| By: Committee for Children Make SEL Day More than Just One Day CEO Andrea Lovanhill shares her insights on where we are today in bringing critical life skills to students in the classroom and what the future holds for the collective impact we can make on children and communities through social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Erin L. Raab, PhD The Students Are Not the Problem: We Need to Prioritize Social-Emotional Well-Being in High Schools to Address Learning Loss Experts agree that young people are struggling in school but have different opinions about how best to support them. Dr. Erin Raab, a researcher on our new high school program, argues that schools should use SEL to help kids succeed academically and throughout life.Read More
| By: Committee for Children 4 Strategies for Effective SEL Implementation Starting a new learning paradigm or program can be daunting, but when it comes to social-emotional learning, it doesn’t have to be. Here are four takeaway strategies you can use to effectively implement an SEL program in your learning community. Read More
| 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