Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

We will define SEL and explore the SEL competencies including the State of Ohio K-12 Social Emotional Learning Standards. We will briefly look at the research about why SEL is important. We will then dive into various implementation strategies that reflect these competencies, beginning with;

1) check-ins and check-outs,
2) empathy building practices,
3) emotional regulation techniques, and
4) gratitude exercises.

These implementation strategies will help educators learn techniques in how to lead by example, how to display healthy behavior examples for students to learn from and learn how to practice these skills for themselves.

We will discuss expectations of students that are age and trauma appropriate and then move into a discussion of program/exercise effectiveness, measurement, and evaluation of SEL growth and development. We will briefly touch on SEL in adults and SEL remediation when neccessary as it is NECESSARY for adults to serve as examples for students to learn from.