EFAC programs serve the nexus of Social-Emotional Learning and Climate Resilience.
The Issues
Climate stress affects physical, mental, and emotional health, especially during the critical developmental period.
Stress and trauma emerge from:
Food, water, and resource insecurity
Legal, economic, and linguistic challenges
Culture shock and sensory scramble
Disrupted social ties and education
Our Response
Education empowers children so they are better prepared for climate crisis impacts.
A healthy environmental identity leads to climate crisis adaptation, resilience, and solutions.
Renewed bond with the environment
Connection to a new or changing home
A sense of safety and security
Healthier development and resilience
Our curriculum seeks to heal the trust in nature many children lose amidst climate challenges.
By growing their emotional climate and climate resilience, children can reach their fullest potential.
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Workbook
The EFAC curriculum encompasses: climate resilience, trauma-responsive teaching, social-emotional learning, and early childhood education.
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Toolkit
Our evaluation tools measure children’s social-emotional health, educator beliefs and practices, classroom quality, and environment.
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Trainings
We train educators in our four Practice Areas, as well as the use of evaluation measures and classroom climate tools.
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Journey Zine
This migration story allows children to explore real communities’ climate resilience strategies while engaging social-emotional skills.
Program Locations
Ukraine
Social-emotional learning and trauma-responsive training
Mexico
Education backpacks and technology access (Kino Border Project)
Southeast Asia
Social-emotional learning and trauma-responsive training
Yemen
Social-emotional learning and trauma-responsive training
Lebanon
Social-emotional learning and trauma-responsive training
Greece
Education supplies and social-emotional learning
EFAC Workbook
Trauma-Responsive Teaching: Training and Lesson Plan
Social-Emotional Learning Lesson Plans: Overall Wellbeing, Identifying Your Strengths, Striving for Resilience, Bringing Together Past and Future, Adjusting to Your Host Country
Climate Resilience Lesson Plans: Environmental Awareness, Food Security
Early Childhood Education Lesson Plans: Foundational Literacy, Foundational Numeracy
EFAC Toolkit
Educator and Learner Tools: Classroom Climate Scale, Classroom Growth Chart, Learner Profile, Goal-Setting Chart
Educator and Learner Evaluation: Educator Questionnaire, Educator Survey, Resiliencies and Vulnerabilities, Learner Surveys
Observation and Reporting: Environmental Health Checklist, Classroom Checklist & Observation Guide, Child Safety Checklist, Child Safety Plan, Final Evaluation Report, Referral Guide