Classroom Strategies

How to Build Students’ Resilience

June 27, 2025

As educators, we talk a lot about resilience—how students need it to bounce back from challenges, grit their teeth, and persevere. But what if resilience isn’t just about bouncing back? What if it’s about bouncing forward, adapting, thriving, and growing stronger with each setback? The good news is that resilience isn’t some mystical trait. It’s a skill—a muscle, if you will—that we can strengthen in our students. The strategies we utilize in the classroom are the ultimate training ground. Teachers can use these strategies to strengthen their students’ ability to cope with setbacks and frustration.

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What’s the Difference between SEL and Mental Health?

June 27, 2025

There are many ways in which work on mental health and social emotional learning reinforces and supports one another, and these collective efforts impact emotional well-being. Part of the challenge is clarifying how these efforts coincide and how they differ. Through the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Learning Collaborative, CASEL is working alongside the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH). As part of this collaborative, educational leaders explore how social emotional learning and comprehensive school mental health contribute to overall emotional well-being, focusing in on four key areas of work that unite these two efforts.

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Strategies for Having Tough Conversations About Race in the Classroom

December 5, 2024

This short course equips teachers with tools to navigate tough conversations about race in classrooms and offers practical guidance and support.

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Mindful Minutes: 5-Minute Grounding Practice for Schools

December 5, 2024

5-minute mindfulness practices for grounding, enhancing engagement and supporting student learning environments.

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Creating Safety and Belonging: REACH for Strategies

December 5, 2024

This course explores the six domains of safety and provides strategies to foster a safe and inclusive environment in all areas of the school.

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Emotion Regulation: REACH for Strategies

December 5, 2024

This course provides practical ideas for fostering healthy emotion and sensory regulation in classrooms, school communities, and out-of-school programs.

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Supporting LGBTQ Students: REACH for Strategies

December 5, 2024

Learn essential strategies to create affirming school environments for LGBTQ students and promote improved outcomes and inclusivity.

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Making Connections: An Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Intellectual Disability (ID)

December 5, 2024

This course includes a recorded learning session with Child Psychiatrists from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago about supporting students with autism and intellectual disabilities in classrooms.

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Building Relationships and Connectedness: REACH for Strategies

December 5, 2024

This course provides strategies to help schools build relationships and connections so students feel safe and supported.

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Creating Calm Spaces: REACH for Strategies

December 5, 2024

This course provides practical strategies for designing environments in classrooms and school buildings that help students regulate their emotions and behavior effectively.

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