Social-Emotional Development

Empathy is one of the most critical social skills young learners can develop. Not only is empathy a primary ingredient of bully-free schools and harmonious inclusive classrooms, it's also a…

Today we're pleased to welcome a special guest to the blog: Beverley Johns, author of the Brookes book Your Classroom Guide to Special Education Law. While her book is broadly…

Encouraging positive student behavior is a critical issue in any inclusive school (in any school, period!). Whether your school has a positive behavior support system in place or you're still…

We talk a lot about the importance of social-emotional development here at the Brookes Inclusion Lab---in 2016, we did a blog series on this vital topic, and we're planning even…

Inclusion Lab readers: Today, we're sharing 19 practical tips you can start using right away to support your students' positive behavior and social skills. These behavior tips come to you…

Meltdowns. They can derail the best-laid lesson plans and dishearten even the best, most patient teacher. We know so many teachers who've been there. You want your inclusive class to…

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, a nationwide campaign founded in 2006 by PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center. To help support your anti-bullying initiatives this month, here are 13 practical suggestions from our…

If you teach in an early childhood classroom that welcomes all learners, you probably have a couple students who keep you up some nights. Not because they're not wonderful kids,…

Today's guest post is by Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak and Dr. Teresa Brown. It's part of our Language & Literacy Development blog series.   *Want to listen to this post instead? You…

  This post is part of our Social-Emotional Development blog series.   Feelings are complicated, and sorrow is one of the most intense and individualized. Processing grief, expressing emotions, and…