Helping You Support the Whole Child

May 27, 2020

The Montgomery County ESC SEL team provides cutting-edge supports to districts across the region focused on supporting the Whole Child. As we finish this school year and are planning for the fall, supporting the social and emotional needs of students AND staff is more important than ever before. Our team offers a variety of customized services to help school districts navigate these challenging times. We are here to support you in any way we can and hope these newsletters will provide you with useful resources.

Be Well,

SEL News

Headlines Worth Noting

▪	At Home Learning Tips for children wtih disabilities

▪	How remote learning is taking a toll on students

▪	During the COVID-19 crisis, restorative practices can help

▪	See how one Dayton Public Schools teacher made his kids feel loved

▪	Will the Pandemic Have a Lasting Impact on Our Children?

▪	How district leaders are trying to boost lagging teacher morale during COVID-19

Professional Development

Leveraging the Power of Social Emotional Learning as We Plan for Reopening Schools

As we finish this school year and are planning for the fall, supporting the social and emotional needs of students AND staff is more important than ever before. Please contact us to discuss how we can customize professional development for your leadership teams and help you integrate trauma-informed SEL supports into your reopening plans.

Resources we're using right now

SEL Competency Spotlight: What is Social Awareness?

For Educators:

▪	Our popular Social Emotional Learning Language Arts curriculum, SELLA, is now available for grades K-6! Learn more here.

▪	Why teaching in a virtual space is draining

▪	Ways to motivate students without grades

▪	Maintaining relationships and reducing anxiety while schools are closed

▪	How to develop culturally responsive teaching for remote learning

For Parents:

▪	How to help your kids handle disappointment

▪	Helping teens make room for uncomfortalbe emotions

▪	Show love by helping your children process emotions- a mindful parenting practice to try

▪	Helpful videos for kids: managing frustration, building empathy, self-regulation tips and more.

Mark Brackett - Self-Portrait of His Best Self

For Everyone:

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Mark Brackett, the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, says "I have to confess, over the last few weeks I’ve been having trouble regulating my emotions. The littlest things activate me and bring out my worst self. And it’s taking a toll on my own well-being and the quality of my relationships at home. All of our fuses are shorter and we’re getting on each other’s nerves much more than usual. Here’s a glimpse of what’s going on in my family.....read more here.

▪	Leadership principles can relieve trauma

▪	How to ask what kids are feeling

▪	Yale's massively popular "happiness" course now offerred free online

▪	How would you rate your self-care? Take this quiz to find out.

▪	MCESC's Self-Care Tips & Tricks

▪	As a partner of the National Council for Behavioral Health, myStrength is excited to share this digital toolkit, offering expert mental wellness tips and evidence-based strategies to manage heightened stress, parenting challenges, social isolation, emotional wellness and more.

Do you have SEL News or a Success Story? Please Contact Us!

Prevention

The MCESC Prevention Team is growing and offering even more prevention programming and supports for our schools and community for the 2020-2021 academic year. In addition to our substance abuse prevention and mental health offerings, we are now adding parenting and community environmental supports as well. To see a summary of our offerings click here. For more information, contact Jodi Kulka.

Substance abuse prevention during and after COVID is critically important with indicators showing the problem is growing.

Prevention Specialists play an important role during this challenging time. Here are some of the ways they can help!

"The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love."

- Dr. Bruce Perry

SEL success story

A Successful Year for the MCESC Prevention Team!

Another successful year of prevention services is in the books! Check out all the impressive stats from four of our focused Montgomery County ADAMHS prevention grants this year and take a peek at the offerings available for next year too!

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