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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so tired of the lip service paid to “SEL” by DCPS and our elementary. It’s a buzzword and huge timewaster. It makes teachers and admins believe there is some kind of magic didactic lesson they can give to achieve “empathy” or whatever; but then they completely fail to invest in actual evidence-based practices to help kids with behavioral issues, bullying, or social skills problems. And of course, the utter irony of touting “SEL” while refusing to actually let kids come to school ...[/quote]

SEL was the response to parents like you who probably threw in "mental health" on their banshee list of complaints. [/quote]

huh? I know this because my child actually has mental health/social issues. SEL as delivered at out school neither helps him nor stops the other kids from being mean to him nor does it actually get teachers/admins to engage in evidence based practices to support him. But they sure do love to say “but we do SEL!!” whenever I bring an issue to him. And, I can guarantee that parents like you are precisely the ones who throw empathy etc out the window the second you think your precious child is in any way inconvenienced. [/quote]

My kid had similar issues and I completely agree. All those lessons do is “heighten the contradictions” so to speak. [/quote]

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