Social Emotional
Social & Emotional Learning
Self-Management | Self-Awareness | Responsible Decision-Making | Relationship Skills | Social Awareness |
Managing emotions and behaviors to achieve one's goals | Recognizing one's emotions and values as well as one's strengths and challenges | Making ethical, constructive choices about personal and social behavior | forming positive relationships, working in teams, dealing effectively with conflict | Showing understanding and empathy for others |
School counselors help students grow personally and socially in:
Developing self-knowledge.
Making effective decisions.
Developing relationship skills.
Making healthy choices.
Resolving conflicts.
School counselors, School Social Workers, and School Psychologists are committed to supporting students’ social/emotional needs. As advocates for students, they promote a positive environment that enhances students’ ability to properly manage the social/emotional demands of their lives. Your mental health professionals use appropriate appraisal methods to promote a school environment designed to propel students toward positive mindsets and behaviors supporting social/emotional development through direct (e.g., classroom curriculum, group counseling and individual counseling) and indirect (e.g., collaborating or consulting with staff, families or communities) services.
American School Counselor Association (2017). The School Counselor and Social/Emotional Development. Alexandria, VA: Author.