2048.3.5 : Evidence-Based Strategies to Support the Social and Emotional Needs of Students
The graduate recommends evidence-based strategies that are appropriate to support the social and emotional needs of students grappling with situations affecting their home, school, or community.
In this task you will choose a real-world scenario and react to it as though you were a teacher whose students would be affected by that situation. You will explain strategies you would use to help your students cope with the scenario and justify how those strategies will be effective in helping your students.
Please note: To assist you in this task, we strongly recommend you start by reviewing the SOE Professional Dispositions and Ethics linked in the Web Links section below. You might consider reviewing Module 13 prior to starting this task.
Select one of the following hypothetical scenarios:
• a school shooting in a neighboring community
• a student’s suicide
• the divorce of a student’s parents
• a natural disaster in the area that affects the community of your school
• the death or traumatic injury of a student in your classroom, not related to a school shooting
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Identify the hypothetical scenario you selected and explain the context, including each of the following:
• what happened
• who was involved
• examples of the impact on the community
• examples of how the situation impacts students at home
• examples of how the situation impacts students at school
B. Describe a strategy you would use to help students cope with the scenario from part A.
1. Justify why your strategy would be effective in helping students cope with the scenario at school and at home.
2. Explain one anticipated challenge you might encounter as you implement this strategy in your classroom.
3. Explain how you will overcome this challenge. Include specific examples to support your explanation.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.