SEL Resources
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources for Families
- CharacterStrong Kindness Journal
- CharacterStrong Virtual Assemblies
- 8 Weeks of Low Burden Challenges for Families and Educators
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) CASEL
Mental Health
- Mental Health & Coping During COVID-19
- Mental Health.gov
- USA National Suicide Hotlines: 1-800-SUICIDE / 1-800-784-2433
- U.S.A. Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233/TTY 1-800-787-3224
- National Assoc. of School Psychologists Resources for Families & Educators
Mindfulness
- 25 Fun Mindfulness Activities for Children & Teens (+Tips): https://positivepsychology.com/mindfulness-for-children-kids-activities/
- 10 Ways to Teach Mindfulness to Kids: https://leftbrainbuddha.com/10-ways-teach-mindfulness-to-kids/
Overcoming Obstacles – K-12
- PDF Overcoming Obstacles to Remote Learning
- Free K-12 Curriculum Overcoming Obstacles Free Curriculum Resources
PBIS
- Positive Behavior Support Resource: https://www.pbisworld.com/tier-2/social-stories/
Second Step – K-8 Second Step
- On-Demand Second Step Lessons P-5 (FREE)
- Middle School Remote Learning Advisory Guide
- Free SEL Activities K-8
- Second Step Social-Emotional Passport K-5
- Mind Yeti Mindfulness program designed for educators and families to do alongside children or for older children to do alone
- ParenTeen Connect For families with older children – advice to help teens and adults in their life address hot-button topics
- Second Step SEL Posters
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources for Staff
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- CASEL COVID-19 SEL Resources for Educators, Parents, and Caregivers (Tons of great SEL resources)
- SEL - We Are Teachers
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Info - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SEL Screener/Intervention/Progress Monitoring Tools
SEL Check-In Resources
- Morning Meeting - Edutopia
- Morning Meeting - We Are Teachers
- Morning Meeting - Responsive Classroom
- Morning Meeting - COVID-19 Responsive Classroom
- Maintaining a Positive Community Remotely - Responsive Classroom
- Morning Meeting - Teach Create Motivate
- SEL Resources for Educators - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Online Check-In Survey - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Everyday Gratitude Strategy - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Circle of Concern Strategy - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Listening Deeply Strategy - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Social Emotional Learning Articles/Resources
- Activity Ideas and Resources for Virtual Learning
- Growth Mindset Resources
- Teaching Self-Regulation
- Providing A Sense of Normalcy Amidst Uncertainty
- Supporting Students' Self-Care Virtually
- Maintaining a Positive Classroom Community Remotely
SEL Elementary Websites
- Controlling Anger Video
- Coping Skills for Kids - COVID-19 – Anger, Anxiety, resources, and activities
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Daniel Tiger: Life's Little Lessons
- PBS Kids Feelings Games
- PBS Learning Media - P-K SEL - Understand Emotions
- Social Emotional Learning Activities
- Storyline Online - SEL Books
- Twelve Games to Teach Social-Emotional Learning
- Virtual Theme Week - Students and Staff
- Sounds Supports K-12
SEL Secondary Websites
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) CASEL
- Renaissance Climate & Culture Ideas to build a positive climate and culture
- School Connect SEL EQ in Your PJs
- The Harbor Free video resource that provides students with real perspectives from real people
- Virtual Theme Week - Students and Staff
- Sounds Supports K-12
SEL School Counseling Websites
- American School Counselor Association COVID-19 Resources and Online Lessons (Tons of great resources)
- Counselor Keri – Tons of Counseling and SEL Resources. Digital Calm Corner ($4)
- Social Emotional Workshop - Social-Emotional Learning for Every Student at Every Tier
- Sounds Supports K-12
Social Emotional Learning Books
- Fostering Resilient Learners, Kristin Van Marter Souers with Pete Hall
- Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation, Kristin Van Marter Souers, Pete Hall, et al.
- Behavior: The Forgotten Curriculum -- An RTI Approach for Nurturing Essential Life Skills (Transform Your Differentiated Instruction, Assessment, and Behavior-Management Strategies), Chris Weber
- Culturize: Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes., Jimmy Casas
- Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom, Heather T. Forbes
- Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence and Chronic Stress, Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvaraez-Ortiz, and Judie Hayes
- All Learning is Social and Emotional: The Hidden Curriculum
- The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills Every Student Needs, Thomas R. Hoerr
- The Morning Meeting Book, Roxann Kriete, and Carole Davis
- Taking Social-Emotional Learning Schoolwide: The Formative Five Success Skills for Students and Staff, Thomas R. Hoerr
- Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Self-Confidence, and Collaboration, Debbie Zacarian and Michael Silverstone
- Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm, Hamish Brewer
- Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management, Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, et al.
- Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice, Nathan Maynard, and Brad Weinstein
CharacterStrong – K-12
- CharacterStrong Podcast
- CharacterStrong Kindness Journal
- CharacterStrong Virtual Assemblies
- 8 Weeks of Low Burden Challenges for Families and Educators
- https://www.characterstrong.com/webinar/51/relaunching-schools-after-covid-19
Social Emotional Learning PD