Hey, Buddy, Will You Come Over and Sit with Us? 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
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. Read More Read More at Scout Somerville
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
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
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
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
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. * Mind Yeti is not accepting new users at this time.Read More Read More at Livingly
Education Emotions 101: Why Hawaii Schools Are Focusing On Feelings Hawaii schools have joined a growing educational movement that emphasizes “whole child” development, not just academics.Read More Read More at Honolulu Civil Beat
New Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum Helps Students Find Lifelong Success St. Mary of Gostyn School is introducing a new program called “Second Step”, which helps students learn to express themselves appropriately, accept others’ differences, and detect social cues. “While we do a great job with academics and incorporating faith into our curriculum, we feel we need to cover the social and emotional needs of our students,” said Chris Kalal, Assistant Principal at SMG.Read More Read More at mysuburbanlife.com
What’s a Day in a Typical Minnesota Preschool Like? Follow Along with Us. …This is part of the district’s “Second Step” curriculum, which helps students improve their social-emotional skills. Heather Sanders, the district’s early learning coordinator, says this helps students understand and talk about their feelings with staff and other students.Read More Read More at TwinCities.com