Some tips for students
1. Keep a journal to increase your self-awareness and self-reflection.
2. Use “self talk” to encourage yourself; be your own best friend NOT your worst critic. >
3. Encourage friends to tell you their points of view on issues.
4. Pay attention to strategies you can use to calm yourself and shift your mood from negative to positive.
5. Be aware of your “buttons,” the things that make you angry and upset, and think about ways to deal with them.
6. Find opportunities to cooperate and engage in collaboration with peers.
7. Listen to your instincts: when with a friend or a significant other, if your gut says that there’s something wrong – there is!
8. Take quiet, alone time every day to listen to your inner voice. Be attentive to your own social and emotional needs.
9. Notice people and places that make you feel good and those that don’t.
Words from an expert
It is crucial to provide children with an environment that allows them to develop their social and emotional skills. In a November 6, 1999 speech delivered at a conference on Social and Emotional Learning and Digital Technology, Dr. James Comer, a national leader in social and emotional learning told a group at Columbia Teachers College about the impact a child’s school and home settings can have on his/her development. Comer explains that an atmosphere that provides support for one’s social and emotional learning and competence versus one that does not can make a huge difference in that child’s life. The difference, Comer claims, is equal to the difference in the outcome of throwing seeds on cement versus planting seeds in enriched soil. And what a difference that is!
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