Greetings Crowley ISD Parents!

As we rapidly approach the end of the school year and begin our transition to summer break, we want to continue to build on the momentum established this year by reinforcing the various coping skills students have practiced throughout the year. We have worked diligently with students on behavior modification strategies, classroom conduct improvements, skill set development, and emotional self-regulation monitoring. We want to ensure that students don’t lose these skills during their time off from school. It is important that parents understand how to continue to reinforce and develop these skills over the summer. Below you will find three simple tips for parents to make this summer break a smoother transition for their child that will continue to reinforce their social and emotional learning.

• Tip 1: CREATE STRUCTURE Children thrive better with structure. That’s even more true for children with emotional or developmental challenges. Keeping students on a schedule will be helpful. A visual schedule is a guide that can assist both students and parents in creating structure and routine in daily activities. You can search various types and examples of visual schedules for students online.

• Tip 2: BUILD CONFIDENCE As parents, educators, and caregivers, we are all invested in nurturing a child’s self-confidence and growth. When we interact with our children, we want them to feel loved and self-assured and develop intrinsic

motivation toward their work and efforts. Positive praise and

• Tip 3: MANAGE STRESS ReThinkEd is a social-emotional skill curriculum that

provides visual and interactive social skills lessons that allow students to learn

and practice appropriate behaviors in all settings. These lessons help students

develop important social & emotional learning skills like stress management,

resilience, and empathy. Your child’s teacher can assign

lessons in ReThinkEd over the summer. If you are interested, email your

child’s case manager.

Resources, Tips, and Tools

https://hes-extraordinary.com/de-escalation-techniques

https://www.mhanational.org/helping-home-tips-parents https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/managing-your-own-emotions-the-key-

to-positive-effective-parenting/

https://www.crisisprevention.com/Blog/Strategies-for-Parents

Live programs will be held at 10 am on Wednesdays at the Crowley Recreation Center, located at 405 S. Oak St. (Next door to the library).

Children will read and log their time online. Register on Beanstalk.

Prizes may be picked up at the library anytime during business hours.

SMG- Chisholm Trail

5413 Sierra Springs Lane, Fort Worth

Saturdays at 12:00 pm

May 20 Guardians of the Galaxy

June 10 Little Mermaid

June 17 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

July 1 Elemental

July 15 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Tickets are free for all attendees and available at the Box Office only.

Nearest participating locations are at

2216 S. FIELDER RD., ARLINGTON, TX 76013 or

2760 W. I-20, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75052

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Saturday, May 20