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Social Awareness

The abilities to understand the perspectives of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. This includes the capacities to feel compassion for others, understand broader historical and social norms for behavior in different settings, and recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.

Such as:

  • Taking others’ perspectives
  • Recognizing strengths in others
  • Demonstrating empathy and compassion
  • Showing concern for the feelings of others
  • Understanding and expressing gratitude 
  • Identifying diverse social norms, including unjust ones 
  • Recognizing situational demands and opportunities
  • Understanding the influences of organizations and systems on behavior

 

Social Emotional Learning

Additional Resources

parentguidance.org Help Your Child

The Cook Center

Parent Guidance offers caregivers dozens of educational courses related to mental health, developmental milestones, emotion regulation and more. 

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

The Department of Health and Welfare

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Behavioral Health support.

Idaho Careline 2-1-1 Get Connected. Get Answers. IDHW United Way Dial 2-1-1 or 1-800-926-2588

Idaho Care Line

The Idaho CareLine is a free, statewide community information and referral service.  This database includes programs that offer free or low-cost health and human services. 

Three Teenage Girls

Family Social Emotional Learning Guide

Schools, Families, and Social and Emotional Learning: Ideas and tools for working with parents and families.

student and coach interacting

Families Building Resilience

WhyTry has developed a course on building resiliency in parents, children and families. 

PBS Kids

Idaho PBS

PBS KIDS is offering free access to media content and community based experiences that support learning and growing for young children.

Two teen girls lauging

Happy Successful Teens

From Teen to Grown Up:  Helping your teen build life skills that bring success in college and their career.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Mental Health Crisis Line

Resources

Community Resources

Published by Eastern Idaho Public Health

Behavioral Health Crisis Center of East Idaho welcoming empathic hopeful

East Idaho Crisis Center

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration