Helping Kids Be Healthy and Whole While Learning from Home

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Students can sense and even internalize the emotions their teachers are feeling, especially stress, depression and worry. Not only do we need to help kids stay physically healthy, we need to help them stay emotionally healthy. SEL expert Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl unpacks the concepts of stress contagion, the importance of routines, co-rumination and other SEL topics to help us better help today's students.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disclosure: Note that today's guest is an advisor for today's sponsor. All content and opinions are my own and that of the author.</span></p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> The WE Schools Program, made possible by the Allstate Foundation, is kicking off National Volunteer Week with Let's Volunteer Now! Join this free online event to help discover how virtual volunteering can help your students build SEL skills. It will be hosted on Friday, April 17 at 1pm EST on the <u><a title= "https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fwemovement%2f&data=02%7c01%7cangie.gurley%40we.org%7c7087e19307584b8c710708d7e09315ac%7ca1500535204b465d9496b8623ae8bc7e%7c0%7c0%7c637224794645009025&sdata=77vzy5n8ofdcu9" href= "https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWEmovement%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cangie.gurley%40we.org%7C7087e19307584b8c710708d7e09315ac%7Ca1500535204b465d9496b8623ae8bc7e%7C0%7C0%7C637224794645009025&sdata=77Vzy5n8OFdcU9xelqVli6VJAJtdoaG2z1%2FFwLe0gNA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252FWEmovement%252F%26data%3D02%257C01%257Cangie.gurley%2540we.org%257C7087e19307584b8c710708d7e09315ac%257Ca1500535204b465d9496b8623ae8bc7e%257C0%257C0%257C637224794645009025%26sdata%3D77Vzy5n8OFdcU9xelqVli6VJAJtdoaG2z1%252FFwLe0gNA%253D%26reserved%3D0&source=gmail&ust=1587047532520000&usg=AFQjCNGacGH6Ljt-E_i15xNqG7mvRs6hBQ">@Wemovem