Information and resources

The resources relating to Component 2, Social and emotional learning for students, have been specifically designed by KidsMatter to provide parents, carers, and school staff with an understanding of the kinds of social and emotional skills that can help children’s learning, as well as detailed suggestions for supporting children’s social and emotional learning in everyday situations.

The Component 2 resources comprise:

  • A set of six resource packs on key topics, providing information, practical applications and resources for helping children learn social and emotional skills
  • Information sheets (found within the resource packs) for parents and carers. These provide a brief introduction to specific topics relating to social and emotional learning, and include everyday examples to show how the ideas can be applied.

When looking for resources on a particular topic, we recommend that you start with the information sheets. Then, to follow up your interest and find further information and suggestions, you can download the additional resources for the relevant resource pack.

The nine information sheets on social and emotional learning are listed in yellow in the table below. The black topic headings indicate the relevant resource pack. You can access all the resources for Social and emotional learning by clicking on the information sheet titles.

Social and emotional learning for students
Social and emotional learning: How it works
♦ What social and emotional learning is all about
♦ Why feelings are important
♦ Supporting kids’ confidence
Helping children to cope with fears and worries
♦ Helping children cope with fears
Learning to manage anger

♦ Kids and anger: How to help
Children and friendship
  ♦ Everyone needs a friend
Helping children make decisions and solve problems

♦ Helping kids to choose wisely
Learning to resolve conflict
  ♦ Learning to value others
♦ Learning to resolve conflict

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