What is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?

CASEL (2017) defines SEL as: “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.”

Student Support

OIP Tree

Students, are you having trouble expressing yourself?  Try these methods to share your thoughts, feelings, and needs:

  • Use Art (draw it out, paint it, sculpt it, design it on a computer)

  • Write it all down (poems, free writing, creative stories)

  • Act it out (spoken word, theatre)

  • Music (sing it, play an instrument to it, find a song that already exists and describes it)

  • Dance it out

In need of additional assistance outside of school?

PerformCare NJ

  • Crisis Response and Stabilization Services

  • Care Management Organization

2nd Floor NJ

  • Hotline

  • Text or call 24/7

  • Message boards

Amanda's Easel

  • Creative arts therapy

  • Domestic violence assistance

Lighthouse Counseling 

  • Holistic therapies

Integrated Care Concepts and Consultation

  • Holistic and traditional therapies

Portrait Health Center - Eatontown, NJ

  • Outpatient therapy