SEL Catchup — Practise the Skills You Were Never Taught

The Problem

"Many students were never taught the social and emotional skills that university takes for granted, and it is easy to assume everyone else simply has them. They are skills, and skills can be learnt. With a clear standard and regular practice, you can catch up at your own pace and see your own progress."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

Take a baseline check-in and see where you start
Practise self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and decision-making
Keep a Practice Log of your reps and re-measure at the mid-point and the end
Write your own Catch-Up Story in the final week

The science behind it

What you'll learn

Naming emotions, hearing your self-talk and finding your strengths
Settling emotions, handling stress, planning and starting
Seeing from another person's seat, asking for help, repairing after conflict and saying no
Weighing consequences, reasoning from facts and drawing up a first budget

What's included

Everything you get

88 interactive tools across 7 modules
Sixteen tools written for this course, plus practices from the FlourishIQ library
A Foundation Note and a Course Materials reader in every module
Private fillable workbooks for every practice tool, kept on your own device

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For first-year students who arrived without formal social and emotional learning and want to practise it deliberately rather than pick it up by accident.

University quietly assumes you arrive knowing how to name and settle a feeling, plan and start, read a room, ask for help, handle a disagreement, say no and weigh a decision. This course takes the five social and emotional competencies of the CASEL framework and turns each into small skills you practise deliberately. Every skill has a standard, a tool you use again and again, a weekly practice log, and a re-measure at the mid-point and the end, so the only comparison is you against your earlier self.

Common questions

FAQ

How long does it take?

Eight weeks, one competency module at a time, and you progress at your own pace within them.

Is anyone else watching my progress?

No. Nobody else is in the loop; the only comparison the course makes is you against your earlier self.

Where does it sit in the student pathway?

It is the first-year on-ramp of the student wellbeing pathway, taken before or alongside Grow a Gritty HERO's Mindset.

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Social and emotional skills for university, practised deliberately over eight weeks

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