Shared Palm Beach County SEL Successes
PSELI Palm Beach County recently shared its successes with the national Every Hour Counts Network, which represents thousands of OST professionals:
Now in its second year of implementation, Palm Beach County’s Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Initiative, supported by funding from the Wallace Foundation, is helping staff at seven OST programs build their SEL skills and inspire these competencies in youth. While adults are experiencing reduced stress and increased well-being, kids have more opportunities to interact positively, and are beginning to show greater self-regulation and empathy. Programs use the Afternoon Meeting, a circle-based structured group activity, to explicitly teach, model and practice SEL skills.