Social and Emotional Centers bySimple Solutions Educational Services(1)
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Angela Searcy founded Simple Solutions Educational Services to provide social and emotional learning centers and staff training to early childhood programs, drawing on over 20 years of experience in education and specialized training in neuropsychology and child development. The document describes Searcy's background and credentials, and provides examples of how her company has partnered with schools to develop centers and tools to help young children learn skills like conflict resolution, emotion identification, and appropriate classroom behavior.
Social and Emotional Centers bySimple Solutions Educational Services(1)
- 1. Simple Solutions Educational Services Social and Emotional Learning Centers Simple Solutions For School Success! 1-866-660-3899 www.overtherainbowsimplesolutions.com [email protected]
- 2. Developed by: Angela Searcy, M.S. • Angela Searcy M.S. holds a B.A. degree in English and secondary education with teacher certification though the state of Illinois and a M.S. degree in early childhood development from Erikson Institute, with a specialization in infant studies and a credential in developmental therapy. • Angela is the owner and founder of Simple Solutions Educational Services, has over 20 years of experience in the field of education, is an approved professional development provider by the Illinois State Board of Education, a national consultant for the Multisensory Training Institute (MTI) in Needham, MA, and The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) at Vanderbilt University • A former associate at the Neuropsychology Diagnostic Center in Orland Park, Illinois, Angela has specialized training as a neuro-developmental specialist and is a nationally recognized speaker with extensive experience working with professionals, young children, and their families as an early childhood teacher, child development specialist, staff developer, mental health consultant, parent educator, language arts teacher, college professor and tutor. Her expertise encompasses developing behavior modification programs from a neuropsychological perspective, and creating professional development grounded in neuroscience research related to adult learning. • She has been featured on Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Matters, Chicago Parent and Chicago Baby Magazines and is a regular speaker for the Learning and the Brain Conference Sponsored by Harvard, Yale and Stanford Universities. Simple Solutions For School Success! 1-866-660-3899 www.overtherainbowsimplesolutions.com [email protected]
- 3. Where is Your Social Skills Center? • We all agree that social and emotional learning is a developmental domain. Yet most early childhood programs omit a formal center in which children can develop these skills. Simple Solutions Educational Services © 2009 [email protected]
- 4. What Are You Feeling? • Simple Solutions Educational Services consulted with Ezzard Charles Montessori School on Chicago’s South Side during the 2007/2008/2009 school years with the help of a quality improvement grant. We discussed using concrete items to help children learn about abstract ideas, like feelings and conflict resolution. • When there was a conflict the teacher would ask children what they were feeling. These preschool children would then find their names and match them to these feeling faces they created! Creating a conflict resolution center allowed the children to use their literacy skills to find their names, their problem solving skills and language skills to think of solutions and math skill to eliminate solutions. We embedded social emotional learning into academics Simple Solutions Educational Services © 2009 [email protected]
- 5. Cranky lotion? This is a CEDA Head Start classroom we provide consultation services to in Bridgeview, Illinois. The teacher calls this area a “safe place” in which children come, and use manipulatives and concrete tools to help them think about and LEARN about their emotions. Simple Solutions Educational Services © 2009 [email protected]
- 6. Simple Solution KITS! Teachers NOT Trying new Ideas? Increase support! • It can be hard to learn something new and then have to create a whole new area without support. After our trainings the teachers were given tools and given support in the classroom on how to use them. • We gave Edgewater Early Learning Center in Chicago a “Simple Solutions Kit” It included tools that the teachers could use to create the new centers! The teachers discussed what tools they liked best and which they would like to try first! Teachers were then more likely to implement new ideas shown at the trainings! Simple Solutions Educational Services © 2009 [email protected]
- 7. Do you tell children what NOT to do?---Try telling And Showing them what to DO! Simple Solutions Parent Tip! Copy these pictures and send them home to show parents what their child can do as well! Simple Solutions Educational Services © 2009 [email protected]
- 8. Want to See More? Contact us for a free Consultation! We provide on-site training, staff development, and webinars that are custom made to fit your staff needs. 866-660-3899 www.overtherainbowsimplesolutions.com Email [email protected] Find us on LinkedIn and Face book!