| 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 How Can Mindfulness Benefit Students? This fall, the Second Step® Elementary digital program will be updated to include optional access to a library of mindfulness sessions. We sat down with Dr. Cailin Currie, a developmental psychologist and senior research scientist at Committee for Children, to talk about this new resource and its potential classroom benefits.Read More
| By: Committee for Children What’s New and Coming Soon with Second Step® Programs: An Update from Director of Programs Rachel Kamb At Committee for Children, educators are trusted partners in growing and improving our Second Step family of social-emotional learning (SEL) programs. We sat down with Director of Programs Rachel Kamb, whose role focuses on how our programs can help meet educators’ needs, to talk about this year’s updates and coming changes.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Product and Innovation: 2021 Year in Review By Mia Doces and Polly Stansell This year emphasized how important it is to be innovative when responding to the evolving needs of students and educators. As the COVID-19 pandemic persisted, we continued to provide our trusted family ofRead More
| By: Committee for Children Family Engagement Resources for Building Stronger Communications at Your School Family engagement is an integral part of Second Step® social-emotional learning (SEL) programs. Each program contains a variety of resources and communications to help you connect with families, share social-emotional learning goals, and provide insight into how parents can support and reinforce social-emotional skills and concepts at home.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Fortify Youth Mental Health with Social-Emotional Learning Educators and caregivers have tremendous influence on the mental health of children and youth. We’ve handpicked some research-based resources that provide more mental health information as well as tips shown to boost positive outcomes. Read More