Depths of Comfort

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Building strong school culture is a challenge.

Depths of Comfort was created to help teachers create classrooms that are:

Kind

When students notice kind acts and practice proactive kindness, the effects can be felt throughout the classroom and school.

Compliments

Students can send compliments to other classmates.

Thank You Notes

Students can thank other students for kind acts.

Acts of Kindness

Students can acknowledge kind acts witnessed at school.

Kindness Quests

Students get individualized goals to be completed each week centered around kindness

Calm

When students spend time thinking about their own emotions, thoughts and feelings become less powerful and students learn to use words and phrases to express themselves in healthy ways.

Completing "My Depths"

Students sort scenarios by stress level.

Developing Action Plans

Students organize next steps for uncomfortable situations.

Writing Gratitude Journals

Students write in their personal gratitude journal.

Completing Daily Check In

Students share their current mood and emotions.

Connected

Students who feel connected to teachers and peers are less likely to engage in concerning behavior.

Star Student

The featured student receives a list of positive character traits from their peers.

Empathy Discussions

A live chat feature with prompts focused on developing empathy.

Vocabulary

Rich emotional vocabulary encourages good communication and deeper understanding.

Social & Emotional Reporting

While students are having fun and learning by using the Depths of Comfort platform, teachers can get great data on their students' social and emotional worlds.

Wellness Report

The Wellness Report allows teachers to see information on individual students.

Monthly Connection Report

The Monthly Connection Report lets teachers see who could benefit from increased connections and support.

"For years I have been looking for ways to incorporate a multitude of social and emotional learning strategies in my classroom. The biggest issues I kept encountering were the amount of time that each program or strategy would take up and finding one that was cohesive. With Depths of Comfort, I am able to interact with, teach, and monitor my students' progress in less than 20 minutes a day. I am so thankful for what Depths of Comfort has allowed me to achieve in my classroom as I strive to educate strong, positive, and empathetic learners. I would highly recommend this program for any classroom."

Catherine Dickie

Grade 5/6

"I like ‘Depths of Comfort’ because I can click on what I feel. It makes me comfortable to know that other people feel the same way that I do."

Margarette

Student

"Our school is located in a culturally diverse area of the city and our students come from many different linguistic, economic, and religious backgrounds. We’ve been using Depths of Comfort for several months now. Though we don’t use it every day, we use the language and lessons contained within the program on a daily basis."

Adam Vuong

Learning Leader

"I like ‘Depths Of Comfort’ because it helps me express myself more and shows people how I feel about things."

Tristan

Student

"This online SEL program is very well set up and the common language the class uses helps when we have new issues or subjects in class. The weekly empathy dilemmas are fabulous and have led to some great conversations about real life situations that happen at school. I really like the daily check in feature so I can see at a glance, who is feeling good and who is not on any given day. Depths of Comfort has become a very important part of my classroom community."

Del Morgan

Vice Principal & Gr 7

"‘Depths of Comfort’ makes me feel a little more confident in myself than I usually do."

Aria

Student

CASEL

Depths of Comfort is aligned with the core CASEL concepts.