Last weekend was my first weekend training and learning all about SEL*F through the Breathe for Change Program. SEL*F stands for Social Emotional Learning and Facilitation. Traditional approaches to SEL include the 3 main components of skills:
1. Cognitive Regulation Skills (aka executive function skills) This category includes working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and attention control.
2. Emotion Skills: This category includes emotion knowledge and expression, emotion behavior and regulation and empathy and perspective taking.
3. Interpersonal skills (aka the social domain) This section includes prosocial behaviors and skills, the ability to understand social cues, and conflict resolution.
Breathe for Change believes there is a forth category missing in this traditional approach to SEL-
FACILITATION: This category refers to the teacher's own personal embodiment of the 3 categories of skills plus the ability to authentically facilitate from their own experiences in the classroom. Thus, SEL becomes SELF. The foundation of Social Emotional Learning in the classroom is the teacher's own sense of emotional and social well being which will further enhance the students' ability to then build on the SEL skills.
Through yoga, meditation, and B4C's instructional practices, I am already learning how to better support my students and myself. Check out my next blog post on visualization and breathing in the classroom.
1. Cognitive Regulation Skills (aka executive function skills) This category includes working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and attention control.
2. Emotion Skills: This category includes emotion knowledge and expression, emotion behavior and regulation and empathy and perspective taking.
3. Interpersonal skills (aka the social domain) This section includes prosocial behaviors and skills, the ability to understand social cues, and conflict resolution.
Breathe for Change believes there is a forth category missing in this traditional approach to SEL-
FACILITATION: This category refers to the teacher's own personal embodiment of the 3 categories of skills plus the ability to authentically facilitate from their own experiences in the classroom. Thus, SEL becomes SELF. The foundation of Social Emotional Learning in the classroom is the teacher's own sense of emotional and social well being which will further enhance the students' ability to then build on the SEL skills.
Through yoga, meditation, and B4C's instructional practices, I am already learning how to better support my students and myself. Check out my next blog post on visualization and breathing in the classroom.