by Todd McCabe, School Counselor, Riverview School, Denville, NJ
This video and discussion highlights various social skills focusing primarily on identifying and celebrating our strengths. The story, Yes We Can by Sam McBratney, is used to help students realize the importance of complimenting friends’ strengths and not making fun of their weaknesses. This is a great example of bringing classroom lessons to online learning.
NJASECD sponsored a webinar called “Reducing Stress, Dealing with Differences, Building Community? Character is the Answer!” This webinar featured a keynote conversation with Dr. Nathan Fisher, Dr. Phil
To help you support you, your students, and your school community during this difficult time we have complied a number of resources which are listed below. Included are
Summary: In this article from Newsweek, Maurice Elias and Linda Reddy offer suggestions as to how parents can help their children cope with the idea
