| By: Kim Gulbrandson Fostering Social and Emotional Learning One Day at a Time The Violence Prevention Program (VPP) was started in 1990. At the time, the program supported district-wide implementation of the Second Step program.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Put an End to Name-Calling in 2012 The Mayan calendar ends in 2012, and some interpret this as heralding the end of the world. Let’s hope not! But there is one thing we can and should put an end to in 2012: name-calling. And you can help make that happen by participating in this year’s No Name-Calling…Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson No Name-Calling Week Every year since 2004, during the fourth week of January, schools across the country have participated in No Name-Calling Week with educational activities aimed at ending name-calling and verbal bullying.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson SEL Book Club I recently learned about a neat idea for working with Tier 2 or 3 students from mycolleague, Teri. She used this idea with her fourth and fifth graders.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Ink About It Art with Heart publication by Steffanie Lorig; Annie McCall, MA, LMHC; and Kate Gardener, CCLS Reading level: Grade 6 and older Everyone needs a safe place to process stress and change in their lives. Tweens and teens in particular can flounder as they move from childhood into adulthood. Add a family crisis or health…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Magnificent Marvelous Me By Art with Heart, a nonprofit organization Reading level: Kindergarten to Grade 6 Read More
| By: Committee for Children Magnificent Marvelous Teamwork Judging by name alone, nonprofits Committee for Children and Art with Heart (AwH) appear to have little in common.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Winter Break: Keeping Youth Safe Online and Off Youth are often left with a lot of unstructured time on holiday breaks. During these times, they may be more at risk for engaging in unsafe behaviors because they may be bored, unsupervised, and looking for things to do.Read More
| By: Committee for Children When Worlds Collide, We Can All Worry Less I’m a relatively new parent of a remarkable 15-month-old girl. Like most parents, I worry. A lot.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs By Ellen Galinsky Reading level: Adult Seven easy things you can do right now to…Read More