Getting enough quality sleep can have a remarkable effect on kids’ abilities to focus, manage emotions, and feel their best. Simply put, sleep is an incredibly powerful activity and tool. We all need sleep to meet our individual potentials. While it’s absolutely true that parents and guardians have more control over kids getting enough sleep […]
Attention Strategies for Kids and Teens
Attention is the ability that allows us to focus on a person or task for a period of time. Being able to focus well on different tasks and activities helps us learn, grow, and make progress in all areas of life. At the same time, learning to tune-in and concentrate can be a challenging skill […]
Conflict Resolution Scenarios for Kids and Teens
Conflict resolution skills are the abilities we use to solve disagreements with others. Everyone encounters conflicts with others from time to time. This is part of the human experience, so being able to work through these problems is a life skill for people of all ages. With that in mind, kids and teens specifically need […]
Self-Advocacy for Kids and Teens with 5 Simple Steps
Self-advocacy is speaking up to get your needs met. This is a critical social skill for kids and teens to build since it helps them in all areas of their lives from academics and doing well in school to friendships and future employment. Why Self-Advocacy is Important for Kids and Teens Self-advocacy is important for […]
9 Research-Based Strategies to Integrate SEL
9 Research-Based Strategies to Integrate SEL
Co-Regulation Strategies: Techniques to Calm Kids and Teens
In tough times, kids themselves might not have the skills to regulate and calm themselves. This is where co-regulation comes in. Co-regulation is the practice of modeling and coaching self-regulation techniques for kids and teens. We can think of it like an extra support or intervention for struggling children and young adults. Ultimately, the ongoing […]
Kindness Activities for Kids: The Ultimate List
Kindness is an important skill to learn, practice and build over time. It’s one of those skills that cannot be taught and practiced enough. That’s because kindness actually makes a chain reaction of more kindness. From writing gratitude notes to decorating an area with kindness posters, there are countless ways to integrate extra kindness and […]
9 Executive Functioning Skills that Boost Academics
Executive functioning skills are inherently linked with academic skills. From planning to start writing an essay to managing time on a high stakes assessment, students use executive functioning skills every day in every class. This helps make the clear case that it is important to teach, practice, and foster these skills in the classroom. Making […]
Co-Regulation: The power of sharing our calm with kids and teens
The idea of self-regulation for kids and teens is well known; this is the ability to manage our own thoughts, feelings, and actions. We use self-regulation skills when we calm down when we feel upset or overwhelmed. We also use self-regulation when we start a chore, even if we don’t feel like it in the […]
End of the Year Activities to Keep Executive Functioning Skills Strong
The end of the year is always a great time to reflect on past experiences and reinforce skills you’ve learned along the way. This makes it an ideal time to continue strengthening executive functioning skills like organization, self-control, attention, and perseverance. Let’s face it: Kids and teens use executive functioning skills every day. From planning […]
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