Committee for Children
About Us
Committee for Children seeks to foster the social and emotional development, safety and well-being of children through education and advocacy.
Our nonprofit organization develops and publishes programs and curricula for children from preschool through middle school about social skills, bullying, and sexual abuse, in addition to an emergent literacy program for young children.
We are based in Seattle, Washington, but our programs are now used at 25,000 schools in 21 nations and regions around the world, such as Japan, Norway, and Kurdistan.
Since the 1970s, we've been partnering with experts at leading universities and institutes to explore healthy child development and the link between academic achievement and social and emotional competency.
Our programs focus on the essential skills of empathy, impulse control, anger management, problem solving, personal safety, and emergent literacy. Each program takes a unique approach that is based on extensive research to help children succeed in school and in life.
Articles by Committee for Children
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Partnering with Parents to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Research supports the effectiveness of parental involvement in personal safety education. Several studies have shown...
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Guidelines for Choosing Babysitters and Caretakers
Children are often left in the care of other people: babysitters; family members; childcare, school, or after-school...
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What to Do About Bullying: Tips for Parents
1. Encourage your child to report bullying incidents to you. Validate your child's feelings by letting him/her know...
Topics: School Bullying Prevention -
21st Century Skills Vital for Future Workforce
A trio of recent reports has concluded that such skills as communication, conflict resolution, critical thinking, goal...
Topics: Social Emotional Learning -
Walking the Peaceful Talk: Reshaping the Adult Culture of a School
I spend a lot of time talking with educators about how to change their behavior in order to change their students'...
Topics: Social Emotional Learning -
Sharing the Load: Ownership of School Reform
I recently received an email from a graduate student at another university who wrote, "While researching for support of...
Topics: Social Emotional Learning -
The True Purposes of Education
In the current educational climate of No Child Left Behind and high-stakes testing, education has become narrow in scope...
Topics: Social Emotional Learning -
Powerful Parenting: Building Relationships and Instilling Confidence
As parents, you worry about the risks your children face and the choices they will have to make. But if you have a...
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Teach Your Children Well
Elementary school students may not be thinking too much about a career path. Even middle and high school students often...
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School Climate and Social and Emotional Learning
The concept of “school climate” is of great interest to educators today who, in light of regular news reports of...
Topics: Social Emotional Learning
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