Target Audience: Teachers PK-5, Mental Health Professionals, Para Professionals, Special Educators, Specialists (Arts, Music, PE)
Social and emotional coaching is the practice of supporting students in learning to identify their emotions and developing strategies to self-regulate to manage their emotions. Teachers and support staff team members can coach students using a variety of strategies, including role play, self-reflection, developmentally appropriate literature, think sheets, visuals, and communication tools. Social emotional coaching includes in the moment, direct, explicit instruction to support a lagging skill in an effort to support the student in managing their emotions in order to improve and generalize skills, regulate and return to the task at hand.
