Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a process that helps children develop essential life skills to understand and manage their emotions, build positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and handle various social situations effectively. It is an integral part of a child's overall development and lays the foundation for their success in school, relationships, and life.

Below are some data-driven social emotional learning programs and tools that are used school-wide.

Second Step

The Second Step program aims to teach children important social-emotional skills that can enhance their overall well-being, academic performance, and relationships with others. Some topics covered in the second step curriculum are:

Kelso's Choices

Kelso's Choices is a problem-solving model designed to help children handle conflicts and make positive decisions when they face difficult situations. It provides children with a set of options they can choose from when confronted with a problem, and it empowers them to make responsible choices.

Zones of Regulation

The Zones of Regulation is a tool for teaching children to understand and manage their emotions. It helps them learn to recognize how they're feeling, and it gives them strategies to cope with those feelings appropriately. It teaches emotional intelligence, empathy, and social skills. All emotions and all zones are okay!

Check out these additional online resources to try at home!

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention- Hot Chocolate Talk

Little Children, Big Challenges- Family Resources

The Imagine Neighborhood-SEL Podcast for Families

Child Mind Institute-Parenting Guides