IFSEL has curated a selection of our favorite items to help support SEL practices. Follow us on social media for our latest "IFSEL Rec" posts:

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Social and Emotional Supports for Educators During and After the Pandemic
Research
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Clap When You Land
Book - Student
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Fostering Belonging, Transforming Schools: The Impact of Restorative Practices
Research
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Wishing I Grew Up with SEL: A Personal Story
Article
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Loon and Moon and Other Animal Stories
Book - Student
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Atlas of Emotions
Website
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Range
Book - Adult
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Supporting Parent and Family Engagement to Enhance Students’ Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
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Super Manny Stands Up!
Book - Student
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Each Kindness
Book - Student
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Birdsong
Book - Student
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Never Whistle at Night
Book - Adult
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Parental mental health and children’s adjustment: the quality of marital interaction and parenting as mediating factors.
Research
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Imagine Meditation Cards
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Silence is a Sense
Book - Adult
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Headspace
Website
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SEL-Focused Strategies for College Applications
PDF
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Writing to Heal
Article
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Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
Book - Adult
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More than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean
Book - Student
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Turtle Boy
Book - Student
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Release
Book - Adult
Book - Student
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How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men
Book - Adult
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Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life
Book - Adult
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International Boys' Schools Coalition Podcast
Podcast
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Trivia and Review Games
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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The Benefits of Play for Adults
Research
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The God of Small Things
Book - Student
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Fatima's Great Outdoors
Book - Student
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Visiting Feelings
Book - Student
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Book - Adult
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Debatable Game Set
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Dear Martin
Book - Student
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The Problem with Problems
Book - Student
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Strengthening Bonds Between Students
Research
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The Mom Psychologist
Website
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Courageous People Who Changed the World
Book - Student
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Social Emotional Learning in Elementary School
PDF
Research
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Calm App
Website
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When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really Hurt
Book - Student
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The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health
Book - Adult
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Why Am I Like This?: My Brain Isn't Broken (and Neither Is Yours)
Book - Adult
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Personal Space Invader
Book - Student
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Fostering Civil Discourse
PDF
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CNN: How tech companies are addressing screen addiction
Video
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Wide Awake
Book - Adult
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Of Boys and Men
Book - Adult
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Sesame Street: Election Day
Video
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Making Advisory More Effective
Article
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Someone Like Us: A Novel
Book - Adult
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Ten Ways to Hear Snow
Book - Student
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Meet a scientist with a most delightful job
Article
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Layla's Happiness
Book - Student
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Wemberly Worried
Book - Student
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Building Advisory Buy-In
Article
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Those Shoes
Book - Student
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Forbidden Island
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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The Kissing Hand
Book - Student
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Turtles All the Way Down
Book - Student
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Hate List
Book - Adult
Book - Student
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Big Feelings (An All Are Welcome Book)
Book - Student
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Book - Student
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I Walk With Vanessa
Book - Student
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High 5 - Connection Game
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Holes
Book - Student
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My Magic Breath
Book - Student
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The Identity-Conscious Educator
Book - Adult
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Circus of Shadows
Book - Student
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The Drivers
Book - Adult
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The Bad Seed
Book - Student
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The Power of SEL - The Good Project featuring Nick Haisman-Smith
IFSEL Podcasts
Podcast
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Advisory Puzzle Pieces
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Strengths Cards
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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Raising Race Conscious Children
Website
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SEL Cast: Building a School Code of Ethics with Student Voice - with Lauren Howard
Podcast
IFSEL Podcasts
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Leave Your Mind Behind
Book - Adult
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Untangled
Book - Adult
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Erasers
Check In
Materials, Icebreakers & Games
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The Colors We Share
Book - Student
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I Walk with Vanessa: A Picture Book Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
Book - Student
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Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry
Book - Student
Book - Adult
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12 Ways to Teach the 2024 Election With The New York Times
Article
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Sphere
Website
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Book - Adult
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Why Laughter is Good for Your Mental Health
Research
Article
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Why Kids Should Nature Journal at All Grade Levels
Research
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Beyond Academic Learning
PDF
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One Love - Couplets (That's Not Love)
Video
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The Worrywarts
Book - Student
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Failure to Launch
Book - Student
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This is How It Always Is
Book - Adult
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Spinning Inward
Book - Adult
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Social Emotional Learning in Middle School: Developing Evidence-Based Programs
Research
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Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
Book - Student
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SEL Cast: AI, Cell Phones, and Educators Navigating Change - with Tricia Friedman
IFSEL Podcasts
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Everything I've Learned
Book - Student
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Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You
Book - Adult
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Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Book - Student
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How Full is Your Bucket?
Book - Student
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None of the Above
Book - Student
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