How can school counselors best support children’s holistic development in an environment of increasing academic demands and accountability pressures? Engaging children in shared reading of storybooks is an effective way to support children’s social/emotional development, while reinforcing literacy learning and academic engagement. Through reinforcing the joy of reading and building... more
How can school counselors best support children’s holistic development in an environment of increasing academic demands and accountability pressures? Engaging children in shared reading of storybooks is an effective way to support children’s social/emotional development, while reinforcing literacy learning and academic engagement. Through reinforcing the joy of reading and building connections to characters in stories, children are guided to become the storytellers of culturally relevant books with story plots focused on various social/emotional skills. Hear how elementary school counselors can use storybooks as a way to build children’s social/emotional learning, while reinforcing literacy instruction and academic engagement.
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Learning objectives:
After attending this webinar you should be able to:
- Support children’s academic growth, literacy learning and social/emotional development through shared reading discussions and activities.
- Describe how to integrate and deliver culturally responsive shared-reading activities within a comprehensive school counseling program.
- Identify strategies and best practices on measuring shared-reading activity outcomes on students’ academic and SEL development.
Speaker:
Amy L. Cook, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. Her research interests focus on reducing inequalities in educational outcomes and promoting positive youth development. She is the lead author of S”chool Counselor Resource Series: Storybooks and Social Hooks: Building Social/Emotional, Academic and Literacy Learning Through Shared Reading (K-5),’ published by ASCA.
Original air date: May 11, 2018
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