San Dieguito Union High School District

All students receive universal social-emotional support in all settings, school-wide.

Students who need further interventions receive them in addition to the continuing Tier 1 foundation.

 

 

 

One example of a Tier 1 support is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). SEL is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. Our middle school Second Step or Thrively lessons are an illustration of direct SEL instruction. A high school English course asking a student to understand the perspective or motivation of a character is an indirect illustration.

 

The short-term goals of SEL programs are to (1) promote students’ self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, relationship, and responsible decision-making skills; and (2) to improve student attitudes and beliefs about self, others, and school. These, in turn, provide a foundation for better adjustment and academic performance as reflected in more positive social behaviors and peer relationships, fewer conduct problems, less emotional distress, and improved grades and test scores. (Durlak et al., 2011; Greenberg et al., 2003)

 

 

• Welcoming Rituals - predictable routines create safety, set focus, or tie into/prime for the learning of the day
• Engaging Practices - lessons that include interaction, sense-making, reflection, "think time" and brain breaks activate more cognitive processing

 

 

 

 

• Student self-referral
• Identified by data such as grades, attendance, behavior, discipline, health or other concerns