You probably know and love the Second Step program (since most of our website visitors do), and now there’s even more of a reason to love it: the new research-based Bullying Prevention Unit. Here are some anticipated frequently asked questions to satisfy your curiosity.

Gratitude can be contagious. But what does research have to say about it? And how can you bring more of it into your classroom?

Need some inspiration to get creative with social and emotional learning in your classroom? It’s a great way to extend the learning and add some spark to your curriculum.

Here’s a story of a remarkable relationship between a university and a local inner-city school and how a school counseling professor has used the Second Step program as a tool to simultaneously promote children’s social-emotional development while providing her graduate students with the opportunity for hands-on practice.

Here’s a story of a remarkable relationship between a university and a local inner-city school and how a school counseling professor has used the Second Step program as a tool to simultaneously promote children’s social-emotional development while providing her graduate students with the opportunity for hands-on practice.

Resilience is the ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change (Merriam-Webster). There are many benefits in having this ability to bounce back, or recover.

In Part 1, we learned that for most of us, situations often creep up that can trigger an anger response in our bodies. We call these “invitations to anger.

Survey says! Results from recent surveys of elementary school students participating in the Second Step program.

You know those weeks that are so packed with exciting events, they leave you breathless at the end? Last week was one of those for us here at Committee for Children.

Here are some time-saving ideas for teaching both academic subjects and social skills in the same lesson!