A Calm Quiet Place for Teachers & Parents

http://franticworld.com/what-is-mindfulness/

......or here......

http://www.thehappinesstrap.com/mindfulness

Inspiring Websites about Happiness & Positive Thinking/Happiness

http://my.happify.com/public/science-of-happiness/

http://www.slideshare.net/bbdavenport/20habits-happypeople

Anxiety

http://www.cusd80.com/Page/55308

but if you even touch the mouse, the keyboard, the 2 minutes resets and starts over! Soooo, do NOTHING!

BULLYING & CYBER BULLYING

United Federation of Teacher's Bullying resource list

http://www.uft.org/our-rights/brave/resources

http://www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/at-school/

http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/resources-and-project-partners

GRIEF, LOSS, DEATH & SUICIDE

http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/1927-how-to-help-your-students-deal-with-grief-and-loss

http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/griefwar.pdf

Please see other PDF files, available to download, below.

SEL Curriculum & Tools

www.CASEL.org

- A Still, Quiet Place website with Amy Saltzman

http://www.stillquietplace.com/dr-amy/

She has a CD about Mindfulness, listed in the Resource list

- 6 Seconds with Anabel Jensen www.6seconds.org

- Cindy Sibley, MFT

https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/Cindy_Berenstein_Sibley_MPH,MS,LMFT,PPS_Burlingame_California_178407

- Sunita Lokuge Founder, SmartlyU http://www.smartlyu.com/s/about/about.html

- Lorea Martinez http://loreamartinez.com/

- SMARTLY U www.smartlyU.com

- CA SEL www.casel.org

- Institute for SEL www.instituteforsel.org

NEXT STEPS:

STILL TO COME:

LINK JOSH BOWIE'S Video Clip

CATHERINE MIKES' ARTICLE ON GRIT & RESILIENCE

HEIDI FELT'S ARTICLE "What if Failure is the Secret of Success?"

LINK SANDRA BROWN'S OHIO STATE/TIM KNIGHT "Positive Thinking" article

LINK SANDRA BROWN'S "Life Lessons of the Navy Seals"

LINK VERONICA VALENCIA'S ARTICLES

LINK BONNIE SLATER'S GoNoodle.com SITE AND YOUTUBE Koo Koo Kanga Roo

SITES RECOMMENDED BY HEIDI FELT

OTHER GAMES AND SELF -SURVEYS, PSYCH PERSONALITY TESTS, ARTICLES

THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

BLOG or ADVICE COLUMN?

LINK CASEL www.casel.org

LINK INSTITUTE FOR SEL www.instituteforsel.org

SmartlyU.com

RAD DAY (RESPECT ALL DIFFERENCES DAY ON APRIL 10

CROCKER CLIMATE SURVEY

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:

- Michael Tompkins, Ph.D. Adolescent Anxiety March 26, 2015

- SEL Workshop at SMCOE, April 28, 2015

OUR (draft) SEL MISSION STATEMENT

Please add any bulleted information regarding SEL that you feel should be included in our Mission Statement. Everyone should have a voice in its creation.

Because of our SEL Program, Crocker Students will be able to:

*Persevere during times of difficulty, frustration and failure.

*Practice strategies for dealing with difficulties, frustrations and failures.

*Develop Growth Mindset, optimism, and receptive frame of mind vs Fixed Mindset Thinking.

*See challenges as opportunities rather than roadblocks (internal locus of control vs. helplessness, or “victim” thinking).

*Experience a school environment that inspires happy and healthy relationships with peers, allows for individual freedom of expression, offers fair and empathic support, teaches and rewards effective communication, and provides learning experiences designed to help make each student feel that they are the most important person in the community.

Audrey added….

Develop self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success, including knowing when to ask for help, and where to go to find resources for help.

Use social-awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships, and avoid being “swept by emotional waves” of feeling.

Having self-awareness about emotional states, and knowing how to not to “escalate” but rather, ride out the emotional wave, and how to use helpful self-soothing strategies..

Demonstrate responsible and less impulsive decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, family, and community contexts.

Develop attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, Be able to feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships

Abstain from drug use and other unhealthy coping strategies, violence, bullying

Linda’s comments: I like the direction this is taking. My mind is working to classify it and boil it down to its essential elements that so that I can keep a version of it always in the forefront of my mind. What I’m seeing at the top is intrapersonal and then it naturally leads into interpersonal. I think both are critical. Students need to be able to take care of themselves and also be kind and compassionate members of the larger community. I don’t want to tamper with someone else’s work, so I’m copying and pasting it below with the ideas roughly organized into categories.

Intrapersonal:

Strategies for persevering, coping, growing and making good choices

• • Persevere during times of difficulty, frustration and failure.

  • Practice strategies for dealing with difficulties, frustrations and failures.

  • Develop Growth Mindset, optimism, and receptive frame of mind vs Fixed Mindset Thinking.

  • See challenges as opportunities rather than roadblocks (internal locus of control vs. helplessness, or “victim” thinking).

  • Develop self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success, including knowing when to ask for help, and where to go to find resources for help.

  • Develop attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals,

Abstain from drug use and other unhealthy coping strategies, violence, bullying

Interpersonal:

Handling conflict and treating others with kindness and respect

• • Having self-awareness about emotional states, and knowing how to not to “escalate” but rather, ride out the emotional wave, and how to use helpful self-soothing strategies..

  • Use social-awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships, and avoid being “swept by emotional waves” of feeling.

  • Demonstrate responsible and less impulsive decision-making skills and responsible behaviors in personal, school, family, and community contexts.

  • Be able to feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships

Teachers, parents, please let us know what other resources you would like to see made available. We are here to help.