Direction: Community and Family Brochure with Referral Procedures (25 points): Consistent with course goal number three, students will create a brochure designed to provide educators, family stakeholders, and community members with information and strategies in promoting SEL both through the school system and at home. Your brochure should include:
A definition of culture-centered SEL in the schools including a brief descriiption of each competency area and how SEL helps lead to prevention in mental health concerns as well as how culture is relevant in each piece (5 points);
Research regarding the efficacy of SEL in schools (5 points);
Discussion regarding how SEL can benefit your specific school and district (in your hypothetical setting) (5 points);
Developmentally appropriate strategies stakeholders may use to promote SEL (5 points).
Referral Procedures Rubric.
To act as an appendix at the end of the Community and Family Brochure where you will include information about your assessment and referral procedures should students demonstrate mental health concerns (bullying, suicidality, substance use). Include warning signs you look for in students, what you will do as a classroom teacher to address these topics in the classroom, and what procedure you will follow to report concerns (e.g. when, to whom, in what order, etc).
