Set the stage for social-emotional learning. For secondary students to be motivated to engage in social and emotional learning (SEL), the stage must be set before teaching and learning begins. From your side of the coin Four preconditions should be in place: The principal articulates to teachers, parents, and students how the school’s mission is […]
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Prepare students for social and emotional learning. For students to be motivated to learn about the social and emotional learning skills such as those taught in You Can Do It! Education and Program Achieve, you need to set the stage. You want students to appreciate the importance and benefit of learning about and applying the
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Since the brain is central to all learning, it makes sense to know how students’ brains learn best. In You Can Do It! Education, we support students’ mental development through brain-based, social-emotional learning activities. This leads to better engagement, effective learning, improved memory and application. Helping students, calm their amygdala and develop various prefrontal cortex
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Does everyone at your school need to contribute, or can critical mass be built by a few SELophiles? The evidence here is clear.
Every day, everyone needs to play a part.
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Social-emotional learning increases the likelihood of students’ sense of belonging and social and academic engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These we teach in our Program Achieve curricula.
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Accepting Myself is an engaging self-acceptance student intervention program for students to learn a psychological superpower to feel worthwhile no matter what!
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Evidence for Learning* recently produced a guidance report containing valuable recommendations for improving student social and emotional learning, Improving social and emotional learning in primary school. Below is how YOU CAN DO IT! EDUCATION helps schools improve student social-emotional learning by meeting these recommendations. COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING Programs explicitly teach social-emotional skills (resilience, confidence, persistence,
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Peer pressure can begin early, take many forms and impact kids negatively. Standing up to peer pressure is often one of the greatest challenges any kid can face. As kids become more independent, they connect with others with similar interests and experiences. No child wants to feel excluded, and no child wants to feel ‘different’.
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Do you have a child or adolescent who has self-doubts when it comes to friends or schoolwork?
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You Can Do It! is an energising force that helps you to have a go
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The strength that helps protect us when faced with stressful events at home and work is RESILIENCE – a combination of thinking and social-emotional skills that help people of all ages manage their feelings and behaviour. A resilient MINDSET towards stress can change the impact of stress. The degree to which someone holds the mindset
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In these stressful days, there is a strength you can call on to help you cope – it’s your RESILIENCE. Resilience protects us from the negative and painful feelings we can experience at these times, much like an umbrella protects us from the rain. The good news is that everyone can be resilient, even if
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