Facing Life's Challenges: Facing Serious Illness

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TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children manage emotions create and achieve goals maintain relationships learn how to feel empathy and make good decisions The SEL approach will help children establish positive habits in communication cooperation and decision making By incorporating SEL in early reading children will be better equipped to build confidence and foster positive peer networks BEFORE READING Talk to the reader about illness Discuss What happens when someone is ill How does it affect that person How does it affect you AFTER READING Talk to the reader about ways in which someone with a serious illness gets help Explain that adults such as doctors and nurses work to help ill people feel better Discuss Where does someone who is seriously ill find help How do doctors and nurses help someone who is ill SEL GOAL Students dealing with serious illness in their families may struggle with fear and sadness They probably don't want to make things harder on family and friends so they may keep their feelings inside Help readers find a way to voice their feelings Give them a journal to write or draw in and an open invitation to talk