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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's the wrong intervention for kids who have experienced trauma. They should be doing a program that serves kids who need resiliency skills (leader in me isn't it). School counselors were not consulted and are unhappy with the directive.[/quote]

Agreed, leader in me is very much the 90's self esteem crap. It's not what students need[/quote]

Every teacher I know was not happy when it was announced. I think the union put something together opposing it? I'm very much in favor of social emotional learning in schools--the kids really do need it--but this is NOT the program.[/quote]
What makes you say that?  How is this program lacking, and Is there something out there that would be better?[/quote]

Go back and read the original post which talks about how curriculum does not address children who have experienced trauma[/quote]

So what program would address that appropriately and how do we advocate for it?  I'm all for supporting kids who have experienced trauma.[/quote]

The Resilience Builder Curriculum by Dr. Mary Alford. She’s a local psychologist with a national reputation. It’s a tested and proven curriculum.[/quote]

It doesn't matter if it were the best curriculum ever imagined. These people are against everything and anything designed to help with emotional well-being.[/quote]

Not against it.  Just how it is implimented by being dumped into teachers laps who don’t have enough training support and lack of buy in from students.  Counterproductive in this situation.[/quote]

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