Youth Today
All posts tagged "social-emotional learning"
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2.3KNewsYouth 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...
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Opinion
How Not to Lose Your Mind Over Every New Trend in Your Field
It sometimes feels like risking whiplash to try to follow all the emerging trends in our field and the potential funding, resources...
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2.4KNewsMindfulness, SEL: ‘Something Uniquely Human About That Ability to Connect and to Care’
Rick Alleva is a field specialist at the University of New Hampshire and co-author of a curriculum called “Courage to Care,” which...
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3.4KOpinionClosing the Communication Gap Between School‑day and After‑school Teams
As a 23-year-old after-school worker in Brooklyn, New York, my “teacher” role was deeply intertwined with the...
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3.1KNewsSchools, After-school Programs Join to Promote Social and Emotional Learning
When school starts this fall in Tulsa, Oklahoma, teachers and after-school staff will be working together in a new way. In five...
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2.2KOpinionSEL Drive in Schools Is Opportunity for Youth Developers
Schools are finally noticing what youth programs have known for decades. The way kids feel about themselves and how they connect with...
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3.2KOpinionConnecting, Integrating STEM and Social Emotional Learning
At a recent national Out of School Time (OST) conference I attended, one participant proudly shared how her program was working on...
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1.5KOpinionLeaders Must Model Social Emotional Learning for Staff
Do the staff of OST programs possess these skills at a level where they can effectively model and teach them? Sometimes, but...
