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All posts tagged "social-emotional learning"
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2.3K► ReportsIntegrate SEL By Focusing On Strong Relationships In Diverse Environment, Report Says
How do youth organizations and schools integrate social and emotional learning into their full range of activities? How do they also respond...
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4.9KOpinionTeaching After-school Online? How To Effectively Support SEL
MIA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK Quarantine has a very isolating effect on the world. There is a lack of social interaction, many days in pajamas...
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2.1K► ReportsWallace Project: School Districts, After-school Partners Learn How To Teach SEL Together
In 2016, six school districts in the United States partnered with after-school coordinating organizations in their cities to foster social and emotional...
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2.1KNewsSocial Emotional Learning Critical In Atlanta School For Homeless Kids
For those children who have had traumatic experiences, a safe and respectful environment is a basic need. It has to be created...
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3.0KOpinionSEL Program Can Make Students More Employable
Many students are challenged with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem today and do not have the tools or strategies to combat this....
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3.3KNewsNew SEL Curriculum Intended to Help Youth Focus Attention, Develop Compassion
Many social and emotional learning models exist, but a new one introduced this year involved the Dalai Lama. The leader of Tibetan...
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1.5KGrantsRegional Social and Emotional Learning Improvement Partnership Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Child/Youth Development | Amount: $50,000 - $100,000 | Deadline: Sept. 6, 2019 (LOI)
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4.8KOpinionWe Can Change Our Culture of Gun Violence: Here’s How
Gun violence occurs in the U.S. more often than in any other nation not at war. It is clear that this is...
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2.6KOpinionStrengthening Social and Emotional Learning of OST Staff Is Better for Youth
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is all the rage when it comes to supporting youth and young adults. But what about staff...
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9.9KBook ReviewsOutstanding Insights About SEL in OST in Major Book
“Social and Emotional Learning in Out-of-School Time: Foundations and Futures” is the second volume in the “Current Issues in Out-of-School Time” series...
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1.9KOpinionLouisville After-school Programs Get Support From Our Network
Philanthropic organizations and local government have been supporting nonprofit organizations that serve young people in my community for decades. We have dozens...
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3.8KNewsYoung Atlanta Refugees Build Robotics Along With New Lives
An Atlanta robotics team initially made up of refugee youth has racked up win after win in state and national competitions, successfully...
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4.1KNewsAspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader
Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...
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2.2KOpinionSocial Emotional Learning Crucial to Model for Young People After-school
How do we develop character in youth at our Teen Center? Each year as we dive further into character development and social...
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4.0KOpinionSocial and Emotional Learning in OST Settings Should Be Intentional and Evidence Based
There has been surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) over recent decades. Teachers and principals show strong support for...
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3.1KOpinionWhy Wyoming Is Using After-school Programs to Keep Kids Out of School-to-prison Pipeline
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
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3.0KNewsReplace OST ‘Exclusionary Discipline’ With Better Practices, Report Urges
When school started in Tulsa, Okla., on Aug. 22, something new happened at five elementary schools. The schools and their YMCA after-school...
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2.6KNewsUse SEL Principles to Create Safe Schools, Aspen Institute Urges
The Aspen Institute is urging making schools safer by using social and emotional learning principles. “Safety is about the absence of violence,”...
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3.3KNewsYouth Violence Shows How Necessary After-school Is, NAA Leaders Say
When NAA President and CEO Gina Warner stepped to the podium at lunchtime Tuesday at the National Afterschool Association Convention, she had...
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2.0KNewsYouth Workers Learn to Navigate in Turbulent Times
“Someone is going to come to your house in the middle of the night and take your parents, and you will be...
