
Kendra Slag presents a doctoral capstone on promoting social emotional learning and pro-social behavior in schools, detailing needs assessment, literature review, and teacher resources for student mental health and self-regulation.
This literature review shows universal social and emotional learning programs in early education strengthen teaching practices and self-regulation, while mindfulness and school climate protect student mental health.
Develop a school-based social emotional learning program using CBT and developmental framing, collaborating with teachers, staff, and students from birth through age 21 to support pro-social health and well-being.
Develop and implement evidence-based artifacts for social emotional learning in schools, including calm cards aligned with zones of regulation and sensory path resources, to support student wellbeing and teacher use.
Assess how the World Health Organization projects mental illness as a top disability in schools and how the developmental frame of reference with six adaptive skill areas informs family collaboration.
Share the references for all sources used in this presentation and note the attached reference document for this Udemy course.
I acknowledge mentors, colleagues, and family who supported my capstone and growth as an occupational therapy practitioner, presenting mental health and well-being resources for younger children in a school environment.
This course was created for my Doctoral Capstone Project in school based occupational therapy. The course covers information regarding my doctoral capstone project that focused on promoting social emotional learning within a school environment. The course includes topics such as my learning objectives, needs assessment, review of updated literature, frame of reference, site overview and information, and my artifacts that were completed while on the experience. Prior to my experience at Central Rivers Area Educational Agency (AEA), I completed a 12-week rotation in a school-based practice setting as well as completed comprehensive research into the area of mental health, well-being, and how this can affect students in a school environment as well as strategies that can be used with students to promote positive pro social behaviors. My hope is that this course will be utilized by school personnel and occupational therapists who work within a school-based setting to help promote social emotional learning with students in a classroom environment. My objectives for viewers when taking this course are to: Identify area of focus for project, Identify capstone site and information, Identify 3 artifacts, and Identify guiding approach used in capstone. If you are the viewer have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me via my email address that is provided in the presentation. Thank you again for watching!