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Catching Kids Before the Waterfall: The Case for More Proactive SEL
From #PrincipalProject: "If we want to do right by our students, we have got to flip from a sickness-and-crisis model to a wellness model in our schools. This is the great challenge of our field – to proactively step up and build systems to step in before the crisis."
What Middle Schoolers Can Teach Us About Respect
From Greater Good Magazine: "Teens are developing a nuanced understanding of what respect means. Here are some ideas for cultivating more of it in the classroom."
Six Ways to Respond to Your Kids’ Big Feelings
From Greater Good Magazine: "By accepting our children’s emotions, encouraging children to be aware of them, and coaching them through the process of understanding, expressing, and regulating these feelings, we are creating an opportunity for them to live richer, more...
Implications for Educational Practice of the Science of Learning and Development.
From Taylor & Francis Online: "synthesized evidence from the learning sciences and several branches of educational research about well-vetted strategies that support the kinds of relationships and learning opportunities needed to promote children’s well-being."
Why High School Students Need Social Emotional Learning
From K-12 Dive: "Our students need more than just academic preparation or career training for life after high school. As they transition to adulthood and independence, their social emotional skills - or lack thereof - will be a critical factor in their success."
Setting Up a Disability-Inclusive Curriculum
From Edutopia: "Six strategies for making people with disabilities a part of your students’ diverse learning experiences."
Why Kindness and Emotional Literacy Matter in Raising Kids
From KQED: "While adults may feel that statements like this are pointing out the obvious, we have to remember that kids are at different stages of their development – and that kindness is a character trait that takes both practice and intellectual understanding."
How Changing Schools’ Culture of Discipline Paves the Way for Inclusivity
From KQED: "Learning from Black, Asian and Latinx teachers about what is going well in their classrooms, especially in regards to discipline, helps all educators develop ways to better cope with how trauma is playing out in today’s students."
We’re Experiencing an Empathy Shortage, but We Can Fix it Together
From TEDxMarin: "According to research, our collective empathy is eroding. But there is good news: Empathy is a skill, it can be built, and psychology professor Jamil Zaki explains how he — and others — are doing just that."
Five Ways Parents Can Support Children’s Social and Emotional Development
From NHSA: "Parents can support their children’s social and emotional learning and wellness. But it will take time and focus, new resources, and new approaches to address the impact moving forward."