Lori A. Reichel, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at SUNY Cortland and a health education consultant. She has taught health education, including SEL, for over 30 years, teaching every grade in the K-12 setting. Due to her expertise, Lori has received many awards, including the New York State AHPERD Health Teacher of the Year (2007), the Eastern Division AHPERD Health Teacher of the Year (2009), the National AHPERD Professional of the Year Award in Health Education (2010), and the New York State AHPERD Professional of the Year Award in 2011.
Dr. Lori Reichel is an expert in her field. She understands that children need to self-regulate before they can learn. She has skillfully compiled this resource book with multiple tools that are practical, easy to use activities which will benefit both student and teacher. Emotionally regulated children focus, learn, retain and ultimately feel better about themselves. Learning these lifelong emotional regulation skills will benefit them now and throughout their adult lives. Dr. Kelli Palfy, Registered Psychologist, Alberta, Canada