Five Organizations Work Together to Provide Social-Emotional Learning to Freehold Students
As teachers and school leaders determine what educational losses students faced due to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another skill that was lost that is harder to quantify – social-emotional learning (SEL). “With students spending more time at home and away from the normal school environment, it was difficult when the time came to return,” says Brendan Ward, Program Manager, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern NJ (BBBSCNJ). “Students struggled with healthy relationships, conflict resolution, adapting to new settings and situations – generally, co-existing in a normal school setting was difficult for them. We took…