Unit 2: Behaviors and SEL
Before we begin Unit 2...
Think about the 5 main areas of SEL according to CASEL. What behaviors would fall into each area of SEL? Please review the content from Unit 1 using this link: SEL Review Gimkit
Learning Objectives
- Learners will be able to explain why various SEL skills are important.
- Learners will be able to select behaviors that they see frequently in their classes and identify which major SEL category they fall under.
Behaviors & Social Emotional Learning
As we now know, there are Five Main Areas of Social Emotional Learning. With these skills, people learn to better manage their emotions and maintain positive relationships with others. However, what happens when a person's social emotional skills are underdeveloped?
Larrier & Lewis (2017) highlight many of the benefits of acquiring the Social Emotional Competencies as well as what behaviors are seen in children to do not have them. Some of these are:
- Substance Abuse
- Truancy
- Poor academic performance
They also mention that kids without the proper social emotional skills are more likely to be victims or perpetrators of abuse.
I highly recommend reading the full article linked here: Social Emotional Learning and At-Risk Children and Youth
There is no perfect list of behaviors that will encompass all of the possible ways underdeveloped social emotional skills will present in varying children. Below is a TedTalk that presents a great example of a hypothetical student who has not learned to regulate his emotions. The speaker, Caige Jambor also states that without adult support, toxic stressors will have life-long repercussions for children. Some of these being alcoholism and mental illness. Please watch the full video linked below:
How Social-Emotional Learning Benefits Everyone
Can you think of any undesirable behaviors that some students in your class have that could be linked to underdeveloped social emotional skills? Please share this on Padlet with your peers: https://padlet.com/orinmaryanne/SEL
Sources
Larrier, & Lewis, T. (2017). Social-Emotional Learning and At-Risk Children and Youth. Journal of Global Engagement and Transformation, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.52553/10001c
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