School Wellness Center
School staff in a high school describe how a wellness center in their high school is a place where students and staff can come if they are struggling to remain connected throughout the day.
Tier 1 Interventions
Restorative Practices Guide and Toolkit
This Restorative Practices Guide and Toolkit was created by the Chicago Public Schools Office of SEL, in collaboration with the Embrace Restorative Justice in Schools Collaborative. The guidance and resources provided are intended to support staff, administrators, and community partners in developing restorative school communities. The implementation tools included should be used by trained school staff and administrators, parents, RP Coaches, and community members. The tools are not to be used in place of training and is not a platform to begin practicing formal Restorative Practices in schools without other supports, such as professional development and coaching.
RULER – Mood Meter for Preschool
Preschool RULER was developed as a way to teach emotional intelligence to our youngest learners.
Responsive Classoom
Responsive Classroom is a student-centered, social and emotional learning approach to teaching and discipline. It is comprised of a set of research, and evidence-based practices designed to create safe, joyful, and engaging classrooms and school communities for both students and teachers.
Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools
This video offers an inside look at the use of restorative circles in a high school.
Relationship Mapping strategy
Using this strategy, school staff identify youth who do not currently have positive connections with school adults during a private meeting. Those students are then paired with a supportive adult mentor within the school. Throughout the year, mentors support each other through the successes and challenges of building relationships with students, and school administrators routinely communicate with staff to determine how well the process is going. At the end of the year, the staff convenes to talk about how their efforts may have positively affected students.
Questions to Help Kids Solve Problems
Whole-Hearted School Counseling offers engaging and creative counseling resources for K-12 educators, including activities, worksheets, and lesson plans. The website aims to support students’ social-emotional development with practical tools and strategies. This free infographic provides questions to help children solve problems.
Problem Solving Sheet
These downloadable sample worksheets can be used to teach and reinforce problem-solving skills in students.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Guide
Download the PFA Field Guide that accompanies Psychological First Aid (PFA) training, which is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
PBIS Searchable Database
The goal of this website is to enable and empower teachers and staff to implement and carry out PBIS more autonomously. There is a searchable database to easily find activities related to Tiers 1, 2 and 3 interventions in schools.