As the new school year approaches, many families are busy preparing the essential school supplies for their children. While notebooks, pencils, and book bags are commonly on the shopping list, there’s a set of supplies that are often overlooked. This unique school supply list focuses on supporting the social-emotional development of students and enhancing theirContinue reading “Essential School Supplies for Social-Emotional Development and Executive Functioning”
Category Archives: Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Reflections from the Classroom: Courageous Conversations Make a Difference
Courageous conversations can, often times, be uncomfortable, but they usually produce positive results. Courageous conversations focus on serious topics, such as work performance, inappropriate behaviors or comments; they can focus on any area that require adjustments. Whenever one person has a discussion with another person about work performance, behaviors, or comments, that discussion can beContinue reading “Reflections from the Classroom: Courageous Conversations Make a Difference”
Social Skill of the Week: Asking for Help
Asking for help seems to be a difficult task for middle level scholars. On the other hand, elementary school scholars are more prone to ask questions when they do not understand something. In addition, elementary level scholars are not as judgmental of each other as scholars in the middle level. Young teens become extremely judgmentalContinue reading “Social Skill of the Week: Asking for Help”
Social Skill of the Week: Disagreeing Appropriately
Disagreements happen to everyone, there is no age limit on disagreements. Disagreements are uncomfortable and usually escalate into something negative when individuals involved do not know how to express themselves appropriately. When people do not know how to appropriately express themselves, the animal instinct takes over; punches are thrown and angry words are exchanged. DisagreeingContinue reading “Social Skill of the Week: Disagreeing Appropriately”