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Students in this 2nd grade class practiced self-control with our Take 5 lesson and interactive activities!

"This week my class learned about conflict resolution! We added the student handouts to interactive notebooks, defined vocabulary words, and completed the Conflict Cycle activity!"

- Achante D.

Skills from RethinkEd's Wellness Suite is easily integrated into lessons resulting in improved academic outcomes.

"Our Science lesson with magnets utilizing what we learned from sharing is fun! We have to wait our turn. Been working on this skill a lot- they are finally able to sit and wait!"
- Trisha C.

Students using RethinkEd's 'Wait Approach' on a field trip to help regulate their emotions.

"Interactive activities paired with the RethinkEd Wellness Suite helps my students learn about their feelings and emotions. This is essential for emotional maturity and intelligence."
- Trisha C.

As we head back to school, supporting the well-being of educators, students, and families is more important than ever. That's why we are sharing complimentary curated collections of strategies and resources from our Wellness and Mental Wellness solutions to help you start the year off strong.

RethinkEd's Wellness and Mental Wellness are integrated solutions that include professional development, K-12 curriculum, assessment and tools all in one digital platform.

WELLNESS TOOLKIT

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒:

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
• Watch: Stress Management Video
• Explore: Collective Teacher Efficacy (CTE) Protocols
• Learn: Create a Safe and Caring Classroom Video

𝗞-𝟭𝟮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺
• Explore activities and resources to support students' Focus, Problem Solving and Resilience skills.

Access Your Wellness Toolkit: https://bit.ly/3Xgc5nu

MENTAL WELLNESS TOOLKIT

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒:
• Watch: What is Mental Wellness Professional Development Video
• Explore: Mental Wellness Student Video and Activity
• Learn: Factors of Mental Wellness Student Resource

Get Your Mental Wellness Toolkit: https://bit.ly/4cSNomI

Start the school year off strong with a free download of our Checklist: Creating A Safe and Caring School, and help students, families, and staff feel secure, valued, and connected.

A sense of safety and belonging in the school community provides a foundation for attendance and engagement. Being an intentionally inclusive school community promotes access to supports that students and families need and can reduce student risk in areas like absenteeism and school violence.

Four essential components of creating a Safe and Caring School, include:

✅ Building connections and caring relationships
✅ Implementing practices that promote a predictable and fair environment
✅ Approaching behaviors with understanding and respect
✅ Encouraging students to act in safe and caring ways

Get your free download here: https://bit.ly/47qBYWo

One of the largest risk-factors for school violence is bullying. This includes students who engage in bullying, victims of bullying, and bystanders. Reducing bullying in schools significantly reduces acts of violence. It is imperative that students understand bullying, can talk about it, and know how to avoid or respond to it.

Behavioral Skills Training is an evidence-based method that can be used to teach a variety of skills including prevention of violence and bullying, pro-active wellness skills, and communication skills. This includes 4 phases of intervention and is simple and easy to learn:

☑ Instruction:
Teach students the skills and knowledge that they need to know. This includes developing a common language to facilitate productive and safe conversations about each topic.

☑ Model:
Show students what to do. This can include showing videos of how to respond in different situations or having a student demonstrate what to do.

☑ Rehearsal:
Engage students in role-playing or discussing different scenarios. Teach them to identify potential consequences for different actions and to make better choices when faced with difficult situations.

☑ Feedback:
Give students frequent feedback on their actions including praising positive and pro-social behaviors. Also, help students develop solutions for making better choices when they engage in inappropriate behaviors.

Learn more in our blog: https://bit.ly/3B6Oa2o

In these turbulent times, creating a safe and caring classroom is on every educator’s mind, and many are wondering how to reduce isolation and build community right at the beginning of the year. We know that when students feel like they are an important member of a classroom community, they are more likely to be able to learn, and less likely to engage in challenging behaviors.

This is why we’ve developed a Wellness Curriculum that goes above and beyond creating safe and caring classrooms to support teachers in building their classroom communities. It’s filled with easy-to-use activities to engage learners, spark meaningful discussions, and foster intentional collaboration and positive problem-solving.

Help your educators start their year with compassion and community with these complimentary practical resources from our K-12 Wellness Curriculum:

✅ Strategies for Collaborative Learning Teacher Resource: https://bit.ly/3ZsURWD

✅Collaborative Relationships Student Resource: https://bit.ly/3ztNhAk

To learn more, visit our Wellness website: https://bit.ly/4daHZrx

Set the school year up for success by setting and teaching classroom expectations, which can help educators increase consistency and reduce time spent on correcting behaviors.

✔ Classroom management practices are core instructional behavioral supports necessary for all students and include setting and teaching expectations and classroom agreements.
✔ Classroom expectations are broad behavioral standards used to guide the teaching and practice of behaviors that support learning, engagement and positive social interactions.
✔ Common school and classroom expectations may include value-driven terms such as: integrity, self-awareness, safety, service, respect, and responsibility.
✔ Classroom agreements, or rules, are used to explicitly teach students what the expectations look like and how they can meet the expectations.

A consistent and meaningful system of agreements provides structure for students and helps them to engage with instructional tasks and demonstrate appropriate social behaviors.

Download our free implementation tool: Developing and Teaching Classroom Agreements here: https://bit.ly/3Tvi86s