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Our curriculum is designed to be easily adapted to meet the needs of varying schools and educational environments. Flexible and customizable, our lesson plans offer facilitators everything necessary to teach modules, while allowing for modification and personalization. Each module is approximately one-hour in length, but can be broken down into smaller teaching times if needed. Developmentally app
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09/19/2024
CASEL (Collaboration of Academics and Social Emotional Learning) is the gold standard of social-emotional learning in schools. Social Bridges ToolBox Curriculum, a research-based and CASEL aligned program offers support to students, parents and teachers. Learn more about what we can do for you at www.SocialBridges.com.
09/13/2024
At Social Bridges, learning and practicing social skills in a small, safe peer group setting, can help reduce anxiety in social situations.
08/23/2024
Some helpful language we can use as we enter the weekend and are out and about around others.
08/21/2024
Parents tend to see their mission as helping their kids succeed. But there’s a growing realization among teachers and other professionals who work with children that kids increasingly need help learning how to fail.
First, it’s hard, but parents need to try step back and give kids room to mess up. If you’re always over their shoulder guiding them, they can’t fail and try again. That’s an important experience that they need to learn and grow.
Show empathy
When your kid does fail at something, let them know you see how frustrated and disappointed they are. Skipping right to bouncing back doesn’t give kids the time they need to feel their feelings.
“It’s okay, you’ll do better next time,” can feel invalidating. Instead, try: “I see you’re really disappointed, I know you really wanted to do better.”
Make yourself a model
You could share examples of “failures” you’ve had. Kids aren’t necessarily exposed to the reality that life includes mistakes, missteps, and even failures. As much as everyone likes things to go according to plan, it’s important to teach our children that it is also okay when they don’t.
Make it a teachable moment
When your kid is ready, talk about what went wrong and how they might do things differently next time. Or how they might try again. Help them weigh the pros and cons of their choices.
It’s a balance of acceptance and change. It’s about accepting that the situation is what it is and building frustration tolerance while also asking, ‘Can we change something in the future. Can we learn from this?’
Learning to fail can be painful. But kids will only succeed if they can acquire the skill to handle whatever life throws their way. If kids have so much fear of failing that they can’t function, therapy can help.
Read the complete article here:
https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-learn-to-fail/
07/22/2024
The Social Bridges Fall Registration is out! Please note this is only for Central Florida families. Please click the link in the comments to register.
07/14/2024
Central Florida residents only please
07/11/2024
06/27/2024
04/02/2024
Raise awareness, develop understanding and accept all! Today is a reminder of those committments
Developed from decades of clinical work, Social Bridges® is a “living” curriculum that continuously evolves to meet the needs of this rapidly-changing society. Our fast-paced, technology-driven society provides fewer opportunities for children to learn and practice critical social skills. Face-to-face and shared group interactions have been replaced by screen-time. More students are struggling with emotional regulation, social conflicts and behavior issues inside and outside the classroom. The need for social-emotional instruction and connection becomes greater each year.
Research shows that developing EQ, or emotional intelligence, is critical for students to reach their full academic potential. Social Bridges® meets this need by providing a structured social-emotional curriculum for students in preschool through twelfth grade. Developmentally-appropriate lessons build on one another to foster the social competencies and skills necessary for students to find success in school and in life. The curriculum provides tools and interactive activities grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy to teach students how to regulate their emotions, use calming tools, problem solve and access the parts of their brain where they can listen, learn and retain information. With Social Bridges in the classroom, teachers are able to put the focus back on learning.
