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Dear Medfield Families and Caregivers,

I hope the summer was rejuvenating and joyful.  As we start another year, I thought I would share a few resources that may facilitate positive growth and a great experience for you and your kids.

  • ​Andrew Huberman, PH.D. - Professor of Neurobiology & Ophthalmology at Stanford Medicine • Host of the Huberman Lab podcast shares “Optimal Protocols for Studying and Learning” in his August 26 podcast. The podcast is about 90 minutes long and has some neuroscience, but if you stick with it, I promise you will find some fascinating information that will help your kids study and learn.  You can share tips and research with your older students that will serve them well in high school and college, and you can modify some of these tips for your younger students.
  • How to Talk to Children About Difficult News - Short article from the American Psychological Association about how to talk to your kids about bad, sad, or scary things. 
  • The 3-step Harvard Conversation Trick that Makes Shy People More Likable - This short article summarizes research from Harvard Business School, Harvard Psychology Department, Harvard Institute of Quantitative Social Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School on how to make conversation more comfortable for those on the shy side, and also how to have other people be more apt to like you.  These are great skills to start early!

Although our kids span Pre-K-12, there are bits and pieces of these films, podcasts, and articles that apply to most of them.  As always, I recommend talking to your kids as much as possible.  

Have a great end of the summer and start of fall!
Dave Worthley, Ed.D.
Director of Social and Emotional Learning
Medfield Public Schools
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Challenge Success

We are committed to educating
and developing the skills and competencies
​of the whole child, which includes the fostering of academic,
social/emotional, and physical wellness. ​

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The Office of Social Emotional Learning

works to maintain and support
high academic achievement 
​by helping students  
* understand and manage emotions,
* set and achieve positive goals,
* feel and show empathy for others,
​* establish and maintain positive             relationships,
​* and make responsible decisions.  ​​​

Meet Dr. David Worthley, Director


​Dr. Worthley has spent his career working in the field of psychiatric crisis - whether on adolescent units, in maximum security prisons, or at several schools in Massachusetts. He is passionate about his work with the adolescent population, and understands well the importance and value of a solid educational foundation.