The emphasis on teaching social-emotional learning continues to expand across K-12 schools, especially at the high school level. That is the case even though there has been significant pushback ...

During a recent visit to a midwestern university, I found myself talking to a graduate student, a dean, and a visiting former foundation president. The conversation turned to the proper role of skills ...

Educators are largely in agreement that there are essential social-emotional skills that students should learn in the classroom, such as emotional regulation, cooperation, and problem solving. Even so ...

Nationwide, schools are looking for better ways to connect with students and support their emotional well-being. A Baltimore-based organization called “We Do It 4 the Culture” is using hip-hop and ...

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Motherhood is busy, which is the excuse I’ll give here for explaining the fact that my 8-year-old still struggles with this idea. ...

Many parents think kids develop strong social skills from memorizing phrases like "please" and "thank you." But the real foundation is built much earlier, at home and through everyday interactions.

This post is Part 2 of a 2-part conversation between a mother and a young man named Chris, who struggles to understand the social nuances of playing video games with his brothers. Below, Chris' mother ...

At Play And Talk With Us, we provide play and social skill groups for neurodiverse and neurotypical children 3-15 years. We work to develop skills in groups and support parents on generalizing them to ...

Motherhood is busy, which is the excuse I’ll give here for explaining the fact that my 8-year-old still struggles with this idea. “Parents often think about regulation in terms of big emotions at home ...