Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN
As S.S.GRIN transforms the world of social-emotional learning from complex to captivating for children, the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN parallels the child intervention, and carries parents through a journey of learning how to best model and teach social-emotional learning to their own children. It can be used as an adjunct to the child intervention or as a separate parent training tool. Like all SELmedia products, the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN is evidence-based, and is filled with easy-to-use scripts and innovative activities to help families discover prosocial strategies together.
The Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN kit includes all the materials needed to run a group of up to 10 parents. Additional parent workbooks and group materials can be ordered as needed through the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN Subscription in your SELect Member Services account.
Each Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN kit includes:
• Professional Manual
• Administrative Guidelines
• 10 Session Scripts and companion "Quick Point Guides"
• Supplemental reading lists for parents, children, and professionals
• 15 Family B.I.L.L.Boards (Building In a Learning Landscape)
• 10 Parent Workbooks
• Set of Activity Cards for role plays
• Session DVD, “Building Social Relationships: Parents and Children Working Together”
• Free Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN Subscription for download of additional materials
The Benefits of the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN
One of the most productive methods of improving children's peer relationships is to combine a child intervention with a parent intervention. Proven through research, parents who participate in the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN grow more skillful in helping their children solve social-emotional problems. As the ability to navigate social and emotional challenges increases, evidence reveals corresponding academic, social, and behavioral benefits for children.
Implementation
The Parent Guide is highly effective whether used in conjunction with S.S.GRIN groups for children, or as a stand alone group for parents. Mental health professions including school counselors, social workers, and psychologists will find this innovative and detailed curriculum package easy-to-use within school or clinic settings.
If implemented through a small group format, each session is designed to last 50 minutes and is typically offered once a week. Within each session, specific social-emotional skills are taught through dynamic instruction and practice (games & activities). Leaders are guided in how to use modeling, positive reinforcement, and cognitive reframing to support the specific skills within each session.
Product Samples
Click the links for samples pages (.pdf) from the Parent Guide to S.S.GRIN kit.
