News: Social Problem-Solving Skills
Emotionally Responding to a (Hurricane) Disaster: Short-Term, Long-Term, Adults, and Children
Blog shares personal experiences and professional reflections prompted by Hurricane Ian’s devastation in Fort Myers, Florida. Analysis focuses on student and adult emotional reactions, the response ph...
Read Full ArticleThe Academic and Social-Emotional Impact of Multiple Moves on Students in Poverty
This Blog discusses the research and real academic, social, emotional, and other impacts of the multiple moves often experienced by students who live in poverty. Educators are encouraged to “seek firs...
Read Full ArticleGeneration C (COVID) is Entering School with Significant Language, Academic, and Social Delays
This Blog reports the results of a number of recent studies and their descriptions of some of the delays exhibited by infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who have grown up during the pandemic. It then...
Read Full ArticleWhy School Shootings are Extreme SEL Events at the Far End of the Social-Emotional Learning Continuum
This Blog emphasizes that school shootings are extreme events at the far end of the social-emotional learning continuum that often occur due to a combination of incomplete preventative practices and i...
Read Full ArticleHow Many More Children Need to be Gunned Down in our Schools and on our Streets?
Blog discusses the recent school shooting in Uvalde, TX, and why both gun control and mental health services are needed to decrease the possibility of similar, future events. An emotional plea is made...
Read Full ArticleUsing Effective Practices to Screen and Validate Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Status (Part II)
New article (Part II of a two-part Series) discusses five primary ways to collect information within a school’s screening-to-services process when students have SEL challenges: Reviewing, Interviewing...
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