Teachers have many responsibilities when it comes to the well-being of each and every student. Many districts have “adopted social skill-building in an effort to move from zero-tolerance discipline and drill-and-kill curriculum toward a more nuanced approach to the behavioral and academic needs of students,” according to an article that talks about the expansion of…
Social Emotional Learning for Students with Special Needs
Students with special needs often have difficulty recognizing emotions. It can be equally difficult for these students to identify their own feelings and also the feelings of others. One of the major fallouts of these challenges can be picking up on social cues. Teaching students with special needs to not only identify emotions and facial…