For the past 15 years, I've worked with school, out of school, and community staff to integrate proactive strategies, build social emotional learning skills, and creatively engage learners with notable social, emotional, and behavioral needs. According to the article The Kids Are Not Alright: Growing concerns in BC elementary classrooms since COVID, schools are seeing higher levels of developmental delays in the areas of social and emotional skills and higher levels of anxiety and disruptive behavior. Although the article focuses on schools, I've been hearing similar feedback from my Out of School and Community program clients as well.
At REiL Learning, we work to strengthen social and emotional learning skills with tangible tools and real-time examples of how to communicate and engage with learners in challenging situations.
We do this by:
acknowledging what unsettles us in the face of challenging situations
learning social emotional and creative learner engagement skills
practicing self-compassion
discussing and brainstorming ways to respond to "tricky" situations
engaging in real-plays with opportunities to practice what we could say and how we could respond
Some of our upcoming sessions include:
For more information visit REiLlearning.com or e-mail Katy at REiLlearning@gmail.com
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