Social Emotional Supports

Website links to articles, videos, and other resources to support the social emotional learning needs of children and families:

• Center for Healthy Minds: Mindfulness videos, Kindness curriculum and much more

• Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

• Challenging Behavior Backpack resources:

  • Challenging Behavior: How to Give Clear Directions

  • Challenging Behavior: Understanding the Meaning

  • Challenging Behavior: Recognize and Understand Frustration

  • Challenging Behavior: Positive Language

• Conscious Discipline: Strategies, social stories, and articles about how to create a sense of safety, connecting, and cultivating a new sense of normal during hard times.

• Coping Calendar: 30 simple ways to take care of yourself during this challenging time

• Helping Children Cope with Stress During the 2019-nCoV Outbreak: Simple graphic with ways to help children cope during this hard time

• Kids and Stress: ACES 360 Iowa: Simple visual about kids and stress.

• Kids Mindfulness Video: Tracing Fingers: Fun quick mindfulness video for children

• Mindfulness Schools: Mindfulness activities, videos, and learning for teachers, parents, and children

• Resilience Booster: Parent TIP TOOL: Simple graphic with resilience activities

• Sesame Street: Many videos, activities, and learning about this scary time in kid friendly language from the Sesame Street team for children, families, teachers, and more.