Social-emotional learning (SEL) is critical in today's society. It allows us to grow our interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, and make deeper connections with self and others. These skills are important to the well-being and success of all children as they grow into adulthood.

At Braemar, we believe education to be a partnership between home and school. We teach our students about SEL on a daily basis during teachable moments, through morning announcements, in classrooms, and bringing in community speakers.

We also know that school is not the only important educational institution that children have; home is extremely integral in educating our kids. Therefore, we have created this resource page to provide our parents with important and interesting resources that may help provide more insight into SEL. Please continue checking back to this website as we will continually add articles, research-based documents, and other resources on a variety of SEL topics throughout the school year.

The ideas and opinions presented in these resources are not necessarily those held by Braemar staff members. They are only meant to offer information on important SEL topics and issues.

1. Friendships - This article provides parents with information about friendship challenges, and provides strategies that parents can implement in order to promote positive friendships. This article specifically discusses friendship challenges between girls; however, the information and strategies included are also applicable to all friendships. Click the link to read the article. http://smceducationblog.tumblr.com/post/150629869120/girls-and-their-frenemies

2. Anxiety - Many students experience anxiety, and this is completely normal; however, anxiety becomes a problem when it interferes with a child's daily routines (eg. sleep, schoolwork, etc.).   The article, Anxious Children, provides parents with some useful tips on how to help their child manage anxiety.

3. Separation/Divorce - Many families look for appropriate ways to talk to their children about changes in their family. This list, Books on Sepration and Divorce.pdf,  provides parents with stories that can be shared with their children to help them understand separation and divorce, and provide comfort to their children as they navigate the changes that occur as a result.

4. Children emotionally unavailable for learning - The following article discusses five possible reasons why "today's children come to school emotionally unavailable for learning, and there are many factors in our modern lifestyle that contribute to this." This article further outlines how parents "can make a difference in their child's life by training their child's brain so that their child will successfully function on social, emotional, and academic levels."