| By: Committee for Children Middle School Year-End Reflection: Summer Letter An activity for middle schoolers to reflect on what they are grateful for, what skills they learned, what challenges they anticipate, or who they can rely on for help in a letter they write to their future selves.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children 6 Action Areas for Community-wide Suicide Prevention Suicide doesn’t discriminate. People of all genders, ages, and ethnicities can be at risk. Here are tips for communities and schools to prevent suicide and improve mental health.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Then and Now: Our Origin Story In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, we took the opportunity to sit down with Committee for Children (CFC) Executive Director Joan Cole Duffel to talk about the organization’s roots in abuse prevention, how our efforts have evolved over the past four decades, and why there’s no such thing as a finish line when it comes to child abuse protection. … Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson High Schoolers Voice the Value of Social-Emotional Learning: Middle School SEL Matters Researchers’ emphasis on the middle and high school years as a critical period for developing adolescents’ social and emotional competencies is echoed by secondary students themselves, who say even more about why social-emotional learning (SEL) should be at the forefront of middle and high school education.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Then & Now: Research at the Roots Research scientist Tia Kim, leader of an all-female education research team at Committee for Children, talks about the most influential women in education research and the value of evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL).… Read More
| By: Committee for Children 3 Self-Care Tips for Teachers and Educators Educators, here are a few research-based self-care tips to sustain social-emotional well-being to help you finish the year out strong.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Then & Now: The Evolution of SEL in Education We sat down with CFC’s vice president of marketing and client relations, Andrea Lovanhill, to talk about SEL’s evolution in the classroom, her motivation to work in this field, and the future of SEL in the education space.… Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson New Schoolwide Social-Emotional Learning Implementation Resource A new Guide to Schoolwide SEL provides resources for social-emotional learning implementation and helps schools infuse SEL into all parts of students’ education.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Mark Your Calendars | Congressional Briefing: Preparing Teachers for SEL February 27, Committee for Children, in partnership with CASEL, is hosting a congressional briefing in DC, to discuss the importance of teacher preparedness in SEL education.… Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Avoid the Setback of Forgotten SEL Skills with 5 Teaching Tools Second Step involves five teaching elements that can ensure students learn social-emotional skills and use them for the long term.… Read More