The COVID-19 pandemic—and the significant educational disruption, limited social contact, and increased fear and anxiety around everyday activities it has caused—illustrated the need for increased attention to the social, emotional, and behavioral well-being of our students. In Embedding Social Emotional Learning into Behavioral Support Systems, a new webinar hosted by Dr. Diane Myers, SESI’s SVP Special Education – Behaviors, you will gain useful insight into social-emotional learning (SEL), such as how schools can effectively: 

• Ensure any SEL programming aligns with key SEL competencies 
• Integrate SEL programming with existing systems to the greatest extent possible 
• Use data to drive SEL implementation 

Presenter:
Diane Myers, Ph.D., SVP, Special Education – Behavior at SESI 
Diane Myers, Ph.D. leads behavioral initiatives across SESI. Previously, she served as a professor of Special Education at Assumption College (MA) and Texas Woman’s University. Her professional and scholarly expertise focus on positive behavioral interventions and supports, students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and staff implementation of evidence-based practices to support the needs of all students; she has co-authored two books and multiple journal articles on these topics. Diane served as a special education teacher at a residential juvenile justice facility and in the Bridgeport, CT public school system before earning her Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Connecticut.