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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Past research has found that the time parents and children spend in joint activity is an important aspect of the parent-child relationship. Until recently, researchers had not investigated this time spent together in relation to children’s emotional intelligence. As part of a more comprehensive study of children’s emotional intelligence and parenting styles and practices,
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SELF-ACCEPTANCE inoculates and protects young people to deal with stressful situations, such as poor achievement, negative peer comments, issues with body image, identity and other developmental challenges and difficulties.
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What is self-acceptance? Are you avoiding giving yourself an overall negative global rating, such as “I’m hopeless,” when faced with strong criticism, lack of success, or negative self-perceptions of body appearance? Instead, at these moments, do you choose to think, “I accept myself no matter what?” If so, you demonstrate self-acceptance, perhaps the most important
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As a parent, it is hard to know all the answers when it comes to raising children – especially in the area of building their resilience. “Bad stuff” happens to all children – and teaching your children healthy and helpful ways to think in order to manage situations makes a huge difference. Have the following
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