Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Card Deck

55 Practices for Confident and Thriving Kids

Designed for kids 8-12, the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Card Deck provides teachers, parents, and therapists with 55 engaging and fun activities that teach the five key elements of SEL:

• Self-management: Handling emotions in healthy ways
• Thinking about others: Building empathy and understanding of others
• Self-awareness: Identifying emotions, thoughts, and values important to you
• Relationship skills: Working together to solve problems
• Responsible thinking: Using tools to guide decision-making

With the SEL Card Deck, kids will have the tools they need to manage big feelings, develop empathy for others, and make good decisions.

c. 2022

About the Author:

Lisa Weed Phifer, DEd, NCSP, is a nationally-certified school psychologist, certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, and author who has a well-established career supporting school-based mental health and social-emotional learning for children and adolescents. Phifer's work has focused on integrating cognitive-based therapy (CBT) and core social emotional competencies into practical, child-focused activities. She has presented across the U.S. and internationally to educators, clinicians, and parents on topics of CBT, trauma-informed practices, and social emotional learning. She is the lead author of the CBT Toolbox for Children & Adolescents (PESI, 2017), Parenting Toolbox (PESI, 2018 and the Trauma-Informed Social Emotional Toolbox for Children & Adolescents (PESI, 2020). Additionally, she is published in the School Mental Health Journal and contributed to both editions of Supporting and Educating Traumatized Children (Rossen, 2020).