This resource explores how traumatic events impact students' learning, behavior, and relationships.
This Candian site is short and relevant, with a great graphic on the bottom to guide educators on their roles and responsibilities vis-à-vis mental health (“Aligned and Integrated Model”).
This is a model policy (from Virginia) from 2013, which is a 14-page document (+ 25 pp appendix). The chapters include: 1. Defining Bullying 2 .Prevention and Intervention 3. Reporting, Investigating and Recording Incidents
For children, separation and divorce can be an especailly sad, stressful, and traumatic time. But there are ways for cargivers, parents, and educators to help children cope during this difficult time period.
This video features an interview with Tal Ben Shahar, an American and Israeli teacher, lecturer at Harvard University and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. Tal speaks about tips for happiness and good mental health.
This research shares best practices in promoting social and emotional learning in preschools.
In this lesson, students will use historical materials to identify Jewish migration patterns.
Children learn by doing at the Brotherhood Synagogue Nursery School. Through active involvement in their environment, children add pieces of information to what they already know, thereby generating new ideas about the world around them.
The state certified staff of the Early Childhood Center at the Mid-Island Y JCC teach a challenging and engaging curriculum including language development, science, mathematics, art and literature, while providing a loving and nurturing environment for each child.
The Reggio approach was introduced to the Preschool in 2008. Both the enrollment growth and program enrichment have been exciting as well as demanding. It is a clear reflection of the quality of the teachers, their deepening understanding of the Reggio approach, and the investment in their growth.