Research shows that mindfulness activities have a positive effect on one’s ability to regulate their emotions and make healthy choices.
Teach Your Child Impulse Control with These 9 Research-Backed Tips
Research-based easy-to-implement strategies to help a child with impulsive behaviors improve their impulse control,
Try These 5 Social Skills Activities for Teletherapy & Virtual Lessons
Five research-based social skills activity ideas for teletherapy & virtual lessons. Great for counselors & special education teachers.
Check Out This Research-Based Program that Teaches Empathy & Counters Bullying
Roots of Empathy is a research-based program that significantly reduces rates of bullying and improves empathy and peer relationships.
5 Great Board Games for Social Skills Groups
Check out five great games for a social skills group.
What Does Research Say About How We Can Teach Children to Have Empathy?
This article gives research-based tips about how to teach empathy to children.
Tips to Help a Child Not Be Alone at Recess or in the Cafeteria
If you are an educator and you see that a child is constantly alone at recess or lunch, call a meeting, come up with a plan, do something to help that child. Research supports the notion that there are strategies we can use to help a child not be alone at recess, such as more structured play time, incorporating more …
How Do Positive Role Models Affect Our Youth and Communities?
Research findings indicate that adolescents who can identify a positive role model in their lives have higher grades and self-esteem than those who can’t, particularly when the youth knows their role model on a personal level. Positive role models are also shown to decrease a youth’s potential for risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, sexual intercourse, and violence. …
5 Ways to Strengthen Parent-Child Communication
Research-based article on parent and child communication.
10 Great Books to Teach Social Skills to Children
Check out some of the best books to teach social skills. Research shows that books and games are a great way to teach and help students improve social skills.
3 Research-Based Programs That Improve Social-Emotional Skills in School-Aged Children
As a school psychologist, I have often heard teachers and parents express concerns about students’ abilities in the area of social skills, emotional regulation, and self-control. I am often given the task of making recommendations to support these students’ needs. Upon researching the topic, I came across three research-based programs that aim to help children improve these kinds of social-emotional …
Hands-On Social Studies Curriculum Also Helps Build Social Skills for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Needs
This hands-on social studies curriculum can make this subject exciting students. Research supports the use of hands-on learning in instruction.
Interactive Book Helps Kids Understand the Power of Positive Choices!
The book What Should Danny Do? contains nine stories in one. It is an interactive book that helps kids understand that their choices will shape their days, and ultimately their lives. Written in a “Choose Your Own Story” style, the book follows Danny, a Superhero-in-Training, through his day as he faces choices that kids face daily. As your child/student navigates …
4-H Clubs Offer Hands-On Learning Opportunities for Kids Across the US
What is a 4-H Club?4-H clubs provide hands-on learning in science, healthy living, and citizenship. Kids build confidence, creativity and curiosity, along with life skills such as leadership and resiliency. 4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands, Health. Types of 4‑H Programs4‑H programs are available through local 4‑H clubs, 4‑H camps, and in-school or after-school programs. With support from adult mentors, …
How School Counselors and Teachers Can Work Together to Promote Social-Emotional Learning
School is about more than learning academics. It is also a prime environment for promoting social and emotional learning (SEL). In recent years, the Every Student Succeeds Act has called attention to this need. This act requires that states measure school success with at least one non-academic indicator, such as communication, empathy, or conflict management. In order to effectively teach children important …
An Interactive Story to Teach Kids About Restaurant Behavior
Social stories are a research-based tool used to help children prepare for real-life events. They can be used to teach someone what to expect or how to behave in a particular setting. Because no situation is the same, it may be helpful to talk to your child about how their restaurant experience might be different from the story below. For example, in this story …
12 Fun Free Games to Play with Your Little One
In this article you will find 12 fun free games to play with your child. You probably heard of most of them, but this is a quick reminder. These games allow you to bond and create memories; while helping your child practice social skills. Games are a great way to pass the time and they give your child something to do. Many …
Theatre Teacher Shares Three Techniques to Increase Empathy in Students
As a theatre teacher and teacher educator, I believe empathy is central to building a respectful, caring, and compassionate community. Scholarly work on empathy reveals that empathy must be explicitly taught and practiced. In clinical psychologist Baron-Cohen’s book, Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness (2012), he identifies two types of empathy: cognitive and affective. …
5 Great Books to Teach Young Children About Empathy
As a behavior specialist and mobile therapist, I always loved using books to teach kids about a variety of social-emotional skills such as how to understand your feelings, how to be a friend, how to accept differences, how to develop empathy, how to solve a problem, how to be a good citizen, etc. Research also supports the benefits of using …
Try These 5 Great Activities With Your Social Skills Group (Adolescents/Teens)
Are you looking for research-based social skills ideas for teens or teen groups? Check out these five social skills activity ideas.
See This Important Message for All Children
Help your child feel more successful by building confidence and self-esteem with this important message.
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