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Welcome to today’s #ldchat! This is Dan with the Understood team. We’re joined today by Understood founding partner @CommonSenseEd to discuss social-emotional learning. #SEL
A1: Emotional Intelligence is the ability to recognize the emotions in yourself & others which helps build relationships based on trust. This can help students feel safe & more connected to themselves & their peers to communicate their feeling & be themselves. #SEL#ldchat
A1. Recognizing and managing emotions in yourself and recognizing and respecting the emotions of others. Building self-awareness, regulation and empathy will help kids navigate social challenges that can be associated with such issues. #ldchat
RT: @UnderstoodOrg: (Live chat on SEL happening now!) Q1. What is emotional intelligence, and why is it an important skillset for kids with learning and attention issues to develop? #SEL#ldchat
A1: Before there was tech, we spoke face to face and saw/heard/felt emotion. All kids need to build this up, but especially our Ss with learning/Attention differences. #ldchat
Q2. Let’s talk about empathy. It’s important to practice what we preach, so what are ways we can show empathy to kids with learning and attention issues, and how can we teach it? #SEL#ldchat
A2: When working w/ dyslexic kids - I refer to them as twice exceptional … I think the empathy is not pointing to disabilities, but finding where they are “twice exceptional” #ldchat@CAST_UDL
A1. I will speak from my own experiences. Having to learn all that is important to work with my co-workers (and my day job working with patients) in understanding their needs. #ldchat
A1. In a world of media and tech use, #SEL is especially important given the extra barriers put up by screens. That said, there are great tech tools we can use to help: https://t.co/fSBvcay3Ed#ldchat
A2: It is important for us to remember what it was like to be a kid & be empathetic to their struggles. They may seem small to us now but they were challenging when we were young. Build an inclusive environment that listens, encourages, shares and is patient. #SEL#ldchat
A2: Making a point to share and show how they and you are using your emotional intelligence throughout your relationship and especially through your interactions. Its about building it up, not that it is not there. #LDchat
A2: It is important for us to remember what it was like to be a kid & be empathetic to their struggles. They may seem small to us now but they were challenging when we were young. Build an inclusive environment that listens, encourages, shares and is patient. #SEL#ldchat
A2. Teaching and modeling empathy are essential! Telling our own personal stories, encouraging listening and taking other perspectives...all great classroom skills. #ldchat
You the facilitator definitely have to study the clips first to see what you want to show. Then, you can use these clips as teaching lessons for sure. #ldchat
A1. Recognizing and managing emotions in yourself and recognizing and respecting the emotions of others. Building self-awareness, regulation and empathy will help kids navigate social challenges that can be associated with such issues. #ldchat
Show students how their voice matters by giving them options, whether it be assignment choice or seating choice. Also including different modes of communication beyond raising your hand so all students voices are heard. #ldchat
Also acknowledging children where they are at. We see things through a different lense as adults, and while that's good, it's also not the only lense. #ldchat
A3. Kids branch into different kinds of social relationships as they get older and media/tech often plays a big role. Learning to read social cues IRL is hard enough. Digital tools make it harder. Teach kids to apply the same concepts of empathy, self control, etc. #ldchat
A3: Unfortunately it can manifest itself as part of the DNA of the culture of the classroom …and the student carries that with them (as well as the other students) … Which is why EQ needs to be addressed and taught explicitly early #ldchat
A3: Things can have such a drastic impact as kids grow older. W/ tech, a 10 second decision to post something online can have a lifetime of consequences. #LDchat
A3: As kids get older they become more independent & often their use of technology increases & they may engage in face-to-face conversations less often. This can make it more difficult to read the social cues of others & cause them to feel isolated from their peers. #SEL#ldchat
A3. Teaching digital citizenship #digcit is a great place to start. Here is a full set of free lessons from @commonsenseed that cover all of those online #SEL issues, plus more. Kindness, relationships, being an upstander all require #SEL skills. #ldchathttps://t.co/DI0Wqk4vcA
A4. Parents are role models, gatekeepers, cheerleaders, and killjoys. I have two kids. We must have explicit conversations with our kids on our expectations of #SEL issues and why they are important to us. #ldchat
In my experience I found giving students more time to talk to other students is helpful. In large classes whole group discussions are difficult to hear all voices but encourage more peer to peer or small groups and create a class code of conduct that students help create. #ldchat
In reply to
@edielovesmath, @CommonSenseEd, @tj_olsen
A4: Not sure if there exist the almighty #SEL playbook for parenting (although many authors claim to have it)… it may need to to be a more intentional holistic approach that includes all adults - school +home+peer parents #ldchat
A4: Be a good #rolemodel! Parents should consider their child’s perspective and make decisions within the same manner of their kids. #ldchat Parents, especially online spend as much if not more, using media/tech too.
