Archive: SEL

This is the eighth and final in a series of informational blog posts: SEL Intro #8. Search our archive for the first seven! What’s the Difference Between Self Management and Responsible Decision Making? Responsible Decision Making sounds quite a bit like a previous topic in this series: Self Management. But it is really quite different. According to the Collaborative for …

This is the seventh in a series of informational blog posts: SEL Intro #7. Check back weekly or search our archive for more! What Are Relationship Skills? It sounds pretty basic, right? But the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning  (CASEL) has a list to make this even easier to grasp. They include relationship skills as one of their five …

In this episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explained why SEL matters when he took a light hearted look at the serious threat of automation to the workforce. The keys to career and life success are social intelligence and the abilities to think critically and creatively, he pointed out, as machines that do things faster and cheaper are becoming …

This is the sixth in a series of informational blog posts: SEL Intro #6. Check back weekly or search our archive for more! What Is Social Awareness? The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning  (CASEL) includes social awareness as one of its five core competencies that promote “intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competence.”  In other words, it is one of the …

When I first found out I was responsible for writing a blog this month, I was stumped! As the Operations Director, I focus on things like logistics and programming…those physical things that keep us going day to day. As for the creative writing, I prefer to leave that up to our brilliant marketing department. However, as I sat down to …

Read on for an EDMO story of giving followed by the full thanks from one of our Co-Founders! An EDMO Story: Why We Give We sent our son to many highly rated camps over several years, however, Camp EDMO was the one he always wanted to attend each year. Our son has social and communication challenges so finding a camp …