| By: Committee for Children Helping Educators Rebuild and Reconnect with SEL for Adults: An Interview with Grant Elementary School We sat down with Sierra Marsh, a school social worker who was part of the Leader Team that implemented Second Step® SEL for Adults at Grant Elementary, to talk about her experience using the program and how she saw it change the staff culture.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Meet the Team That’s Creating SEL for High School Have you heard? Committee for Children is building a new social-emotional learning (SEL) program for high school students. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Kids’ Orchestra: Where Social-Emotional Learning and Music Education Harmonize Kids’ Orchestra is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based after-school program with a mission to build a community of creative, confident, and socially engaged students through music education. We sat down with Education Director Sam Trevathan and Program Manager Blakelynn Prettalt to talk about their experience incorporating Second Step® Out-of-School Time into their program.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: Katherine Seibel What’s Going Right for Kids’ Well-Being When a Lot Feels Wrong It can be easy to feel discouraged about the state of youth mental health in the US. Families and educators share concerns about youth mental health, and agree that additional support is needed for students. Federal and state lawmakers are responding to support young people.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: Andrea Lovanhill Breaking Cultural Norms to Prevent Sexual Abuse Our world is opening back up. Children are going back to in-person learning, workers are returning to their office buildings, and thankfully, celebrations are no longer just over Zoom. While we continue to live with and navigate the pandRead More
| By: Committee for Children Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month with Mariam Badr This year, we’re celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month with a Q&A with Mariam Badr, an Arab American student, activist, and media coordinator. Read More
| By: Tia Kim, PhD Embracing the Unpredictable This March, Committee for Children is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a series of reflections from our Executive Leadership Team on their career journeys, the women who’ve shaped them along the way, and how they’re working to break biases. This post is from VP of Education, Research & Impact Tia Kim.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Gamer Girls Create the World This March, Committee for Children is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a series of reflections from our Executive Leadership Team on their career journeys, the women who’ve shaped them along the way, and how they’re working to break biases. This post is from VP of Policy & Advocacy Jordan Posamentier.Read More