Our curriculum has been designed by neuropsychologists . Our program is based on research that provides new understandings of the nature of social and emotional intelligence. We’ve designed our program to explicitly teach foundational skills children need to be successful in life and in their relationships with others. We weave the social skill teaching almost invisibly into the fun activities and move the children along the Trail to Success from a "me to we."
The Three Areas of Focus for our Formal Curriculum:
EQ/SQ/IQ
EQ: Emotional Intelligence and Competencies
- Awareness of strengths and limitations/struggles
- Feeling identification and management
- Coping skills (what tools are in your toolbox?)
- World view: optimism vs pessimism
- Choice and consequences of behavior
- Self-responsibility and healthy ownership of impact in world
- Self-regulation of behavior to fit environment
- Ability to communicate feelings underlying behavior
- Taking risks and being able to step outside your comfort zone
- Impact of "stinking thinking" on life and relationships
- Self acceptance and appreciation: You are unique
SQ: Social Intelligence and Competencies
- Get outside the “me” mentality and into a “we”
- Recipriocity
- Communication Skills
- Respecting boundaries
- Reading nonverbal communication
- Assertiveness and getting needs met
- Dealing with peer teasing and bullying
- Establishing relationships
- Perspective Taking/Empathy
- Awareness of personal impact on others
- Sharing time, space and resources appropriately
- Negotiation skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Gratitude/appreciation for others
IQ: Intellectual Skills for Social/Emotional Competence
- Mental flexibility
- Attentional regulation
- Resilience: bump management
- Managing self/0thers toward goals
- Reframing struggles as “learning edges”
- Decision making; weighing your options
- Organization
- Planning
- Effective problem solving
- Setting realistic goals
- Understanding limitations and when to ask for help
- Generalization of learning to new situations
- Time management
- Creativity
