The Connections Model

A strong #SEL curriculum teaches emotional regulation so students are able to manage their emotions, engage with classmates and their academics. That's why we developed the KidConnect Ready2Learn Curriculum. Learn more: bit.ly/2Yfp0ug

Taking phones is not going to teach kids- it’s just going to delay their ability to manage using them. We’ve spent the last 15 years researching and working to develop programs that help kids. Let’s spend our time and resources teaching not taking. Teachemotionalregulation.com

We talk about mental health issues yet we do little to actually address them in kids. We know how to do this. We teach kids the skills that develop emotional regulation. From there we help them to use and apply those skills in school and life .

We’d like to comment. How about instead of taking things from kids- we arm them with the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. How about we get serious about teaching kids the skills to identify, understand and manage their emotions.

@clarketucker The solution is teaching kids how to identify, understand and manage their emotions. Not removing items thinking when they turn 18 they’ll have the skills to use them. It’s about teaching kids how to develop the most important skill a human being needs. Emotional regulation

This is not just a token request for feedback. I want to collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please comment, call, text, or email. Let’s have a robust discussion — this is too important to get wrong. 8/8

This issue will be crucial in the next legislative session, and I need your input. Share your thoughts on how we should approach this critical issue for our kids’ mental health. 7/8

This is important! “Younger children are not likely to be able to label the emotions that they are feeling,” buff.ly/44BQbwA

Feels great to be back at school! How are your students feeling?

Excited to be back at school! How are your students feeling?

@marcbrackett You should check out what we do. Our curriculum is easy to use- kid and teacher friendly and works- our underlying principles are the same- we’ve just made it super easy and integrated for teachers.

Takeaway from today’s talk: When we think about emotion regulation, we jump to strategies that require time & planning like biking or gardening. But regulation often starts w/ strategies like breathing to deactivate & reframing to shift our thoughts, which help in the moment.

@WendyforWNC @libradunn Maybe not just therapy … We need to teach kids starting in elementary to identify, understand and manage their emotions. Once they understand those fundamental skills they will be able to learn to be successful in school and life.

@libradunn Our teens need it so they can be better adults after dealing with trauma. Hurt people hurt people!

Therapy should be free. #mentalhealth

@EvanMcMullin Yes! Using simple ideas kids can learn to identify, understand and manage their emotions. If we start early and give them actual tools to support them we can decrease not only the stigma but the incidence of anxiety and depression in our kids. Let’s make it happen!

An important article to read. We need to teach our kids to identify, understand and manage their emotions. These skills form the basis for all learning. We need to start early and continue through adolescence. We can do this. We must.

@mwatters58 @JeffGolfCamp @KeeleyFox29 @FOX29philly It would be awful if we “banned” things that support our students and our country. There are some things we think that shouldn’t be political- helping kids should be one of those.

Pottstown man,43, tells police he was “so angry” that a red Jeep sped past him & nearly hit him while he was waking home last night, that he went into his apartment & came out with his legally owned gun, then seen on surveillance shooting 8 times killing jeep driver @FOX29philly

@JeffGolfCamp @KeeleyFox29 @FOX29philly Yes. We agree. Teach your kids to identify, understand and manage their emotions and they will be able to manage their behavior. Should be a main focus of education. People who have good emotional intelligence are more successful in school and life.

@KeeleyFox29 @FOX29philly Note to parents: please teach your children how to control their emotions at an early age. So tired of reading about someone dying because of emotions controlling the killers actions

Interesting article. But how we develop the "resilience" needed for recovery is the key. Some people can "will themselves" to recover. Many others need to learn the steps to manage their trauma and anxiety. This is where we can help. statnews.com/2021/06/15/res…

@RVAwonk We get it. We really do. We’ve been helping kids learn to identify, understand and manage their emotions for years… but we’re different and so the easier to share stuff gets all the attention.

I’m rambling, but this is something I’ve struggled with for years. My work is good. It’s better and more thorough than most of what gets published in this area in large media outlets. But it’s different, and it doesn’t really have a home — so neither do I. But I’m here.

I fully recognize that I do a shitty job of promoting myself and a lot of people really have no idea what I actually do (sometimes I don’t either), but it still sucks when people continually forget you/your work exists just because it’s hard to put a label on it. 😕

We need to teach kids early how to identify, understand and manage their emotions. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

@SRuhle Funding they aren’t able to address the number one need in our kids- their mental health. We were headed there... and then it came crashing down. We can teach kids to learn how to manage their emotions and their behavior by teaching them the foundation. We must!

@SRuhle We developed a curriculum to teach kids how to identify, understand and manage their emotions so they can learn. It’s SO needed right now but we lack the capital to move forward. I left a job to start this company to help as many kids as possible. With schools closed & lacking 2/

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This is so important. We are all impacted by different events. It’s important to acknowledge the event and then identify, understand and manage the emotions that come from them.