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What is Responsible Decision-Making? 

"The ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety concerns, and social norms. The realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions, and a consideration of the well-being of oneself and others."

• Identifying problems

• Analyzing situations

• Solving problems

• Evaluating

• Reflecting

• Ethical responsibility

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CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning)

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Responsible Decision-Making for young children:

For a child to make responsible decision-making,

he/she will need to use prior learned social-emotional skills: 

(self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness and relationship skills).

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It is at an early age that parents and educators have the most opportunities

to create teachable moments to introduce new social-emotional learning.

We expose children to daily situations that will require the use of new SEL skills.

We collaborate to teach and model personal behavior and social interaction with the use of 

good practices of problem-solving, and good decision-making. 

Some examples of SEL teachable moments are:

• taking turns in board games

• sharing the ball in the park

• learning how to win and to lose in sports 

• In the face of strong emotions, find a way to calm down 

• talking about how you are feeling

• read children's books with characters from different cultures to increase appreciation for diversity and respect

• make a birthday card for a friend

 

 Conversation starters to promote SEL learning

 

Here you can find videos, webinars, at-home activities for children, audios, and more. 

This resource collection will be here at any time. 

You can come at any time to get ideas to help your child to develop any of these skills.

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So, take your time to explore the resources we put together for you.

Enjoy it!