Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL)
Targeted Social and Emotional Supports: Notes
Objectives
Participants will understand importance of and how to implement strategies for
 Emotional literacy
 How to recognize emotions
 How to regulate emotions
The SEFEL Pyramid
 Tier 2 – Target Social Emotional Supports
 Prevention Level
 Teach self-regulation
 Teach appropriate social skills
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Enhancing Emotional Literacy
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Recognize, label, and understand emotions
Increae emotional vocabulary
Use of Children’s Literacy
Songs and Games
Classroom Feeling Journal/Books
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Social-Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL):
Targeted Social Emotional Supports
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Emotional Regulation
 Express range of emotions
 React to emotions appropriately
 Tucker Turtle Technique
 Safe Space
 Calming Choice Board
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Problem Solving Skills
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Teach problem solving skills
Practice problem solving steps
The Solution Kit
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Friendship Skills
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Teach friendship skills
Embedding friendship skills
Friendship Art
Super Friends
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Social-Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL):
Targeted Social Emotional Supports
NC Early Learning Network June 25, 2013
Additional Resources
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Second Step Curriculum
Social Stories
Conscious Discipline/Becky Bailey
Notes:
Implementation Stages:
• A 2-4 year process including:
 Exploration
 Installation
 Initial Implementation
 Full Implementation
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Reflective Pratices:
• Inventory of Practices for Promoting Children’s Social Emotional Competence (IOP)
Reflective tool that targets developmentally appropriate practices related to social emotional
development of young children.
• SEFEL Self Evaluation Checklist
Reflective tool that targets practices associated with SEFEL.
• Teaching Pyramid Obsevation Tool for Preschool Classrooms (T-POT)
Tool designed to measure the fidelity of implementation of practices associated with the
pyramid.
Notes:
Social-Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL):
Targeted Social Emotional Supports
NC Early Learning Network June 25, 2013