How Do I Use It?

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    FYBS Overview Handout

    This handout provides information about FYBS and how it can be used.

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    Facilitator Guide

    This overview shares what FYBS is, how to use it in different settings, and provides a summary of all 12 strategies and links to related materials.

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    How Do I Know if FYBS is Working?: Strategies for Measuring Outcomes

    This brief shares why you might measure student, teacher, or classroom outcomes related to instruction in FYBS, describes four steps for measuring outcomes, and offer guidance and examples for each step.

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    Measuring Outcomes Related to Feel Your Best Self: Sample Brief Rating Measures

    The purpose of this brief is to share examples of short rating scales that could be useful for measuring a variety of outcomes of interest when using Feel Your Best Self (FYBS).

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    Ideas for Adaptation! Integrating FYBS into Secondary Education: Brief 1

    In this brief, we share ideas for how FYBS can be adapted to integrate into secondary education.

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    Making the Most of the Toolkit for Families

    Learn about how you can make the most out of the FYBS toolkit materials at home in this brief guide.

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    Got No Time? Diving into Ideas to Easily Integrate FYBS in Your Setting: Brief 1

    In this first brief, we share fun ideas for how teachers can integrate FYBS into their classrooms.

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    Got No Time? Diving into Ideas to Easily Integrate FYBS in Your Setting: Brief 2

    In this second brief, we offer ideas for how FYBS can be integrated to complement existing initiatives that are in place for all students, some students, or a few students.

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    Considerations for Responsive and Responsible Use of FYBS: Brief 1

    In this first brief, we share considerations for emotional response to a range of environmental stressors, including injustices.

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    Considerations for Responsive and Responsible Use of FYBS: Brief 2

    In this second brief, we offer considerations for using FYBS when delivering more intensive supports.

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    Using the Instructional Hierarchy in Learning to Feel Your Best Self

    In this brief, we explore application of the Instructional Hierarchy to learning emotion skills like those taught in Feel Your Best Self.