Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, is essential within education. SEL allows students to acquire skills necessary to better navigate through school, relationships, working life, and beyond. It’s simply about teaching students social, emotional, and awareness skills which will further help them to excel and to be future career, college, and life ready. 

The main goals of SEL are understanding and handling emotions, setting and achieving positive goals, feeling and showing empathy for others, creating and keeping positive relationships, and making responsible decisions. Research demonstrates that social-emotional learning can enhance academic performance, improve classroom behavior, decrease instances of depression and increase students’ ability to manage stress.

Notre Dame School strives to provide a safe, positive, enjoyable, and productive learning environment where each student can experience mutual respect and a sense of belonging. We offer equitable academic, social, emotional and behavioral learning experiences to all of our students. The main goal of NDS is to produce resilient students who will graduate empowered and prepared to navigate life.

Clickable links below are supports for parents in navigating social emotional development with their children and families.

Community Wellness Resources

CALM

AHA!

CADA – Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Community Counseling and Education Center

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families

Family Care Network

Family Therapy Institute of SB

Hospice of Santa Barbara

24/7 Crisis  Text Line

Community Services Resources 

The Department of Social Services

Family Service Agency (FSA)

Children & Family Resource Services

Santa Barbara County 2-1-1

Carpinteria Children’s Project