Come together with The Mind Trek on an epic adventure that will help you save time and your students discover their strengths, regulate their emotions, work together, stand up even when it is hard, and become more independent at home and in the classroom.
Help students practice social skills by using social stories. Put their lessons to the test in your classroom with interactive games and roleplaying.
It warms my heart to see my students engaged, happy, and included with their general education peers!
Lauren Reifel - Essential Skills Teacher
The Mind Trek is a social-emotional learning system that focuses on the whole student while saving you valuable time so you can focus on what’s important. It helps students develop empathy for one another, emotional control, decision-making skills, and independence in and out of the classroom.
The Mind Trek SEL program helps students gain life skills. It is differentiated into three levels so ALL students can participate. The program also includes built-in transition assessments. Go deeper with The Mind Trek and give students the functional skills they need for independence.
The Mind Trek SEL Special Education Program was designed with you in mind! The Units and Modules align with The Mind Trek Middle and High School programs so that ALL students can participate.
The Special Education Program is designed to be flexible You can use the lessons in order or start with a module that your students need most!
Modules are broken down into several lessons to meet the needs of your students. Each lesson has an interactive video, social story, and additional activities that you can practice with your students.
Module 1 Understanding Me: Who am I?, Strengths and Weaknesses, Self-Talk
Module 2 What are Emotions?: What are emotions?, What do emotions look like?, Identifying Emotions
Module 3 Expressing Emotions: How can we control emotions?, Expressing and talking about feelings., I Messages
Module 4 Handling Emotions: What do I do when I am worried?, Staying Calm with Change., Calming your Brain
Module 5 Understanding Others: Empathy, How do I listen?, Understanding Similarities and Differences
Module 6 Communication: Understanding Body Language, Personal Space, Verbal-Communication
Module 7 Conversation: Initiating a Conversation, Entering a Conversation, Continuing a Conversation, Ending a Conversation
Module 8 Conflict: What is conflict?, Apologizing, Compromising
Module 9 Groups: Meeting New People, Joining a Group, Working Together, Being a Good Sport
Module 10 Friendship: Greetings. What is a friend?, Making Friends, Feeling Left Out
Module 11 Mindset: Never Give Up, Doing Your Best, Failure, Goal Setting, Overcoming Obstacles
Module 12 Expectations: Values, Manners, Rules, Following Directions
Module 13 Problem Solving: Identify Problems, Identify Solutions, Positive/Negative Consequences, Making a Decision, Reflect on Your Decision
Module 14:Peer Pressure: What is peer pressure?, How to Say “No”, Standing up for Yourself, Bullying
Check out some of our frequently asked questions.
You know your students better than anyone else. The Mind Trek SEL Program lessons are scripted so that you can teach them to your students.
Every lesson and activity is differentiated into 3 levels. Students of all abilities can participate.
Lessons are differentiated all the way down for students that are not able to read. They include visual activities and cues.
While The Mind Trek SEL Program is a cohesive program it was also designed to be flexible.
Any of the modules can be used as stand alone units. We understand that students have different needs at different times.
You can rearrange the order of the modules to meet your classroom needs.
Lessons were designed specifically for middle and high school students. The pictures are age appropriate.
Scenarios and activities were also designed to meet the social development of secondary students.
The Mind Trek SEL Program has a vision to see every child in a loving home. As such, a portion of all sales goes to support Faros Daughter in their endeavor to cultivate foster and adoptive parents.
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