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Enter for a Chance to Win Books on Managing Emotions!
This month we are giving away books that help children recognize, explore, and manage their emotions. One lucky reader will win: Sometimes When I’m Mad Sometimes When I’m Sad I’m Happy-Sad Today Exploring Emotions F Is for Feelings To Enter: … Continue reading
6 Ideas for Including Children in Holiday Giving
By Cheri J. Meiners, M.Ed., author of the Learning About Me & You, Learning to Get Along®, and Being the Best Me!® series Children love the holidays! With the allure of food, decorations, activities, and gifts, holidays are great times … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged early childhood, Free Spirit author, giving, holiday giving, SEL, social and emotional learning
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9 More Free Professional Learning Opportunities for Educators
We’ve shared free professional learning opportunities for educators before. Here are nine more! Watch these edWeb webinar recordings, and you may be able to earn continuing education credits in 60 minutes or less. (All webinars are free, but you may … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged addictions, classroom strategies, COVID-19, early childhood education, gifted students, mental health, mindfulness, online education, SEL, special education, special needs students, teacher burnout, teacher's self-care, trauma, twice-exceptional learners, virtual teaching
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How to Get Parent Buy-In: Explaining Social Emotional Learning
By Stephanie Filio, M.Ed., author of Responding to Student Trauma: A Toolkit for Schools in Times of Crisis School counseling programs teach therapeutic interventions that methodologically meet the client where they are and help the counselor learn about the underlying … Continue reading
5 Tips for Helping Children Understand Anger
by Deborah Serani, Psy.D., author of Sometimes When I’m Mad Anger is generally a natural response to certain issues or situations, yet it is often felt or expressed in ways that are scary, confusing, or even unhealthy. Many people consider … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged anger, anger management for children, Free Spirit author, SEL
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