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Skills for Growing

Lions Club International, 2003

Skills for Growing helps create the kind of classroom environment essential for academic success and social and emotional well-being.

Curriculum Resources

6 comprehensive teaching kits (P-5)
5 unit topics:

• Building a School Community
• Growing as a Group
• Making Positive Decisions
• Growing Up Healthy
• Celebrating You and Me.

Key:

Evident in the program/resource

Consistent opportunities for knowledge and skill application beyond classroom lessons

Develops basic knowledge and skills practice

Year: P - 5

Seqenced structure:

SEL Core Competencies
Self awareness	Social awareness	Self management	Responsible decision making	Relationship skills

Links to Essential Learnings
Identity and personal development (SOSE)	Relationships and communicating (HPE)	Self management and resilience (HPE)	Healthy choices (HPE)

Other factors
Evidence of effectiveness	Based on theory	Student assessment	Professional development	Parents program

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