The Adult SEL Podcast

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Adult SEL Individual Strategies: Practicing Gratitude Apr 08, 2022

In this final episode of season 2, Dr. Cook shares about gratitude, one of the least expensive practices we can do that can have some of the highest impact on our lives. We talk about how gratitude is an emotional experience, and Dr. Cook gives a few different ways that we can intentionally practice gratitude every day.

Adult SEL Individual Strategies: Regulating Strong Feelings and Stress Apr 08, 2022

We all have emotions, but what are their roles and functions? Today Dr. Cook dives in and defines emotions, expresses how they impact our behavior, and gives tangible techniques we can utilize when we are in emotion-provoking situations.

Adult SEL Individual Strategies: Maintaining an Internal Locus of Control Apr 08, 2022

In episode 7, we talk about the life skill that can help keep an internal locus of control, and how this skill can help us behave consistently with our values. Dr. Cook shares that even though external factors are making the work more challenging, we still have control over things that make a difference in our lives and the lives of students.

Adult SEL Individual Strategies: Cognitive Reframing Apr 08, 2022

We talk with Dr. Cook about the impact that our thoughts and perceptions of certain situations have on how we feel and ultimately behave. He defines cognitive reframing and shares how one of the best ways that we can cultivate a growth mindset in students is to model it ourselves.

Adult SEL Individual Strategies: Sleep Apr 08, 2022

By the time you are 75-years-old, you will have spent about 25 years of your life sleeping. It’s not just something that we do, our quality of life depends on it. In this episode, Dr. Cook talks about how sleep impacts our health, our ability to learn, our relationships, our work, and our immune systems. He then outlines a formula that we can implement right now in order to help us all get good sleep.

Adult SEL Organizational Strategies: Educator Recognition and Acknowledgement Apr 08, 2022

We talk with Dr. Cook about the troubling data that shows that a majority of educators do not feel valued and appreciated. This is important to address as leaders because feeling valued and appreciated is a significant protective factor against stress, burnout, and turnover. Dr. Cook highlights the need to create systems to help us recognize people that we work with on a regular basis.

Adult SEL Organizational Strategies: Promoting Psychological Safety & Collaboration Apr 08, 2022

On this episode, Dr. Cook shares that when people collaborate they feel more connected and supported; which is a buffer against adversity and stress. He defines psychological safety and shares how psychological safety enables collaboration, and ultimately continuous improvement. Finally, he gives 3 ways that leaders can intentionally cultivate psychological safety within their schools.

Adult SEL Organizational Strategies: Increasing Collective Efficacy Apr 08, 2022

In episode 2, we talk about how promoting collective efficacy among the educational workforce is one of the highest leverage things we can do to promote better student outcomes. Dr. Cook speaks to the consequences of low collective efficacy, and the pandemic’s impact on collective efficacy. He also gives tangible ways we can better support the educators we serve.

Adult SEL: Outside-In and an Inside-Out Approach Apr 08, 2022

As we kick-off Season 2 of the podcast, Dr. Clayton Cook lays out the Outside-In and an Inside-Out approach when it comes to adult social-emotional learning. He highlights the importance of leaders cultivating healthy work environments while also supporting all staff in order to help promote well-being, resilience, and engagement in their work. Dr. Cook also shares ways that systems often miss the mark when it comes to Adult SEL.

Empathy & Perspective Taking - Part 2 Oct 20, 2021

In this final episode focusing on Empathy & Perspective Taking, Dr. Smith lays out the connection between empathy and relationships. He talks about some of the ways empathy can break down and fail in order to help us get to effective empathy that makes a difference.

Empathy & Perspective Taking - Part 1 Sep 23, 2021

In part 1 of 2 episodes focusing on Empathy & Perspective Taking, Dr. Smith explains what empathy is, and why it has such a huge impact with both students and adults. He shares the 3 parts of the Effective Empathy formula and gives us a challenge to help us think about empathy in our own lives.

Setting & Achieving Goals Sep 23, 2021

In this episode Dr. Smith unpacks the research on setting and achieving goals for ourselves. Dr. Smith guides us through a research-based strategy shown to increase goal attainment.

Values, Purpose & Meaning Sep 23, 2021

In this episode Dr. Smith about how values, purpose and meaning connect to SEL. He shares how clear values can be a compass to guide us through the inevitable storms of life. Dr. Smith talks about how a strong sense of purpose and meaning, and having a strong sense of why we do what we do, is a major source of motivation and strength in our lives and gives us some ideas for how to find that sense of purpose and meaning in our own lives.

Growth Mindset Sep 23, 2021

In episode 4 we talk with Dr. Brian Smith about what Growth Mindset is, how it is different from Fixed Mindset, and why it matters. He shares how the foundation of Growth Mindset comes from one of the most important findings of Neuroscience, and Dr. Smith shares the Growth Mindset formula for success.

Social-Emotional Learning & Well-Being Foundations Sep 23, 2021

In this episode Dr. Brian Smith talks thru some of the fundamental foundations that have a huge impact on SEL, Well-Being and stress. He also shares some helpful ways that we can put a focus on these 3 pillars as we work to improve our personal wellness.

Why Is SEL For Adults Important? Sep 23, 2021

In this episode with Dr. Brian Smith we talk about some of the main reasons that Social-Emotional Learning for adults is so important, and why Adult SEL is one of the ingredients for Social-Emotional Learning.

What Is SEL? Sep 23, 2021

In this episode Dr. Brian Smith lays a foundation for this podcast by discussing what exactly Social Emotional Learning is and why Adult SEL is a key ingredient in making it work for both students and educators.

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