STEP UP

Our community’s child care providers are caring for our most precious resource: our future generations. This series of workshops will introduce and develop social-emotional learning skills and strategies to support the children and the providers themselves.

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Social-emotional learning in the early years helps children develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and social skills. This foundation enables them to navigate relationships, manage emotions, and thrive academically and personally throughout their lives.

Step Up Foundation

Learn the basics of social emotional learning (SEL), what it is and some strategies to use SEL in early childhood settings.

Emotion emoticons used by a psychologist during a therapy session with a child with an autism spectrum disorder.

Step Up Next Level

Learn to reflect on values and identify how values influence our decisions, priorities, and relationships with others.

Step Up Community of Belonging

Learn about cultural identity and which aspects may be associated with advantages or disadvantages in our daily lives, discussing how we may use advantages to lift up others who may experience disadvantages.