Classroom Resources
Mindfulness in the classroom, Let's hear from students...
Monthly Mindfulness Calendar will resume in the fall!
Monthly Mindfulness and Social Emotional Learning opportunities for elementary school teachers to utilize in the classroom. This calendar is a great resource and supplement to the Second Step Curriculum as it supports our students in being ready to learn and grow!
SEL4ME
The Department of Education has developed a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum for kindergarten to high school students. This curriculum was developed for educators, students as well as parents and caregivers. This curriculum supports building skills for students in five core competencies, self-awareness, relationships, responsible decision-making, self-management and social awareness.
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Growth Mindset
Our very own Bethany C. Goding has created a fabulous collection of tools and resources that invites students of all ages to learn about the growth mindset, kindness, gratitude, mindfulness and self-care.
ADHD: A New Perspective
Loren Andrews, MA, MSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private practice in Rockland, Maine. His practice specializes primarily in relational and couples counseling, adolescent and adult ADHD, anxiety and panic disorder, as well as helping victims of trauma in their recovery.
His approach to ADHD is that it is not a disorder, but a difference. Because the human mind has 88 billion neurons, and trillions of connections, it must regulate itself to work. That’s why ADHD is a Regulation Difference, or what he calls the RD Mind. Because the RD Mind is a little less regulated than other human minds, that difference results in more thinking, more feeling, and more doing, which then gives a person with an RD Mind a series of gifts and challenges.
If you or a loved one have and RD mind you can view some helpful and empowering content through Loren's Youtube Channel!
Bringing Restorative Practices into the classroom can build relationships, give students a sense of belonging and value, resolve conflicts, help break the school to prison pipeline and much more.
Learning for justice helps show you how you can bring todays issues into the classroom as well as the school community.
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is the creator of Second Step which is a social emotional curriculum being used in our middle school and elementary schools. Second Step developed classroom kits that are being taught mostly by classroom teachers to support the learning of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. They also have developed bullying prevention and child protection units that help support the students in learning how to recognize, report and refuse bullying behavior and in how to stay safe.
Resource Guide For Maine Families, Schools and Communities
This is a guide is a helpful tool that breaks down systems of support within both schools and communities. If you would like to learn more about how to access support for your child or student this is a great place to start.