Second Step
Second Step helps our students know how to learn and get along with others. The program teaches skills in the following four areas:
- Skills for learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, use self-talk to stay on task, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
- Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others' feelings. Students also learn how to take another perspective and how to show compassion.
- Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety and anger.
- Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems with others in a positive way.
Early Mental Health Initiative (EMHI)
“The goals of EMHI are to enhance the social and emotional development of young students; increase the likelihood that students experiencing mild to moderate school adjustment difficulties will succeed in school; increase their personal competencies related to life success; and minimize the need for more intensive and costly services as they grow older.” (CA Department of Health Care Services)
Primary Intervention Program (PIP)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kevin Douglas, Student Support Services Manager
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