| By: Committee for Children What Families Need to Know About Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Starting the conversation with your children about sexual abuse is critical, but it isn’t always easy. Committee for Children’s executive director Joan Cole Duffell talks to Q13 FOX about the things families need to know to keep kids safe.… Read More Read More at Q13 Fox
| By: Committee for Children Hey, Buddy, Will You Come Over and Sit with Us? Feeling excluded is often painful, lonely, and confusing for children. At Broadmor Elementary, students and staff have come up with a clever way to promote new friendships and a school culture built on inclusion and kindness.… Read More Read More at Wrangler News
| By: Committee for Children Tackling Opioid Addiction Early Governor Charlie Baker has released his second major package to tackle the opioid crisis that has swept the country and ravaged Massachusetts in recent years. The package includes a piece of proposed legislation called the CARE Act—Combating addiction, Accessing treatment, Reducing prescriptions, and Enhancing prevention—and several administrative actions. … Read More Read More at Scout Somerville
| By: Committee for Children Socio-Emotional Learning Is Vital, And This Mindfulness App Can Help These days, it seems like many grown-ups I know could use a crash course in socio-emotional learning too, but all joking aside, nurturing your child’s socio-emotional learning is everything and cannot be ignored. In fact, some experts believe that we need to pay more attention to our kids’ socio-emotional growth than things like academic greatness or other outward successes.… Read More Read More at Scary Mommy
| By: Committee for Children A Program to Gauge Mental Health in Middle Schools Concerns over growing teen suicides nationwide and youth mental health issues have prompted officials at Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 to start talking about it in class and assess whether students are at risk. This month the district rolled out a suicide prevention and depression awareness program, known as Signs of Suicide or SOS, for seventh- and eighth-graders. It’s the latest effort to address students’ social and emotional needs.… Read More Read More at Daily Herald
| By: Committee for Children How to do SEL in K-12 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is a real thing and if teachers in your school, district or state are not already explicitly teaching SEL skills, it is likely that they soon will be. Several states have adopted SEL standards for K-12 curriculum.… Read More Read More at Question Tank
| By: Committee for Children Looking for SEL programs? New RAND report has answers A new report from the RAND Corporation identifies 60 elementary, middle and high school-level SEL programs that can meet ESSA’s expectations for using an evidence-based intervention. The report also lists which positive outcomes the program or practice might produce, such as reducing aggression, improving motivation or addressing test anxiety.… Read More Read More at Education Dive
| By: Committee for Children Seward Community Foundation Grant Highlight: Boys and Girls Club “Second Step” is an evidence-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program that gives children the tools they need to succeed both in and out of the classroom. Social-emotional skills are an imperative part of development as they help us manage our behavior and emotions and navigate social complexities. With these skills in place, children have the confidence and control needed to learn. The Club’s staff sought this grant through the Seward Community Foundation because they saw a need to develop kid’s social-emotional intelligence in an ever-more complex and stimulating world.… Read More Read More at Seward City News
| By: Committee for Children Inspiring Women: Meet the Founder of Mind Yeti, An Important Mindfulness App for Kids We got the scoop on Mind Yeti from Mia Doces, who led development of the app as the director of New Mission Ventures. Here’s what she had to say about why Mind Yeti is so important for families, future goals for the app, and why mindfulness is such a vital skill for kids.… Read More Read More at Livingly
| By: Committee for Children Changing World of Technology Stresses Kids A rise in social, emotional and behavioral interventions in Easton schools has caught the attention of Board of Education members, and they’re discussing the factors contributing to student stress at the elementary and middle school level.… Read More Read More at Aspetuck.news