| 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: Jasmine Williams Perspective Taking: How It Helps Middle Schoolers Handle Peer Conflict To develop strong perspective-taking skills, students need to practice. The Middle School Program teaches sophisticated perspective-taking strategies that help students learn to avoid and resolve conflicts.… 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 your social-emotional well-being all school year.… 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
| By: Jasmine Williams Emotions and Rejection: How to Transform Negative Self-Talk into Social Success Adolescents’ social world expands during the middle school years, so learning to recognize unhelpful thoughts and transform them into helpful thoughts is a vital skill. And research backs this up.… Read More
| By: Committee for Children Class Challenge: Make Fast Friends This engaging activity helps middle school students establish and support friendships with classmates in a safe way, sans smartphones.… Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Top 6 Considerations for Measuring Social-Emotional Learning New resources are available to help schools with social-emotional learning measurement and assessment.… Read More