| By: Committee for Children New Directions for Second Step® Programs in 2023–2024: A Back-to-School Update with Liliana Suero Second Step® Elementary and Second Step® Middle School digital programs are reset and updated every summer in preparation for the coming school year. With this year’s reset complete and updates underway, we sat down with Director of Product Management Liliana Suero to learn more about what this year’s changes are all about.Read More
| By: Erin L. Raab, PhD What’s the Big Deal About SEL in High School? Statistics show why it’s more important than ever for educators and families to invest in the well-being of adolescents. Helping teens build life skills through social-emotional learning (SEL) is an effective way to protect their mental wellness and give them tools to thrive in and out of school.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Three Takeaways from the First Year of the All Kids Safe and Well Campaign In this blog, learn our top takeaways from the first year of the All Kids Safe and Well campaign, which advocates for primary prevention, life skills education, and children’s social-emotional well-being.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier The Biggest 2023 Policy Trends Affecting Student Well-Being Learn the three biggest policy trends in student well-being that our VP of Policy and Advocacy Jordan Posamentier is predicting for the 2023 legislative sessions.Read More
| By: Committee for Children What’s Coming to Second Step® Programs in 2023: An Update from Director of Product Management Liliana Suero We sat down with Liliana Suero to learn more about her and what’s on her mind as she looks forward to the coming year.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Meet Lee Wilson, the New COO of Committee for Children Learn more about Committee for Children’s new COO Lee Wilson in this Q&A.Read More
| By: Cailin Currie, PhD Healthy Ways to Unplug and Unwind Our second Winter Well-Being video this year is all about how to unplug and unwind in a healthy way that supports your overall well-being. In this blog, I’ll walk you through some of the research behind the advice Dr. Tia Kim and I provided in the video.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Adding School Mental Health Professionals Alone Will Not Resolve the Youth Mental Health Crisis Learn why teaching life skills can help to build protective factors that can help all kids to be safe, ready to learn, and able to thrive.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Research and Evidence: The Second Step® Difference Committee for Children has long been at the forefront of research, evidence, and continuous improvement in the field of social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Tia Kim, PhD Getting Back to Basics to Meet Your Baseline Needs and Build Resilience Our first Winter Well-Being video this year is all about how to meet your foundational needs in order to support your overall health and well-being. In this blog, I’ll dig a little deeper into the research behind the advice Dr. Cailin Currie and I provided in the video.Read More