| By: Committee for Children SEL Passport Challenge This summer, help your students practice their social-emotional skills with this easy-to-make SEL passport. Parents and teachers can help students create this handy reminder of how to use kind, respectful, prosocial behavior anytime, anywhere. Read More
| By: Committee for Children How SEL Helps Children Succeed in School, the Workplace, and Life In our new ebook, we’ve gathered varied and experienced perspectives from thought leaders in education, business, and the military on both the early and long-term benefits of social-emotional learning, why social-emotional skills are critical for today’s workforce, and why they will be even more necessary in the future. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Joan Cole Duffell Recognized with Prestigious CASEL Award The prestigious Mary Utne O’Brien Award is presented annually by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) — and this year, we are so proud to announce that our own Executive Director, Joan Cole Duffell is its recipient. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier The Growing Link Between SEL and Employability Skills Social-emotional skills have become a necessity in the 21st-century workplace. See how Committee for Children is working to connect employers and educators to raise SEL as a part of workforce preparedness. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Classroom Challenge: Reinforcing SEL Lessons with Haiku Encourage your students to get creative and explore the rhythm of writing haiku! Check out this way to reinforce SEL lessons and skills, challenge students’ creativity, and support their comprehension and internalization of what they’re learning. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Books to Help Parents Talk About and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse Research suggests that talking about child sexual abuse helps keep kids safe. We’ve curated this list of books that can help families talk about child safety, children recovering from trauma, and adults supporting children recovering from trauma. Check out our list and the other resources we offer for these important conversations. Read More
| By: Kelly Doscher The Hot Chocolate Talk: The Discussion Every Parent Needs to Have Child sexual abuse thrives on silence—but we can help to keep kids safe by talking openly and often to children about abuse. The Hot Chocolate Talk is our new initiative that, with multiple resources, helps parents and caretakers know what to say and do to protect kids from predators, starting now. Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier How the New Funding Bill Affects SEL in Schools The omnibus spending bill provides $1.1 billion in funding for fiscal year 2018 for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant (SSAEG) program, which is Title IV-A of the ESSA. These funds can be used to purchase social-emotional learning (SEL) materials, including our SEL curriculum, the Second Step Program. Learn more.Read More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Addressing Gun Violence in Schools Social-emotional learning (SEL) should be part of the conversation around preventing the next school shooting, but the solutions are far more complicated, which is why we’ve taken three actions.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Why Empathy Alone Won’t Stop Bullying Did you know that people who bully often know exactly how their targets will feel when they bully them? It’s important to understand what empathy is and what next-steps are required to influence positive outcomes in bullying situations.Read More