Category: Emotional Well-being

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3 Steps to Boost Your Transition Planning

01/19/2024

Improve special education transition planning: practical steps for district leaders to audit programs, engage stakeholders, revamp IEP meetings, and build SMART goals.

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The Biggest Challenges in Special Education in 2026

01/17/2024

Explore urgent special education challenges—funding gaps, staffing shortages, and equity issues—and practical strategies to improve inclusion and outcomes.

A special education teacher experiencing burnout

Addressing Special Education Teacher Burnout

01/16/2024

Special education teacher burnout: causes, effects, and proven strategies to prevent and reduce stress, improve wellbeing, retention, and student outcomes.

7 Engaging Social-Emotional Learning Activities for the Classroom

01/08/2024

Boost classroom emotional well-being with seven engaging SEL activities—mindful minutes, goal-setting, check-ins, journals, parent engagement, and teacher practices.

An image of the scales of justice illustrating the legal aspects of transition planning in special education

Transition Planning: Are We Failing 75% of Secondary Students with IEPs?

01/05/2024

Improve transition planning for students with IEPs: address gaps in supports for the 75% with mild to moderate disabilities and ensure legal compliance.

The Benefits of SEL for At-Risk Youth and Students

01/05/2024

Boost outcomes for at-risk middle and high school youth with a CASEL-aligned emotional well-being curriculum—build resilience, regulation, relationships.

What is social emotional learning — a guide for educators

What Is SEL? A Guide to Social-Emotional Learning

01/03/2024

Learn how an emotional well-being curriculum in schools boosts students' emotional intelligence, academic success, and social skills with practical integration tips.

A teacher helps a student with building self-esteem

7 Self-Esteem Building Questions for Students

12/11/2023

Boost student confidence and wellbeing with seven framed questions teachers can use to build self-esteem, engagement, and classroom participation.

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Social-Emotional Learning: Expectations vs. Reality

12/04/2023

Explore emotional well-being in schools: expectations vs. reality, implementation challenges, and practical strategies to build inclusive, effective curricula.

Elements of a Successful Transition Curriculum for Special Education

12/01/2023

Discover the 4 key components of an effective special education transition curriculum—IEP planning, skills development, community engagement, and evaluation.

Teacher and student experiencing the benefits of SEL

4 Key Benefits of SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) for Students

11/28/2023

Discover four evidence-based benefits of emotional well-being curricula: higher academic gains, fewer behavior problems, better mental health, and long-term success.

10 SEL Questions to Build Social and Emotional Skills in the Classroom

11/23/2023

Boost classroom emotional well-being with quick, practical social-emotional learning questions and activities teachers can use across subjects to support student growth.