Social Emotional Learning

Social/Emotional Learning

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A systemic approach to Social/Emotional Learning intentionally cultivates a caring and equitable learning environment and evidence-based practices that actively involve all students in their social, emotional, and academic growth. This approach infuses social and emotional learning into every part of students’ daily lives—across all of their classrooms, during all times of the school day, and when they are in their homes and communities.

Bedford Public Schools is committed to cultivating the academic and social-emotional growth of each student. BPS is dedicated to making meaningful connections with each student, providing a positive and safe learning environment for each student, and implementing a variety of strategies with the goal of teaching all students the five competencies identified by CASEL.

Responsive Classroom
Responsive Classroom is an approach to teaching based on the belief that integrating academic and social-emotional skills creates an environment in which students can do their best learning. The Responsive Classroom approach consists of a set of practices and strategies that build academic and social-emotional competencies. For further information regarding Responsive Classroom please visit this website.

Family Resources
A systemic approach to SEL intentionally cultivates a caring, participatory, and equitable learning environment that actively involves all students in their social, emotional, and academic growth. This approach infuses social and emotional learning into every part of students’ daily lives—across all of their classrooms, during all times of the school day, and when they are in their homes and communities. Here are some family resources for SEL activities for young kids and adolescents.

Recommended SEL Websites

Developmental Milestones for SEL
Based on decades of research literature, we know general trends for social and emotional skills from early childhood through young adulthood. Here's some information on what can be expected as children develop their social and emotional skills, but remember to keep in mind that just as for physical development there can be a wide range of normal experiences in terms of social and emotional development.

NBC Parent Toolkit
Drawing from an experienced set of experts in a range of fields, this site provides developmental markers at each age/stage with guidance for parents on how to support each aspect of development.

Parent's Guide to Social Emotional Learning
A curated list of blogs, articles and videos for parents about fostering skills like kindness, empathy, gratitude, resilience, perseverance, and focus in children.

Confident Parents, Confident Kids
This website focuses explicitly on actively promoting kids' social, emotional, and ethical development. Drawing upon research from multiple disciplines and best practices from educators, articles and resources focus on simple, practical ways to model, coach, and create practice opportunities to develop social and emotional skills in the context of family life.

Social Skills Resources for Families
This website provides some excellent guides for families on topics such as school refusal, separation anxiety, building resiliency and self-confidence, growth mindset and much more!

Parenting Montana
This website provides ways that you can support your child's social and emotional development. Another great feature of this website is that you can search for tools by your child's age in areas such as anger, stress, homework, friends.

Very Well Family: Ages & Stages
This website provides some great articles that you can search by your child's age.