We help children both LEARN and APPLY life skills that can immediately improve their lives.
Why SLS Works?
Effective
Parents, Teachers and Children report immediate benefits!
Evidence-Based
All of the lessons are based on researched proven approaches.
Endorsed
Professors at Northwestern University and The University of Chicago recommend SLS!
Efficient
Students, teachers and parents learn skills in 2 minutes.
What is it?
Teaching Concise and Actionable Life Skills that are taught via a book and/or video. Then practiced using the SLS Whiteboard. Learning And Doing.
Two-Minute Lessons
Student Life Skills offers quick-to-learn lessons that actually work. Each lesson has a one page information sheet which explains the life skill and a one page work sheet that allows your child to begin to practice the skill.
Life Skill Categories
1. Increase Happiness
2. Reduce Anger
3. Build Grit and Resilience
4. Decrease Worry
5. Succeed in School
6. Enhance Healthy Habits
7. Improve Social Skills
8. Learn Anti-Bullying
Evidence-Based
Student Life Skills is built on life skills and habits that are proven to impact the lives of children the most.
What a Student Life Skills Lesson Looks Like from our book.
Each Lesson Features an Info Sheet and a Worksheet that can be printed.
For Schools
Our program is evidence-based and integrates CASEL's 5 competencies.
SLS stands way out of the crowded field of SEL programs as it...
1. Connects students, families and schools on the exact same page using the same language.
2. It provides a delivery based on high frequency short duration which is far more effective then the current model - long duration (one hour lesson), low frequency (one lesson per week).
3. Staff training is one hour at the most. When training on site, we prefer that staff, parents and students attend at the same training seminar. No other program connects everyone like SLS does!
4. Every student has the SLS whiteboard in their home. The daily use of the whiteboard and it's connection with the school can not be overstated - it's the critical component to allow the child to Practice what they Learn.
For Individuals
For an individual child, the SLS program is efficient and effective...
1. Parents and children can learn each skill in just two minutes.
2. Children use the worksheets and the whiteboard to apply these life skills. No other program offers this daily integration.
3. With endorsements from professors and Deans at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, our program has the best minds in the industry singing its praise.
The Next Step...
A. Buy our book on Amazon for the benefit of having a real hard copy. View the videos for free on YouTube channel - "Student Life Skills"
or buy the online membership if you prefer the PDF format and the videos in your member portal.
Most individuals prefer the hard copy and free YouTube videos.
B. Buy the whiteboard.
C. Follow the directions on the whiteboard - connect with those lessons from the book/membership and the videos.
How Schools Use SLS
Click Here to see our School Lesson PlanEndorsements
"As a veteran and clinician working with the military, I understand that the relationship with our children are critically important for the emotional wellness of both the child and the parent. Student Life Skills provides actionable tools and strategies for parents to help their children in areas of: increasing happiness, reducing stress and anger, building grit and resilience, succeeding in school, and enhancing relationships with family and friends. I highly recommend Student Life Skills to all military parents."
Stan McCracken, Ph.D. Lecturer-Retired, University of Chicago, Vietnam Veteran—US Army
"Paul Sweetow’s book Student Life Skills delivers on the promise of enhancing lives and building life skills by connecting schools, students, and families. The book provides a straightforward approach to building emotional and interpersonal competence and confidence— the life skills that all parents and teachers want for their children."
Jeanne C. Marsh, Ph.D.
Dean of Students, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Social Service Administration
"In Student Life Skills, Paul Sweetow provides useful tools for parents and teachers to help children learn skills for coping with their feelings in different life situations involving school, family and friends. I highly recommend the book to parents and teachers who want to help children develop resilience so that each child can deal easily with hardships that come along."
Penelope L. Peterson, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
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