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Personal, social and emotional skills

ÉKIP: Health, Well-Being and Educational Success of Young People

EKIP is the go-to reference guide for promoting the health and well-being of school-aged youth, as well as prevention measures that contribute to staying in school and academic success. The guide has been made available for the school network, particularly to support the implementation of integrated mental health promotion activities. The EKIP guide is the basis for the compulsory content in personal and social competency development found in the “Train the students“ measure.

YMCA Y MIND

This early intervention program helps teens and young adults manage stress and anxiety by taking their needs into account. By presenting tools based on solid data and promoting the creation of relationships, the programme helps young people deal with anxiety and improve their sense of well-being. Moreover, this programme aims to reduce the number of repeat school suspensions by offering students the opportunity to transform suspension time into a positive experience that promotes personal development and independence by:
  • being integrated into an environment that promotes personal self-worth;
  • acquiring social skills;
  • promoting self-respect and respect for others.

The programme has established strong ties with schools, stakeholders. and administrators.

In French only

Guide for Parents of Elementary-aged Children

Supporting Social and Emotional Learning at Home

Booklets on social and emotional learning in children were created to support all the stakeholders involved with youth. This booklet is aimed at parents to help them understand what social and emotional learning consists of and to help them encourage it in their children.

Positive Mental Health, Rain or Shine

This collection of simple and varied tools was created especially to make it easier to support youth in acquiring the personal and social competencies required to develop flourishing mental health

In French only

For Elementary and Secondary School Staff

My Social and Emotional Competencies in the Digital Age

This support and accompaniment tool is presented in the format of a dynamic, interactive audio-visual product, making it possible to work on the development of elementary and secondary students’ social and emotional competencies directly and in a positive manner, and thereby promote the adoption of healthy, safe, and caring behaviours in their in-person and online exchanges.

(Tutorial explaining the interactive tool)

(Classroom tool)

(This webinar equips school staff to teach social and emotional competencies in school)

In French only

Recommendations and Resources for Families

Our Emotions

In the current climate, maintaining healthy social and emotional relationships has become a priority. How can this be accomplished effectively in times that cause high levels of anxiety? Adequate emotional regulation is associated with maintaining healthy relationships with others, improved conflict resolution, as well as academic success.

In french only

School Staff Social and Emotional Competencies

Defining the social and emotional competencies of school staff and identifying interventions that promote the development of these competencies.

Training Module

Emotional Regulation at the Heart of Effective Classroom Management

This video clip highlights the role of teachers’ emotions in their classroom management and presents several ways to explore emotional regulation in the classroom.

Children’s Well Being at School: Let’s Do Our Homework

This document is entirely devoted to the theme of well-being in school and is in line with the values, orientations, and actions that the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation has long advocated. The document provides a snapshot of the situation of children in Québec and defines the conceptual foundation of well-being. Using an ecological systems approach, the brief looks at the various risk and protection factors that influence well-being at school. The social and emotional competencies of both children and adults is given particular attention. At the end of this reflection, the Conseil developed 18 recommendations, the first of which is meant for children

In French only

Contributing to Individual and Collective Well-Being in School Through Experiential Learning

A tool to help school staff reflect on experiential learning practices in five categories.

In French only

Guide for School Staff Working in Grades 1, 2, and 3

Intervention Kit for the Well-Being of Young Students at School

This kit aims to promote the adoption of positive educational practices and to support educators in this approach. The document contains various information makes it possible to develop an action plan for creating a positive school climate for all students in elementary school

In French only

Summary of Best Practices for a Caring and Safe School Climate in the Context of the Pandemic

Learning From Each Other How to Live Well at School and to Support One Another in Adversity

This document is addressed to individuals interested in knowing more about the practices put in place in schools since the start of the 2020 school year to maintain a caring and safe school climate. As well as serving as a planning tool for school administrators in preparing for the beginning of the next school year, the practices and recommendations it contains are also likely to interest all school staff at the elementary, secondary, adult general education, and even vocational training levels.

In French only