bring up things that need a little space to settle.
If anything that comes up during this practice feels bigger than a journaling exercise can hold, please visit the When to Accept Support page before continuing.
Day 5 — Open Journaling Use the open journaling pages to write about whatever came up this week. You can consider the content, in the body check-in, in the memory practice, or in your daily life as you've been paying attention to your body's signals.
This is a suggested structure, not a prescription. If you work better moving through everything in one sitting, do that. If you need more than five days, take them. If the memory practice doesn't feel accessible this week, skip it and come back when it does. The only thing this series asks of you is honesty, and you get to decide what that looks like for your brain.