Addressing the Dignity Act through Challenge Courses and Adventure Education
Alignments to the 5 CASEL Competencies for Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

SEL Competencies
Alignments to OEE Programs for Elementary, MS and HS
Capital letters indicate “hard” alignments and lower case indicate subtle alignments / Challenge Course
Programs / Adventure Education
Programs
New Games
Problem Solving Initiatives
Low Ropes / High Ropes and Climbing Wall / Orienteer
I / Orienteer
II / GPS / Survival / Canoe
Self-awareness—accurately assessing one’s feelings, interests, values, and strengths; maintaining a well-grounded sense of self-confidence / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / elem
ms
hs
Self-management—regulating one’s emotions to handle stress, control impulses, and persevere in overcoming obstacles; setting and monitoring progress toward personal and academic goals; expressing emotions appropriately / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / elem
ms
hs / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / Elem
MS
HS
Social awareness—being able to take the perspective of and empathize with others; recognizing and appreciating individual and group similarities and differences; recognizing and using family, school, and community resources / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / elem
ms
hs / elem
ms
hs / elem
ms
hs / ELEM
MS
HS / elem
ms
hs
Relationship skills—establishing and maintaining healthy and rewarding relationships based on cooperation; resisting inappropriate social pressure; preventing, managing, and resolving interpersonal conflict; seeking help when needed / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS
Responsible decision-making—making decisions based on consideration of ethical standards, safety concerns, appropriate social norms, respect for others, and likely consequences of various actions; applying decision-making skills to academic and social situations; contributing to the well-being of one’s school and community / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEMENTARY
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS / ELEM
MS
HS

Note: The “subtle alignments” (represented by lower case letters and lighter shading) are due to our naturalists’ abilities to address any group dynamic/interactions to SEDL. Even an ecology program can result in understanding resources, asking for help, teamwork, using cooperative skills, etc.

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