How can we support our neurodiverse students in developing positive self-identities related to how they learn? Facilitated by the neurodiverse, young-adult led mentoring program team of Eye to Eye National, session participants will create an SEL-designed art project (Workshop Design Project) to explore the powerful integration of arts as a means to develop deeper learning competencies through self-exploration. In participating in a guided, discussion-based art project, participants will cultivate a positive awareness of self and others while uncovering practical tools to support middle school students in developing strengths-based academic mindsets, critical communication for self-regulation, and cultivating a sense of positive peer identity as a community of different thinkers. Ultimately, this session will leave participants equipped to engage and support a diversity of learners through arts integration and a framework of social emotional learning competencies tied to young adult success.
