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2004
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Don't leave the lab without it!
Kelvin, an eighth grader at P.S. #41 in Jersey City, thought
of a way to enhance the already successful Social Decision-Making
Lab at his school. The Social Decision Making Lab is a place
that helps students identify socially appropriate goals.
Using worksheets or a computer program, students systematically
use their problem solving skills to reach those goals. The
Social Decision Making Lab was described in the New
Projects section of the 2002 edition of our website’s
newsletter. Kelvin works in the lab, helping younger students
solve problems and think through troubling situations. He
was finding that once students left the lab, they were having
difficulty remembering to use Keep Calm or Smell the Pizza.
Kelvin brainstormed a solution to this problem. He figured
that kids might remember to use Keep Calm if they were given
a little reminder. He decided to create a little card that
contained the Keep Calm steps on one side and the Smell
the Pizza steps on the other side. Each time a student leaves
the Social Decision Making Lab, they receive a Keep Calm
card to put in their pocket or somewhere else of their choice
to help them remember to use Keep Calm the next time they
are upset and about to get into trouble. These little cards
are proving to be a great way for the students at P.S. #41
to remember to use Keep Calm.
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