| By: Committee for Children Federal Funding for SEL Now Available: March 2021 Committee for Children works with policymakers from around the country and supports laws, policies, and funding that promote social-emotional learning (SEL), address bullying, and prevent child sexual abuse. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Advocating for Child Protection Our policy and advocacy team has stepped up our efforts to elevate the voices of those who share our commitment to protecting kids. See what they’ve been up to.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Identity and Belonging: Anti-Racist Curriculum and Black Studies in Schools Each month, our policy experts will answer questions relating to these priority areas and racial equity. Our final blog in this series will discuss anti-racist curricula and Black studies, and how SEL can help promote and be strengthened by research-based practices that advance racial equity in education.Read More
| By: Polly Stansell SEL for Today: A New Second Step® Elementary Digital Program Is Coming Spring 2021 Our long-standing commitment to listening to these leaders’ voices has helped us continuously improve our research- and evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs. Today, that commitment brings us to an exciting announcement: the release of our new, fully web-based Second Step® Elementary digital program this spring. Read More
| By: Mylien Duong, PhD How to Make Meaning After Traumatic Events In this blog post, Dr. Mylien Duong shares tips and an exercise for slowing down, reflecting, and finding meaning after trauma.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Protecting Children from Sex Trafficking: A Conversation with Kelly Mangiaracina, JD This blog post discusses sensitive topics, including child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Committee for Children was founded to help the victiRead More
| By: Committee for Children Winter Well-Being Q&A with Dr. Mylien Duong In this Q&A, clinical psychologist, and education researcher Dr. Mylien Duong breaks down how adults can support their mental health and well-being with social-emotional learning. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Advocating SEL in a Tumultuous Year: Our 2020 Highlights Throughout the turmoil and unrest of 2020, Committee for Children’s Policy and Advocacy Team has advocated at the state and federal levels to promote the well-being of young people across our country. Here are some highlights from our advocacy work this year.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Navigating 2020 with the Help of Social-Emotional Learning Despite the shifting landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sociopolitical turmoil of 2020, Committee for Children’s Second Step® teams rose to support district administrators, school leaders, educators, and students when they needed it most. Here are three highlights from 2020.Read More
| By: Committee for Children When Bullying Is Racially Motivated: Recognizing It for What It Is and Supporting Kids to Be Anti-Racist Upstanders All forms of bullying harm kids, but biased-based harassment—when the underlying cause or motivation is prejudice—causes specific, increased harm. University of Michigan’s Dr. Deborah Rivas-Drake provides recommendations for how adults can recognize racially motivated bullying and support kids to be upstanders.Read More