Research over the last several decades has thought us that academics just aren’t enough. A child may be brilliant about passing classes but feels lonely, isolated, secretly self harming or doing something self destructive. Additionally, anxiety, substance abuse and depression is soaring amongst young people at an all time high, and academic brilliance does not protect from all these.

Social and Emotional skills is what is needed and largely missing; it is the set of skills, knowledge, and behaviors involved in understanding and managing emotions, setting positive goals, feeling empathy for others, engaging in positive relationships, and solving problems effectively. Social and emotional skills are critical to a child’s development as it directly correlates to success and happiness as an adult, and should not be left to a child to figure out as adults. It should occur alongside academic learning.

Bloom Potential exists to work alongside schools and parents to augment the academic learnings with the life skills needed for success and thriving. Young people who are better able to manage their emotions perform better at school and in life. Social and emotional learning is absolutely essential in developing young people in a holistic way.

Our programs and website content centers on providing youths with opportunities to develop social, emotional and leadership competencies. Focusing on their strengths, we empower teens with tools that help them build their leadership qualities, resilience to manage life challenges and navigate a complex world, and to become emotionally matured, successful, thriving adults.