Facing Life's Challenges: Facing Bullying

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TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children manage emotions create and achieve goals maintain relationships learn how to feel empathy and make good decisions The SEL approach will help children establish positive habits in communication cooperation and decision making By incorporating SEL in early reading children will be better equipped to build confidence and foster positive peer networks BEFORE READING Talk to the reader about bullying Explain that bullying is a pattern of aggressive acts not single episodes Discuss What does it feel like when someone is unkind How do you want to react Who should you talk to when someone is bullying others AFTER READING Talk to the reader about empathy Help him or her imagine what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes Discuss How do your actions make others feel Can you find ways to help others who are in trouble SEL GOAL Some students may struggle with standing up to a bully Help readers develop a vocabulary to voice their feelings Help them learn to think about how their actions affect others