Social Emotional Learning

"What she taught me was to feel that we're part of this place and not just a visitor."

-My Octopus Teacher

Middle Grade at Heart - SEL Resource List

• Death and Grieving, Funeral Rites

• Separation and Divorce

• Serious Illness (Including mental illness of parent or family member)

• Hospitalization or Incarceration of a Parent

• Child or Sibling Diagnosed with: ADHD, Autism, Down’s or Other Neurodiversities

• Child or Sibling with Physical Disability

• Family Relocation, New School, Refugee and Immigrant stories

• Making Friends

• Birth Of A New Sibling

• Common Difficult Emotions: Sadness, Anger, Fear, Anxiety

• Physical or Sexual Abuse

• Dealing With Aftermath of Trauma

• LGBT Issues