Social awareness is an essential SEL competency for students to grasp to ensure they can flourish in any situation they are placed within.
Relationship skills are a fundamental feature of social emotional learning and Heroes Programs. By implementing these practices in the classroom, you can provide conflict management strategies and strengthen students bonds.
Discover the teaching method that supports Impact Society’s ability to improve long term resilience, mental health and wellbeing in youth.
The Heroes programs are creating a ripple effect of kindness, a movement that is made possible by supporters like Dollar a Day Foundation and the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign.
Impact Society announces new funding from their gracious supporter Viewpoint Foundation. See what projects are to come!
Learn more about the 2023 results from the FLQ: the framework used to measure the progress of youth participating in Heroes Programs.
Get an inside look at how Impact Society helped in the creation of 1616, a mental, physical and social well-being program for youth hockey teams.
Impact Society’s collaboration with Queen's University has brought an abundance of support for Heroes 2 and verifies its ability to create positive youth development.
Impact Society’s collaboration with the University of Calgary has brought an abundance of support for the Heroes program and proves its ability to develop resilient youth.
With the annual Be Your Own Hero campaign taking place, it is important to note how physical and mental health are interconnected. Check out this blog to learn more about why you should be moving for mental health!
Responsible decision making is the process of navigating social situations by leveraging caring and constructive choices. This is a core competency of social emotion learning (SEL), and a critical learning for the positive development of youth.
Self-management is one of the 5 core social-emotional learning competencies that help guide students' thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Implementing SEL programs is proven to enhance students' mental health, classroom atmosphere, teacher practices, and ability to succeed.
The Canadian education system, although at its core aims to help youth flourish, does not have the proper social-emotional programming in place to provide students with the tools they need to do so. Heroes is the key to changing this narrative.
Self-awareness is a fundamental pillar that upholds social-emotional learning. The implementation of SEL programs is proven to enhance students' mental health, classroom atmosphere, teacher practices, and ability to succeed.
Trauma Informed Care takes an approach that assumes past trauma in an individual by creating an environment that is empathetic, safe, and avoids re-traumatization. It is a method that understands the symptoms of trauma and integrates techniques to create a smooth recovery in potentially triggering circumstances.
What is SEL? And why is it critical for our youth to be building their social-emotional learning skills?
We have been voted the Best in Calgary! Since 1994, we have served over 250,000 youth through our Heroes programs making Impact Society one of the best non-profits to support in the city.