I have had the opportunity to intoduce the Second Step Program to students at Burgess in classrooms as well as in and small group settings during the months of December and January. The Second Step program teaches skills in the following areas:
1. Skills for Learning: Students learn skills to help themselves learn including how to focus attention, listen carefully, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
2. Empathy: Students learn how to identify and understand their own feelings as well as the feelings of other people.
3. Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings.
4. Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems in a positive way.
1. Skills for Learning: Students learn skills to help themselves learn including how to focus attention, listen carefully, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
2. Empathy: Students learn how to identify and understand their own feelings as well as the feelings of other people.
3. Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings.
4. Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems in a positive way.