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SEL Strategy: Peace Process

Learn the SEL Strategy “Peace Process” with Dr. Ilana Nankin and a group of students in the classroom. This practice supports the CASEL Competency of Self-Management and Responsible Decision-Making. It can release tension, foster effective communication, and resolve conflicts among participants. Note that this strategy is based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication strategy. Check out […]

By Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.
November 3 2022

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Learn the SEL Strategy “Peace Process” with Dr. Ilana Nankin and a group of students in the classroom. This practice supports the CASEL Competency of Self-Management and Responsible Decision-Making. It can release tension, foster effective communication, and resolve conflicts among participants. Note that this strategy is based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication strategy.

Check out our video to see our Founder & CEO, Dr. Ilana Nankin, modeling how to teach Belly Breathing to both younger and older students!

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Ilana Nankin, Ph.D.
Founder & Co-CEO

Dr. Ilana Nankin is the Founder and Co-CEO of Breathe for Change and an award-winning entrepreneur, teacher educator, and former public school teacher. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with research demonstrating the link between educator well-being, SEL, and student learning. As a lead professor of the Human Intelligence course, Ilana weaves embodied awareness and systemic well-being into a clear theory of change: transform educators to transform classrooms.

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