Student behavior

4 ways to make SEL a bigger priority in your district

Here are four steps that all school districts can start using now to support social-emotional learning and eliminate equity gaps.

3 keys to assessing your district’s mental health needs

The unpredictability of the learning environment because of changes back and forth from remote to face-to-face learning has taken a toll.

Why you should consider de-escalation training as schools reopen

Stress, mental health issues and anxiety among students and teachers will intensify the challenges of returning to in-person learning.

How social media provides ‘lifeline’ to teens during COVID

Social media has given teens crucial ways to connect during COVID, even despite the spread of hate speech and other negative content, new research shows.

3 ways to teach students with executive functioning deficits to visualize time

Students with disabilities may become anxious when faced with an assignment or task, and they may disengage completely because they lack executive functioning skills.

Breaking the cycle of literacy issues leading to behavioral issues

A superintendent shares why struggling readers may act out in the classroom and how educators can help identify and support these students.

New book helps educators address behavior of kids with autism in positive, supportive ways

Positive Behavioral Interventions for Students With Autism provides strategies and tools for addressing significant behavior while reducing the need for restraint and seclusion.

FETC: Driving successful learning by embracing the unknown

Keynote speaker Eric Sheninger says districts must be willing to embrace change, technology and a more personalized approach to truly empower students

A look at SEL’s evolving importance during and after COVID

South Carolina may be home to the nation's only "social-emotional learning crosswalk"—a map of how widely-accepted SEL skills intersect with the state's vision of a high school graduate.

Deploying a trauma-informed approach: Use the 4 Rs

As school leaders and educators, being equipped to deal with heightened and varying degrees of behavioral and mental health challenges among our students is as essential as ensuring their academic achievement.

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