{"id":491,"date":"2025-11-12T19:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:09:13","slug":"sel-home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/index.php\/sel-home-page\/","title":{"rendered":"SEL Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEL-Banner-1024x359.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEL-Banner-1024x359.png 1024w, http:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEL-Banner-300x105.png 300w, http:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEL-Banner-768x269.png 768w, http:\/\/lorimersel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEL-Banner.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:26px\">Where imagination and fiction meet mental health.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reding a novel that features social emotional skills will help young people understand that they are not alone in their struggles and will speak to the need they have to learn and develop their own social and emotional skill. 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