EdTech Cool Tool Award Winner
Teacher-Led or Peer-to-Peer
Built for Grades 6-12
Workshop-Style Learning
Why Back Pocket Works
Students learn coping skills best through hands-on, social experiences—not lectures or self-guided videos. Back Pocket’s workshop model teaches teens real tools for stress, anxiety, and distraction, creating calmer classrooms and more confident students.
Social-Learning Pedagogy
Built for How Teens Learn Best
Back Pocket engages teens through movement and collaboration. 92% students feel more confident managing their mental health after participating.
Tier 1.5 Support
Fits MTSS Without Adding Work
Flexible enough for Tier 2, accessible enough for Tier 1. Back Pocket fills the gap without new staffing, schedule changes, or specialized training.
Research-Backed Outcomes
Evidence You Can Trust
Students become calmer, more confident, and better regulated. 83% of educators rate Back Pocket more engaging than other SEL programs.
Real Relevance for Real Teens
Designed for Grades 6–12
Not repurposed K–5 SEL. Back Pocket addresses stress, anxiety, screens, relationships, and confidence—the challenges real teens face daily.
Outcomes & Evidence
Back Pocket helps teens feel in control - giving them practical, actionable tools so stress feels manageable and confidence grows.
92%
of students reported more confidence managing stress
83%
of educators rated the program highly engaging
4x
lower negative emotions
“Most programs are 80% information and 20% action. Back Pocket flips that.”
- Ryan Herringa, MD, UW Psychiatry
Winner of the 2025 EdTech Cool Tool Awards
Recognized by EdTech Digest as one of the most innovative learning solutions of the year. See Announcement
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Five Lessons.
A lifetime of Tools.
A short, engaging workshop that gives teens skills they’ll actually use - right away.
Happy Hormones
Discover natural ways to boost mood and motivation.
Calming Exercises
Master quick resets for stress and anxiety.
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Gratitude Café
Practice optimism and build stronger connections.
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Your Screen Plan
Take control of technology with a personalized plan.
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Your Back Pocket
Leave with your own go-to coping toolkit!
Easy for Schools.
Powerful for Students
Back Pocket is turnkey for educators and transformative for teens — here’s how it works:
Quick to Launch
Five short, flexible lessons that fit any schedule (~30 minutes each) and 50 optional Reinforcement Activities to promote skill mastery.
Lasting Impact
Flexible add-ons that keep skills alive all year included in site license.
Zero Prep for Teachers
Slides, handouts, and on-demand training videos included - ready to go.
Simple, School-Friendly Pricing
Back Pocket is designed to be affordable and easy to adopt. One site license unlocks everything teachers and students need for a full year
$1,950 / site / year
Full digital portal access
On-demand training videos
1 workshop, 5 lessons
Teacher + student handouts
50+ reinforcement activities
Parent resources
Discounts available for pilots, rural schools, and multi-site licenses.
Trusted by Educators and Students Alike
“Shaney was amazing—honest, real, and incredibly relatable. Her passion for sharing these tools is contagious, and it made me excited to use them, too...”
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Suzanne Tripp
Eastern Carver County Schools, Minnesota
“Back Pocket Workshop provides many useful, sound, and practical ideas that are research-based. They are the type of strategies a student can grab hold of at any moment……this is truly a journey worth taking as it reminds our youth that they have exactly what they need.”
Gust Athanas
Board Certified School Counselor for Middleton - Cross Plains Area School District (WI)
“Back Pocket teaches DBT and CBT skills that are disguised as easy-to-understand tools. The tools are taught in a conversational, stigma-reducing way that immediately engages kids.”
Lisa Courchaine
LCSW, UnityPoint Health - Meriter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
“As a high school social worker for over 20 years, I have often searched for easy-to-use tools that will assist teens in managing their moods and emotions. Back Pocket fits my criteria and I would recommend it to any staff member looking for an organized, engaging way to teach coping skills to adolescents.”
Debbie Strick
Social Worker at Appleton Area School District (WI)
“Back Pocket went great!! We had great discussion and participation from kids you never would've guessed. I could not be more pleased.”
Eric Todd
Alternative Education Teacher, Kearney School District (MO)
“Most content on mental health is 80% information, 20% action and what I love about Back Pocket is that it is 80% action and 20% information.”
Ryan Herringa
Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Wisconsin Madison
