Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
CASEL Framework and SELHermosa Beach City School School District is committed to embedding the CASEL 5 Social-Emotional Competencies within academic instruction so that every student can increase prosocial skills, executive function capacity, empathy, and enhance higher-level critical thinking skills.
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Second Step is an evidence-based curriculum which provides instruction in social and emotional learning with units on skills for learning, empathy, emotion management, friendship skills, and problem solving. Second Step uses four key strategies to reinforce skill development: brain-builder games (to build executive function), weekly theme activities, reinforcing activities, and home links. Second Step is used as a Tier 1 intervention through classroom lessons taught by our school counselors in our schools.