Unlocking Social Potential
The question is about resilience-how to build in our older students? Resilience is our ability to bounce back from challenges and quickly adapt to adversity. When faced with seemingly insurmountable problems, do we regress or move forward? Supportive relationships build resilience and we need adequate social and communication skills to have positive relationships with others. Resilience is associated with social… Read More
Are you looking for unique ways to teach middle and high school students important social emotional learning lessons like what makes a good friend? Or, how possessing traits such as empathy or cooperation can change their social or vocational success? Check out my newest series of SEL stories: choose your outcomes. This series offers captivating empathy activities, cooperation activities and… Read More
Let Freedom Ring! Martin Luther King Jr. day in the United States is a time to celebrate his leadership traits, including unity, equality, service, courage, integrity and empathy. Our high school speech therapy students are in formative years, figuring out who they want to be, and what they stand for in their lives. I’d like to share some speech therapy… Read More
updated 12/24 Keep your making inferences activities and perspective taking scenarios relevant by working on how to receive a present and choose the right gift! Do your students celebrate Christmas, Kwaanza, or another holiday where gift-giving is part of the custom? If this answer is “yes,” this post is for you. Most of our students love to receive presents! However,… Read More