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Advancing SEL science & practice
Research
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Independent Thinking on Restorative Practice: Building Relationships, Improving Behaviour and Creating Stronger Communities
Book - Adult
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Unearthing Joy
Book - Adult
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Parenting in the Screen Age
Book - Adult
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Ender's Game
Book - Student
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Book - Adult
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Debatable Game Set
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
Article
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Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More
Book - Student
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If I Was Your Girl
Book - Adult
Book - Student
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Crystal Hearts
Check In
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Decoding the Teenage Brain
Article
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The Book of Questions: Revised and Updated
Book - Adult
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Moving from 'Why" to 'What and How'
Article
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Llama Llama Misses Mama
Book - Student
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The Arabic Quilt
Book - Student
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Ouisi
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Good Inside
Book - Adult
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Mindful Games Activity Cards
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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All the Feels Flashcards
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
Check In
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Families Are Students’ First SEL Teachers.
Article
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Children, Teens, and Anxiety
Research
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Supporting Parent and Family Engagment to Enhance Students’ Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Research
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10 Summer Activities to Help Teens Stay Healthy and Engaged
Article
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Back to Distance Learning? Tools for activating creative approaches to SEL when teaching online.
Article
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Grumpy Monkey
Book - Student
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CNN: How tech companies are addressing screen addiction
Video
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If You Come to Earth
Book - Student
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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Book - Adult
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Smart but Scattered Teens
Book - Adult
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Why Should I Recycle?
Book - Student
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Tuning Up Classroom Culture
Article
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The Anxious Generation
Book - Adult
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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Book - Student
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Developmental relationships and school success: How teachers, parents, and friends affect educational outcomes and what actions students say matter most
Research
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Celebrating Juneteenth
Article
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Eliza and Her Monsters
Book - Student
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In Sight Timer
Website
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The Giver
Book - Student
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Reappraising academic and social adversity improves middle school students’ academic achievement, behavior and well-being.
Research
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The Recess Queen
Book - Student
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Civil Discourse: Election Tips and Tricks
Article
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Personal Space Invader
Book - Student
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Beyond Academic Learning
PDF
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Improv Wisdom
Book - Adult
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The Chocolate War
Book - Student
Book - Adult
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Today I Feel Silly
Book - Student
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Beyond Morning Meeting and Advisory: Taking a Whole Community Approach to EQ and Social and Emotional Learning
Article
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I Am Enough
Book - Student
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Building Advisory Buy-In
Article
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Where Do We Get Our News and Why Does it Matter?
Lesson Plan
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Gratitude Cards - Free Download to Show Appreciation
PDF
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Speaking with Nature
Book - Adult
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How to Laugh More Every Single Day
Research
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The Day After
Article
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Big
Book - Student
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Families Are Students’ First SEL Teachers. Here’s How to Engage Them
Article
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Media Literacy: A Toolkit for Educators
PDF
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Holding Up the Universe
Book - Adult
Book - Student
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Mixed Feelings: Poems and Stories
Book - Student
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Appreciation Downloadable
PDF
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Atlas of the Heart
Book - Adult
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Inciting Joy
Book - Adult
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How to Guide Your Kid Through Election Season
Article
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Visiting Feelings
Book - Student
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From Reaction to Prevention Turning the Page on School Discipline
Article
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The Lion Women of Tehran
Book - Adult
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The Identity-Conscious Educator
Book - Adult
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Student-Centered Advisory
Article
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First Come the Zebra
Book - Student
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The Busy Beaver
Book - Student
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The Promise of Inclusive Education
Article
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The Social Neuroscience of Education
Article
Research
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Earth is Holding You
Book - Adult
Book - Student
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Making Advisory More Effective
Article
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Kindness is Cooler
Book - Student
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Restart
Book - Student
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“What’s Your Number Today?” A Practical Place to Start SEL in the Higher Ed Classroom
Article
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Civity
Website
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Reflecting on Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb"
Lesson Plan
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Nice White Parents
Podcast
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Book - Adult
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Promoting Social-Emotional Learning Development Through Preventing and Resolving Conflict
Article
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Tips for Promoting Civil Discourse
PDF
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The Paradise Notebooks
Book - Adult
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SEL Cast Shownotes - Emma Dunbar
PDF
Podcast
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Finding Wild
Book - Student
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The Way Forward
Book - Adult
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12 Ways to Teach the 2024 Election With The New York Times
Article
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Close Up Foundation
Website
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The Colors We Share
Book - Student
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3-Step Guide to Achieving a Smooth Transition for Your Advisory Program
Article
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Rebels with a Cause
Book - Adult
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Emotions, Learning, and the Brain
Book - Adult
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Mama Mavel
Website
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Reimagining Recess
Article
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Seven Ways to Recharge
PDF
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Feelings Flashcards
Check In
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Wait Until 8th
Website
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The Climate Game
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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