Purpose: Integrates social and emotional learning into school curricula

Format: Paper and pencil

Age range: 3 years to 18 years

Time: 10-12 weeks; 60-80 minutes per lesson

DETAILS:

Integrate social and emotional learning into your curriculum with the five age-appropriate, evidence-based books in Merrell's Strong Kids Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum series. Each book includes brief, field-tested lessons that help students develop empathy, solve interpersonal problems, deal appropriately with negative emotions, and more. Revisions were based on survey results and experience using the curriculum.

Includes

• Crosswalks with CASEL Competencies.

• Time-saving options for chunking the lessons into smaller pieces.

• Guidance about how to use Strong Kids within an RTI/multitiered system of support framework.

• Instructor reflection sections that help educators with lesson prepa­ration and student observation.

• Mindfulness-based activities that help students focus.

• Extension activities that reinforce skills as students practice what they learn.

• Fidelity checklists to help guide you through successful implemen­tation of Strong Kids.