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“My Teacher says this Fidget Will Make Me Feel Better”: Sensory Tools, Acceptance, and Avoidance in SEL
This article explores the potential hazards of sensory tools and reframes their use in the context of a values based SEL program guided by acceptance.
Robert Vint
Jan 94 min read


Transdiagnostic Approaches to Social Emotional Learning and being RAD
As teachers, we do not get to choose which students we teach. We teach all of them.
That reality raises an important question: How do we support well-being in a way that actually fits the complexity of real classrooms?
Robert Vint
Jan 74 min read


What Do We Mean by Accepting?
No one likes the RAD SEL lessons! My videos are awful: Nervousness, fear, uncertainty. Creating RAD for Life has brought with it many uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. This blog is as much for you as it is for me, as I practice what I preach and dive into the topic of acceptance. The RAD SEL lessons promote acceptance as a way of responding to the uncomfortable thoughts and feelings that inevitably show up in life. Why does RAD use this approach, and how is it different fr
Robert Vint
Jan 16 min read


RAD and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Values-Based, Evidence-Informed Approach to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
The theoretical foundations of the RAD SEL program.
Robert Vint
Dec 26, 20257 min read
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