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Closing the school year out with some rituals and appreciations helps us reflect on all the growth and memories you and your students have made this year. There is so much anticipatory energy present at the end of the school year. It’s important to look back at your classroom and school community so you can…

The BELONG Partners District Model has been developed in collaboration with the Southern Oregon Education Service District (SOESD) and the Southern Oregon Regional Educator Network (SOREN). This comprehensive approach aims to to bring systems level trauma-responsive and social-emotional learning practices to local schools and districts. Our train-the-trainer model focuses on building capacity and sustainability at…

Young people missed foundational developmental milestones during COVID-19 school closures, resulting in less developed regulation skills in children and more big behaviors for educators to respond to. The good news is that recent brain science research helps us understand the physiology of strong emotions and how to teach skills to move through them.  In this video…

Self-regulation is the ability to recognize, manage, and modulate one’s emotions, emotional reactions, and behaviors. Brain science has revealed that regulation skills are learned best through co-regulation with another person you trust. As parents, we are our children’s primary teachers and can model emotional regulation through practicing co-regulation with our children. When parents maintain or…

Problem solving is second nature to many educators. For students, it is a vital skill they needs to learn and practice continuously. Sometimes, it feels easier to simply tell kids what to do rather than engage them in the problem-solving process. However, every time we solve a problem for a young person without their input,…

In our adult-led culture, it can feel counterintuitive to some adults to make space for youth voice – for young people to lead their educational experience. But if we look at what is happening around the world, we see young people leading in amazing ways. There are many examples of young people using their voices…

Over the last 15 years, Sound Discipline has offered professional development that infuses social emotional learning with trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and restorative practices. Instead of advocating ways that adults can “fix kids,” our workshops and trainings focus on supporting the adults to shift their own mindset, and to consider approaches that center the dignity, voice,…