Social-Emotional Development

As young children enter their first years of school, they'll get to know peers with a wide variety of abilities, cultures, languages, and backgrounds. It's totally natural for them to…

Learning is more likely to happen when students experience joy and positivity in the classroom. Teaching is more effective when you take time to nurture your own happiness and well-being.…

When students with and without disabilities struggle with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, it can be tougher for them to make friends and succeed in school. Today's post is filled…

No matter where you stand on the issues facing America, one thing's for sure: we're living in uncertain times, and both teachers and students are feeling the effects of it.…

For children with a history of trauma, including exposure to violence and tragic world events, the aftereffects of the past can be a significant obstacle to learning. From generalized distrust…

When you're designing a curriculum based on universal design for learning (UDL), one key principle to follow is representing content in multiple ways. As UDL expert Whitney Rapp points out…

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…