Helping Your Child Acclimate to the School Year
Although the new school year is well underway for most of us, it will take weeks—perhaps more—for students to feel like they are back in any sort of routine. Last year was anything but a typical school year. Some would even go so far as to say that it didn’t count at all. So this […]
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Are you a passionate educator? Join our team and become a Braintrust tutor today! Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that can affect a broad range of skills, including social, communicative, and academic. ASD can be hard to diagnose as there is no medical test to determine whether a person has autism. Doctors […]
Your Child’s Social-Emotional Development
Just like students’ academic skills progress as they get older, so does their social-emotional development. While each child is unique in exactly when and in what order they master SEL skills, these are some of the typical milestones you can expect to see when students start elementary school, as they finish elementary school, and as […]
The Link Between Social-Emotional Learning and Academics
Social-emotional skills directly relate to students’ academic motivation and success. When students feel confident in their strengths and ability to improve, they are more likely to take academic risks. When they are able to positively interact with peers and teachers, they get even more out of their learning through opportunities for collaboration. In order to […]
The Benefits of Social-Emotional Learning
When it comes to what students are learning, the spotlight is always on core academics like reading and math. This is especially true now, since many students risk falling farther behind as the pandemic prevents a return to normalcy. But we should all be just as concerned, if not more so, with students’ social-emotional wellness […]
SEL Strategies and Activities
We know that this year, social-emotional learning is as important as ever. For classrooms that don’t have a formal SEL curriculum, and for parents who want to supplement their students’ development of these skills at home, here are some no-prep to low-prep strategies for building students’ social-emotional skills. For teachers: Name what students are doing […]
Social-Emotional Learning and the Struggling Student
Nothing is quite as devastating to a teacher as failing to reach a student. We’ve all had that student who struggles so much, either academically, behaviorally, or otherwise, that it seems like every innovative strategy we bring in just keeps them exactly where they are. And while some academic and emotional needs require intensive interventions […]
What is Social-Emotional Learning?
Core academic subjects are not the only topics that need to be taught in school. Despite the constant spotlight on reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and related subjects, it is also crucial that students have access to a high quality social-emotional learning curriculum. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is a process students go through to develop […]
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