Today's blog post is by Milwaukee Public Schools psychologist Dr. Kim Gulbrandson. When I first began working with the Second Step program 15 years ago, my colleagues and I were so focused on completing the lessons that we completely overlooked the extension activities (these are now called daily practice activities in Second Step ... more...

This week's blog was written by the newest addition to our Client Support Services team, Caitlin Jesse. As we begin anew in 2012, many of us entertain New Year’s resolutions by asking ourselves, “What works?” “What doesn’t work?” “What do I need to change?” I found myself asking these... more...

Today's blog was written by Milwaukee Public Schools psychologist Dr. Kim Gulbrandson. Since I have been adding a lot of posts and comments to the Community lately, I thought it might be nice to tell you a little more about my background and my team’s efforts to promote integrated, evidence-based social-emotional learning in Milwaukee... more...

Today's blog was written by Dr. Kim Gulbrandson of Milwaukee Public Schools. Every year since 2004, during the fourth week of January, schools across the country have participated in No Name-Calling Week with educational activities aimed at ending name-calling and verbal bullying. This year, No Name-Calling Week is January... more...

Today's blog was written by Milwaukee Public Schools psychologist Dr. Kim Gulbrandson. I recently learned about a neat idea for working with Tier 2 or 3 students from my colleague, Teri. She used this idea with her fourth and fifth graders. A group of eight adults (including teachers, a psychologist, and a social worker) wanted to mentor... more...

Today's blog was written by Committee for Children Program Developer Tonje Molyneux, who consulted with Art with Heart in a revision of their book, Magnificent Marvelous Me. Judging by name alone, nonprofits Committee for Children and Art with Heart (AwH) appear to have little in common. But when invited to do some consultation work for... more...

Today's blog post is by Dr. Kim Gulbrandson of Milwaukee Public Schools. Those of you who are working on bullying prevention in your school know that it can be a long, hard process. Bullying is a complex dynamic that often involves multiple people and systems that encourage or enable it to happen. For the past few years, I have been fortunate... more...

Today's blog was written by Dr. Kim Gulbrandson, a school psychologist at Milwaukee Public Schools. Youth are often left with a lot of unstructured time on holiday breaks. During these times, they may be more at risk for engaging in unsafe behaviors because they may be bored, unsupervised, and looking for things to do. We can help by providing... more...

Today's blog is written by Committee for Children Program Developer Tonje Molyneux. I’m a relatively new parent of a remarkable 15-month-old girl. Like most parents, I worry. A lot. I worry about everything from the food I’m feeding her today to the uncertain state of the world tomorrow. When I worry, I read. I read to assuage my... more...

Today's blog is written by Dr. Kim Gulbrandson of Milwaukee Public Schools. Since it is National Bullying Prevention Month, I’d like to check in and find out what strategies you use with students involved in bullying incidents. Separately coaching the student who bullied and the student who was bullied is only one of three components to... more...