Download Podcasts and Presentations from the 2008 Preteen Summit
If you weren't able to attend last month's Preteen Summit, you can find speaker materials and podcasts from the event on www.preteenalliance.org.

Highlights of the day, which focused on the emotional health needs of preteens, included:

Do you have colleagues or friends who should know about the Preteen Alliance? Encourage them to sign up at www.preteenalliance.org for advance notice of all the Alliance's events.


New Study: The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for K-8 Students
Released at the Preteen Summit, this study offers research on the impact of social and emotional learning (SEL) programs -- that is, programs that seek to promote various social and emotional skills -- among K-8 students. Results showed that SEL programs yielded multiple benefits in both school and after-school settings for many different types of students.

SEL programs improved students’ social-emotional skills, attitudes about themselves and others, connection to school, positive social behavior, and academic performance; they also reduced students’ conduct problems and emotional distress. The positive impact of SEL programming on academic test scores indicates that these programs offer a practical educational benefit. The report was commissioned by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and produced by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
For more information and to download the report, visit http://www.lpfch.org/sel.




Heart to Heart
Packard Hospital's popular Heart to Heart classes for preteen boys and girls, and an adult caregiver, address myths and facts about puberty and growing up.
For Girls: Friday, Jan. 16, in Palo Alto
http://www.kidscal.org/event/202102
For Boys: Friday, Feb. 20, in Palo Alto
http://www.kidscal.org/event/202103

Positive Parenting of School-Age Children
Almaden Valley Counseling Service offers this class to help parents work actively on improving relationships with their children. Monday, Jan. 26, in San Jose.
http://www.kidscal.org/event/203930

10th Annual Mentoring Conference
This Friends for Youth conference will focus on best practices for mentoring, and will include technology training opportunities for nonprofit organizations. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 29-30, in Redwood City
http://www.kidscal.org/event/205179

Find more preteen events on kidscal.org: http://www.kidscal.org
Add your events to kidscal.org: http://www.lpfch.org/cgi-bin/calendar/admin.cgi

If you have information about preteen events or activities for the next newsletter, please send it to preteens@lpfch.org.

The Preteen Alliance promotes the emotional and behavioral health of preteens by using information to raise public awareness and inform regional action. The Alliance has more than 1,300 members and anyone is welcome to join. For more information, see http://www.preteenalliance.org/about.html.

Also on preteenalliance.org:

  • News and Research About Preteens: Find recent news and research commissioned by the foundation regarding preteens, as well as links to other relevant research.
  • Resources and Services: Preteenalliance.org's resources page links to websites and services on topics affecting preteens.

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