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)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kevin Douglas, Student Support Services Manager
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