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The Big Ideas of Strong Kids

Social-emotional competence is one of the biggest indicators of academic and social success, and the evidence-based Strong Kids curricula has been consistently shown to increase student knowledge of social-emotional concepts and reduce challenging classroom behaviors. Check out this fact sheet to see nine crucial social-emotional concepts reinforced by Strong Kids. Read More

10 Questions to Consider About Your Classroom Environment

When you give directions to your class, do students generally comply? That critical question is joined by nine others every teacher should consider when assessing the effectiveness of their classroom environment, in this free download adapted from Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors. Read More

Tips on Fostering a Caring Classroom Community

Adapted from The Social-Emotional Learning Toolbox, this free download features quick tips for helping all students feel welcomed and connected. For fuller descriptions of the tips, plus more creative ways to nurture a caring and respectful learning environment, check out this blog post. Read More

How Trauma Affects a Student’s Psyche: What Educators Need to Know and Do

If we conceptualize trauma as an "emotional heart attack," what would that lead us to do as education professionals? What would we choose NOT to do? Discover the answers in this presentation by Dyane Lewis Carrere, M.Ed., author of The Re-Set Process, a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based approach to improving behavioral success in children from Grades K–8. This engaging session will explore the ways in which trauma affects children’s psyches: how they feel about themselves and how they relate to others and their world. Carrere will also connect those understandings with practical strategies that attendees can implement in their classrooms and schools. Read More