Social & Emotional Wellness Initiative

Our staff training & development program continues to experience significant growth and positive impact. Participants, including youth- serving staff and educators, have reported improved social and emotional wellness as well as the acquisition of new skills to better support the youth they serve. 768 youth-serving professionals and educators received training and resources to support their work the facilitators were really amazing and personable and i would love to hear from them again. They are very informative - sewi training participant. 93% of our training participants would recommend our trainings to others.

This past spring, we piloted our social and emotional learning for adults (sela) curriculum. The pilot sessions were highly successful and when asked to share what they found most valuable about them, participants reported: having time to reflect and create plans for change in my life, its hard to set aside time or feel like its necessary but it was so validating and eye-opening., it gave me the space to reflect with guidance and also hold me accountable in doing those reflections. I don't think i would do this on my own this easily., i usually do not like therapy or workshops, but the facilitators were great and down to earth. They presented and ran the workshop wonderfully. Our sela curriculum will be ready for distribution in the fall of 2024. Our social & emotional learning for youth (selfy) curriculums have been updated to better align with the evolving needs of our youth-serving partners. These revisions aim to enhance the effectiveness and relevance of the curriculums in addressing the social and emotional needs of the youth we serve.