affective education

Describes the RULER approach to social and emotional learning, which focuses on recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, and regulation emotions, and offers tips for creating upper elementary classroom environments that support it.

Offers educators advice on how they can incorporate social emotional learning into their classroom, explaining each step of the implementation process and the methods used by successful programs.

"Educational consultant Carla Tantillo Philibert ... [provides] strategies for teaching Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), mindfulness, movement and team building to help ... students grow into contributing and compassionate citizens of the world"--Provided by publisher.

"Mindfulness includes qualities of mind and heart; it provides a strong foundation for other social and emotional skills. Dealing with the emotional needs that students present every day is a complex task--perhaps particularly so for teachers of adolescents. This book describes the tools of mindful attention and shows how the practice of mindfulness can have a positive impact on teaching and learning in middle- and high-school classrooms"--Provided by publisher.

Uses a variety of instructional strategies and engaging activities via the integration of children's literature to teach children to behave humanely and with compassion.