Christopher was frustrated during lunch to see his sister sitting at the other table with someone Christopher does not get along with. The students were not even talking - everyone was doing their own thing on their phones. Christopher could not take his eyes off them, he would not eat, and was texting his sister nonstop asking her "how could you?" Efforts were made to distract him by inviting him to engage in conversation with other students and even move locations. He was struggling to regroup. Encouragement to eat his lunch with reminders that "your brain needs food to feel good and make good choices." He eventually ate about half of the burger. He agreed to go outside with some other peers. The kids invited Christopher to play an obstacle course game. He was laughing and enjoying it. Christopher was reminded to focus energy on the friends who make us feel good and want to be with us. To reinforce those positive interactions, Christopher was coached to tell the friends, "that was really fun. Thanks for asking me. Let's do it again." One perceptive friend told Christopher, "you can be really fun when you're not mad." During the recap in Christopher's office, it was discussed how we can control with whom we spend time. We can't control the actions of others but we can control who we choose to spend time with. We discussed how we can have positive interactions with people who make us feel good and relaxed. We reviewed "giving compliments" and "saying kind things" - just as we like to hear those things, those also make the friends have good thoughts about us and want to spend time with us. Christopher fell into negative thinking but was not resistant to some of the suggestions for reinforcing the friendships that feel good. He claimed to know "all the tricks" from Ms. Lynne and Ms. Donna and that they don't work. We discussed how we can be detectives and continue to find strategies that will work.