The Pathways Curriculum is a new kind of social-emotional curriculum. Designed for Grades 2-12, it's based on the principles and techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
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based on a proven therapeutic model |
In CBT, we begin by helping clients create a foundation of self-awareness and understanding. Once that foundation is set, they're ready to develop and try out the practical strategies that are a hallmark of the model.
And it’s proven to work. Developed by psychologist Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s, CBT has been scientifically researched and shown to work in over 2000 studies in the decades since. The very same techniques that work in a clinical setting can also work in a classroom full of students. Like CBT in clinical settings, our curriculum opens with lessons that develop students’ self-awareness and emphasize trust and discovery—but with an educational twist. How do we apply therapeutic techniques in a classroom setting? It all comes down to self-awareness, trust, and discovery.
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Our curriculum is shaped by the latest research on how young people learn. Lessons make use of a strategic combination of guided inquiry and direct instruction. Each one is backward designed to move students toward the learning goals of the module and the curriculum and is chock-full of the best of the best when it comes to instructional methods: multimodal representations, interleaved practice, concept spiraling, meaningful models, opportunities for unique language production, and more.
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All lessons include:
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grounded in learning science |
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We believe that curriculum is not what happens on the page. It’s what happens in the classroom. It’s the teachers who truly bring the curriculum to life. Our team of clinicians and educators are here to support teachers as they do.
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The Pathways Curriculum wouldn’t have been possible without deep collaboration between CBT clinicians and instructional experts. We’re proud of the work we’ve done to draw from the latest, most cutting-edge research from the fields of psychology and education.
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built by a team of expert clinicians and educators |