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Schools have primarily focused on academic learning, but over the past few decades, a growing body of research has shown how efforts to foster social and emotional learning (SEL) in children and youth can make a real difference in children’s lives, both academically and socially, and both now and in the long term. LEARN about what SEL is, why it is important, and the evidence that supports the promotion of social and emotional competence in children and youth.
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These recommendations on preventing and addressing school bullying and cyberbullying were developed in November 2020 by a Scientific Committee gathered …
The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional learning (CASEL) has launched a new initiative, CASEL CARES, to equip educators …
As part of the CASEL CARES initiative, CASEL is presenting free weekly webinars with experts to address how SEL can …
This article presents a critical examination of the messages in youth internet safety education programs, informed by research on the …
The Teacher’s Guide to Resolving School Bullying: Evidence-based Strategies and Pupil-led Interventions, is written by Dr. Elizabeth Nassem, a researcher …
The Conflict Resolution Education Connection is a website dedicated to promoting conflict resolution education (CRE), and helping to develop a …
A Monster Calls is a widely acclaimed book (2015) written by Patrick Ness, that was later made into a film …
The Power of Our Words is a teacher resource book that emphasizes the power of language to shape learners. Written …
The children’s book Visiting Feelings was written by Lauren Rubenstein, Psy.D. and illustrated by Shelley Hehenberger. The 32-page book was …
How to Heal a Broken Wing, written and illustrated by Bob Graham in 2017, is a 40-page children’s picture book. …
The Kids’ Guide to Working Out Conflicts is a book by Naomi Drew, M.A., a US-based expert on conflict resolution …
Creative Conflict Resolution is a book by William J. Kreidler, a US-based educator specializing in conflict resolution. This book provides …
99 Activities and Greetings is a book by US-based school teacher Melissa Correa-Connolly. This book offers busy elementary and middle …
Connecting with Students is authored by Dr. Allen N. Mendler, an American school psychologist who specializes in behavior and classroom …
“The EQ Difference” by Adele B. Lynn offers practical tips for developing and utilizing emotional intelligence (EQ). The book is …
The book “Bullying in Schools” draws from Ken Rigby’s research that examined the responses of over 20,000 students who described …
Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis wrote the book “The Incredible 5-Point Scale” to help educators, administrators, and parents understand …
This French NFB short documentary on social media includes English sub-titles and was produced by funding from the Canadian government’s …
Based in India, Like stars on earth (2007) is a movie about Ishaan Awashti, an elementary student with dyslexia in …
It’s a Girl’s World is a Canadian documentary directed by Lynn Glazier that showcases social bullying among a group of …
Let’s Talk Emotions is a book by Dr. Teresa A. Cardon, a Behavior Analyst and Speech Pathologist from the United …
It’s all about We is a book written by Dianne Gossen that explores an alternative approach to discipline, called “restitution”. …
“keepin’ it REAL” is a program consisting of 10 free-standing lessons centered around young people’s narratives that explain how they …
CHARACTERplus Way is a district-wide approach to develop students’ social and emotional learning that requires a three-year implementation process. …
Through mindfulness activities that promote self-awareness and self-management, Pure Power teaches students ways to manage stress, respond versus react, act …
Roxanne Henkin’s book Confronting Bullying describes how literacy curricula and character education programs have helped reduce bullying in the classroom. …
Wonder (2017) is a movie directed by Stephen Chbosky, based on the New York Times Bestselling book by R. J. …
Bully (2011) is a documentary directed by Lee Hirsch that follows the lives of five American youth who experience bullying. …
This documentary examines the impact of sexual assault on the lives of female survivors, their families, and their communities. Produced …
My Social and Emotional Learning Foundations (MySELF) book series is designed to promote positive social and emotional skills for children …
Journey Toward the Caring Classroom, written by Laurie Frank, brings experiential learning into the classroom as a way to …
This book is written by Deborah Butler, Nancy Perry and Leyton Schnellert, professors in special education and educational psychology at …
This Resilience Guide was developed by CMAS (Childminding Monitoring, Advisory and Support), Canada’s leading organization with a focus on caring …
This 20-hour self-study course is designed to empower teachers to create a teaching practice grounded in principles of social justice. …
Written by parent and popular blogger Carrie Goldman, and endorsed by top bullying experts, this book provides realistic and practical …
Making Space for Learning: Trauma Informed Practice in Schools, developed by the Australian Childhood Foundation, is a research-informed …
Teaching Refugees with Limited Formal Schooling, developed by the Calgary Board of Education in Alberta, Canada, is a …
Developed by the Government of Alberta in Canada, the Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual …
Edited by Emily S. Fisher of Loyola Marymount University and Karen Komosa-Hawkins of Chapman University, Creating Safe and Supportive Learning …
This Being Safe, Being Me report, created by the Stigma and Resilience among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) at the University …
The SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) 123 Education website is a comprehensive resource for educators aimed at increasing awareness …
Social and Emotional Skills Training for Children is the manual for the Friendship Group program, an evidence-based, group-intervention for elementary …
This guide, developed by experts in child development and school psychology, presents educators with classroom-based strategies for supporting student’s psychological …
This volume, edited by Dr. Karen Harris, Professor of Special Education at Arizona State University, and Dr. Lynn Meltzer, Professor …
This volume, edited by Dr. Christopher Willard, from Lesley University and Harvard Medical School and Dr. Amy Saltzman, a holistic …
The Every Teacher Project, developed by Catherine Taylor and colleagues from the University of Winnipeg, is a knowledge mobilization …
The Angry Octopus is a fun children’s book that tells the story of a sea child helping an angry octopus …
Just Breathe is a short video created in 2014 by US filmmakers Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman using interviews …
Better Than Carrots or Sticks, written by educators Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey, advocates for the use of …
The online Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development is produced by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD) based …
This online guide to bullying summarizes current international statistics and research on bullying in a highly accessible, reader-friendly way. The …
The Teachers Change Lives website, created by the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association in Canada, is a collection of personal …
The Parent Toolkit is a website produced by NBC News Education Nation in the US, and supported by Pearson publishing …
The Teaching Refugees with Limited Formal Schooling (LFS) Website was developed by the Calgary Board of Education in Alberta, Canada, …
This 6-page brochure, developed by the US Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (BRIA), is designed for educators who are …
This report was commissioned in 2017 by The Wallace Foundation, a New York based philanthropy, to educate school personnel and …
A Girl’s Guide to Knowing Her Rights, developed by the YWCA Canada, is designed for adolescent girls to …
I Am Syria is a non-profit, media-based website that provides resources and educational lesson plans about the Syrian Conflict. Lesson …
The Syrian Journey: Choose Your Own Escape game, developed by the British Broadcasting Channel (BBC), serves as an educational …
Recognizing that educators working directly with traumatized children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of trauma, this information sheet, …
This section of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) website outlines several considerations for schools and educators for supporting …
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a U.S. organization with a goal to improve access to care, treatment, …
The Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience at the Boston Children’s Hospital in the United States has developed a web-based …
The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada) has created a series of multilingual resource sheets for parents about …
A great way to build relationships and show you care about newcomer students is to learn to speak some caring …
This report was published by Childminding Monitoring, Advisory and Support (CMAS) Canada, a leading organization in supporting immigrant …
These brochures were developed as part of the “New In Canada” Parenting Support Series, created by Childminding Monitoring, Advisory and …
This report, published in Oct 2015 by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) in Washington, DC, examines the experiences of Syrian …
This guide is published by Childminding Monitoring, Advisory and Support (CMAS) Canada, a leading organization in supporting immigrant …
Diversity and difference in early childhood education: Issues for theory and practice, written by Kerry H. Robinson and Criss …
Even in chaos: Education in times of emergency, written by Kevin M. D. Cahill and Miguel H. E. D’Escoto …
Promising practices of early childhood education for immigrant and refugee children of British Columbia, developed by the Affiliation of …
Life after war: Education as a healing process for refugee and war-affected children, written by Tony Tavares and Isle …
This TED talk by Melissa Fleming, Head of Communications at UN’s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), makes the case for …
This short video (2 minutes, 43 seconds), created by UNICEF, introduces the plight of refugee children through the life of …
The United Nations Refugee Agency website includes a section for teachers, providing teaching tools and resources for educators to raise …
This resource guide was developed in March 2014 as part of the Surrey Welcoming Communities Project in British Columbia, Canada. …
Salam Neighbor, released in 2016 by US film production companies Living on One Dollar and 1001 MEDIA, provides a …
Tease Monster, written by Julia Cook and illustrated by Anita Du Falla (2013), is a storybook targeted for children …
George, written by Alex Gino (2015), is a book for middle school children that focuses on the main character, …
Supporting refugee children: Strategies for educators, written by Jan Stewart (2011), Associate professor in the Faculty of Education at …
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue, written by Julia Cook and illustrated by Anita Du Falla, is a storybook …
Caring for Syrian Refugee Children: A Program Guide for Welcoming Young Children and Their Families, developed by Childminding Monitoring, …
The Refugee Mental Health Project, developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, Canada) aims to build the …
Strategies for Engaging Immigrant and Refugee Families, developed by Promote Prevent, a part of Education Development Center, Inc. in …
Students from Refugee Backgrounds: A Guide for Teachers and Schools, produced by the BC Ministry of Education (British Columbia, …
The Welcoming Syrian Students & Families Info Sheet, developed by School Mental Health-Assist (Ontario, Canada), outlines the importance of …
The Safe and Caring website offers a wide variety of evidence-based tools and resources for helping schools and communities become …
In this article, Joshua Block, a U.S. public school Humanities teacher in Philadelphia, reflects on the role compassion plays in …
The inspirED online resource center, jointly developed by Facebook and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, provides practical SEL tools …
Preparing Youth to Thrive is an online guide of promising practices for promoting SEL in youth-serving programs. Jointly developed by …
Belonging for Educators is a free, interactive online course designed for teachers of K-12 students. Part of the Mindset Kit …
Greater Good in Action is a collaboration between University of California Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and HopeLab, in …
Great Schools (a US-based non-profit organization) in collaboration with Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence has developed a set of online …
This online toolkit is designed to help schools and educators incorporate and assess self-regulation in their daily teaching practices. Developed …
The Character Lab website houses an online collection of tools for understanding and promoting character development, designed for use by …
Institute of Play (USA) aims to utilize games to support education and as engaging systems to develop 21st-century …
The Accredited Schools Online Bullying Awareness Guidebook brings awareness to different types of bullying and its targets, and provides students, …
The Search Institute (Minnesota, USA), founded in 1958, works with organizations, schools, and community coalitions to solve critical challenges in …
This 7-minute video presents the Development of Intelligence Through Art (DIA) Program, a program where children spend time pondering visual …
This 2-part talk with Dr. Clyde Hertzman, former Director of UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), organized into a …
In this 14-minute video, first aired at the Dalai Lama Center’s Heart-Mind 2014 Conference, Daniel Siegel dispels myths regarding the …
This 6-minute video is a 2007 interview at the CASEL Forum with Maurice Elias, a psychology professor at Rutgers University …
This 6-minute video of a 2007 interview at the CASEL Forum with Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, discusses …
This 6-minute video outlines the emotional and academic benefits of social and emotional learning in schools. It introduces five key …
This 18-minute talk was presented by the Dalai Lama at the 2014 Heart-Mind Summit organized by the Dalai Lama Center …
AnxietyBC (British Columbia, Canada), established in 1999, is a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness about anxiety and anxiety …
PassageWorks (Colorado, USA) is an organization whose goal is to support educators and parents in their integration of social, emotional, …
The Reaching In Reaching Out (RIRO) Resiliency Skills Training Program is a 12-hour, evidence-based, skill-enhancement program for service providers working …
In his 2012 book, Dr. Stuart Shanker, a leading Canadian scholar on self-regulation, offers a range of classroom strategies that …
The Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVnet) has developed a guidebook that can be used by Canadian educators to …
Developed by the Psychology Foundation of Canada, Kids Have Stress Too! (KHST!) is a primary prevention program that provides evidence-based …
Well Ahead is an ongoing initiative of the J.W.McConnell Foundation aimed at enhancing student well-being in school communities. In its …
Youth.gov (formerly FindYouthInfo.gov) was created by a collaboration between 19 American federal agencies that support programs and services focusing on …
The Parent Toolkit is a collection of resources produced by the NBC News Education Network in the United States in …
Mindfulness Without Borders is an organization consisting of a team of educators, practitioners, and professionals who are dedicated to the …
Facing History and Ourselves is a nonprofit, international educational and professional development organization that works to engage students of diverse …
The Human Early Learning Partnership (British Columbia, Canada) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary research network based out of the University of …
Social & emotional learning and teacher education: What do we know and where do we go from here?, revised in …
Moodgym (Australia) is a free interactive training program developed to help young people learn cognitive behavior therapy skills for preventing …
Vroom is a collection of resources developed by a group of scientists, community leaders, and trusted brands that operates with …
The Mindsight Institute focuses on interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB), which is an interdisciplinary field with the goal to understand the mind …
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (Massachusetts, USA) is a non-profit organization that works to transform higher education by …
The Mind and Life Institute, established in 1987, is a non-profit organization whose goal is to build a scientific understanding …
Mindfulness in Education, established in 2001, is a network that sees mindfulness as a solution to stress, confusion, and …
The ChildSpirit Institute (Georgia, USA) is a non-profit network of families, researchers, teachers, health care providers, community and religious leaders, …
The Fetzer Institute (Michigan, USA) is an organization dedicated to improving the human condition through raising awareness of the relationship …
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), developed at Vanderbilt University (Tennessee, USA), is a …
The Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility works with teachers, principals, guidance counselors, other school staff, and parents to help …
Acorn Dreams is a website for teachers, parents, and other caregivers that offers information to help guide children aged 3 …
Eyes on Bullying is a toolkit that helps users understand bullying, to re-examine their own knowledge and beliefs about bullying, …
New Horizons for Learning, adapted from the John Hopkins University School of Education, is a web resource designed to …
Mindfuleducation.org is a website created by the Association for Mindfulness in Education (AME), which serves as a collaboration of organizations …
The P.E.A.C.E. Pack, developed in 2001, is an anti-bullying program from Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia). The systematic framework provided by …
Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson, is a story about a girl named Chloe who reacts unkindly when a new …
Enemy Pie, written by Derek Munson, is about a boy who is having trouble with a new neighbor, Jeremy Ross, …
Those Shoes, written by Maribeth Boelts, is a story about Jeremy, who really wants a pair of “cool shoes” like …
The Mindfulness in Education Network (MIEN) was established in 2001 by a group of educators and students of Zen Master …
This 8-page article, published in February 2014 by the Center for Youth Voice in Policy and Practice, provides a comprehensive, …
Education.com is an easy-to-navigate website that provides educators and parents with resources to promote learning at home, at school, and …
The Mindful Awareness Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles aims to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan, …
The Authentic Happiness website is developed and maintained by the Positive Psychology Center at University of Pennsylvania, overseen by Dr. …
Edutopia’s SEL Pinterest board- a curated board of creative, SEL-related “pins” submitted by educators. “Pins” include ‘tips and tricks’, activities, …
The What to Do When … book series, written by Dawn Huebner, provides children and their parents with easy-to-read information …
Operation Respect, founded in 1999 by Peter Yarrow, is a non-profit education organization dedicated to creating safe, respectful, “bully-free” …
The Giraffe Heroes project was founded by Ann Medlock to inspire and empower people to ‘stick their necks out’ for …
The “Feeling for Little Children” Series, written by Elizabeth Crary & Shari Steelsmith, teaches toddlers about feelings using song and …
The “Children’s Problem Solving” series, written by Elizabeth Crary, is designed to teach preschool and early elementary school children problem-solving …
The “Dealing with Feelings” series, written by Elizabeth Crary, is about feelings (and the situations that provoke them) that many …
“Two”, written by award winning author Kathryn Otoshi, is a beautifully simple, character-building children’s picture book about friendship, letting-go, self-discovery …
The Mindful Child, written by Susan Kaiser Greenland, provides adults with practical, easy-to-follow techniques and tools for teaching children …
KidsHealth in the Classroom is created by KidsHealth.org, the most visited, doctor-approved health information site on the Web for …
The Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) website is a treasury of resources for inspiring and empowering children and adults to …
StopBullying.gov is a US federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, providing a …
6 Seconds, founded by Anabel Jensen and Joshua Freeman, is a global network supporting the development of emotional intelligence …
The Learning to Give website is a treasury of resources for educators to teach about philanthropy, generosity, citizenship, and civic …
The Teaching Tolerance website is a comprehensive resource for educators, serving as clearinghouse for information on anti-bias programs and activities …
A simply and beautifully illustrated children’s picture book, “One” is a story about bullying that teaches children to stand up …
A charming, brightly illustrated children’s picture book, authored by Phillip M. Hoose & Hannah Hoose and illustrated by Debbie Tilley …
In this 2009 article Jennings and Greenberg argue that teacher’s social and emotional competence and well-being play a key role …
This webpage on the Education and Psychology (pre-k to 12) section of the American Psychological Association website provides comprehensive and …
This book aims to create an atmosphere at home and school in which children and adults can gain skills to …
In this 2011, illustrated book, children explore the meaning of mindfulness and achieving “true happiness” by bringing all of your …
This 2013 book introduces the basics of mindfulness to children and acts as a guide to cultivating a presence of …
This 2015 guide to mindfulness-based techniques can help teens learn to stay calm in stressful situations such as taking a …
This 2005 booklet offers the reader an approach to anger management called Non-Violent Communication™ (NVC). It outlines a process of …
This 1999 book offers a new “Golden Rule” for Emotionally Intelligent Parenting, and shows how parents can live by it: …
Published in 1998, this book serves as a guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world, with …
Published in 2005, this book aims to challenge the reader that anger can be used positively, outlining four key truths: …
Written by Levin, Nolan, Kerr, Elliot, and Bajovic, the Fourth Canadian Edition of this book provides a theoretically-based, practical system …
Published originally in 1987, this book outlines how different goal structures – competitive, individualistic, and cooperative – can be integrated …
Published in 2011, this book aims to simplify the complexity of school improvement efforts to help schools create a positive …
Published in 1991, this book aims includes ideas and strategies for fostering positive relationships, with the primary message that if …
Published in 2003, this book describes the process of life-enriching education, with a goal of educating this and future generations …
Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency (PEAR) is a joint initiative between Harvard University and McLean Hospital whose aim is …
Founded in 1976, Lesson One is a professional development program that is designed to help schools establish and implement a …
TeachSafeSchools.org is a website developed by the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment that is designed to help school …
FeelingsFactory.com is a website created by a group of mental health therapists who sought to develop tools that are more …
UMassMed.edu/cfm/ is a website detailing the programs and activities available from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Centre for Mindfulness. …
http://marc.ucla.edu is a website detailing the programs and resources available from the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center of the University of …
Published in 2003, this book suggests that combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is essential for developing knowledgeable, …
Published in 1996, this book emphasizes the necessity of imparting caring attitudes and teaching caring skills to children. Included are …
This paper is written by the first author of the international Organization for Economic and Cooperative Develoment (OECD) report on …
The Heart-Mind Online website, developed by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in Vancouver, Canada, is a collection …
This TED talk features Kiran Bir Sethi, the founder of the Riverside School in India, a school focused on nurturing …
This TED talk by Linda Cliatt, a principal at a school listed as ‘low performing’ and ‘potentially dangerous’ in Philadelphia, …
This report, created in June 2012 by The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research in partnership with the …
This report, published in 2013 by the World Bank in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee, draws connections between Social …
This article, published in Education Canada in 2010, is a short and easy read summarizing the research on resilience in …
This emotions color wheel presents a fun, interactive way to learn about emotions, and is a useful tool to have …
This book, published in 2012, outlines the Bully Busters Program for High School, a schoolwide program that focuses on empowering …
The Anti-Bullying Handbook, written by Dr. Keith Sullivan in New Zealand, provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues …
Nice is Not Enough, written by Larry Nucci, provides an in-depth understanding of moral development from the early elementary …
The Compassionate Classroom, written by Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson, provides a curriculum and tools for teaching nonviolent …
The no-fault classroom, written by Sura Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson, provides a curriculum and tools that help students …
Bullying Interventions in Schools, authored by Dr. Ken Rigby, a renowned scholar in school bullying, is an examination of …
Authored by Dr. Ken Rigby in Australia, an internationally recognized scholar on school bullying, this book offers an in-depth understanding …
Bullying Prevention and Intervention, authored by Swearer, Espelage, and Napolitano, offers research-based information and practical strategies for dealing with …
Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom, authored by K.W. Merrell and B.A. Gueldner, offers comprehensive yet practical information …
The Courage to Teach program, developed by Parker J. Palmer in 1992 in Seattle, WA, USA, attends to the inner …
The CARE for Teachers program (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education), developed by the Garrison Institute in New York in …
An inspiring TED talk by Shane Koyczan, a Canadian spoken-word poet who shares his stories about bullying and being bullied. …
This short blogpost, published on the Edutopia website in 2011 by Dr. Maurice Elias of Rutgers University in the …
An inspiring TED talk presented in 2010 by Sir Ken Robinson, calling for a transformation in education, a move from …
A popular TED talk presented in 2006 by Sir Ken Robinson, who believes that many schools today are “educating kids …
A convincing TED talk by Diana Laufenberg, a high school social studies teacher who believes that a paradigm shift is …
A short but compelling TED talk by Ramsey Musallam, a high school chemistry teacher who believes that teachers are essentially …
An inspiring and funny TED talk by Dan Meyer, a math teacher who proposes that a new way is needed …
A TED talk passionately delivered by Christopher Emdin, a teacher who proposes that there is a need for educators …
A compelling TED talk by Tyler DeWitt, a science teacher who believes that teaching science to middle school children needs …
An inspiring, funny and rousing TED talk by Rita Pierson, a passionate teacher who believes that teaching and learning pivots …
This article, published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in February 2015, calls for the scaling up of non-cognitive …
This article, published on the Greater Good website in August 2014, provides some challenges, and strategies for teaching mindfulness …
This article, published on the Greater Good website in March 2015, highlights the value of cultivating a mindfulness practice for …
This engaging article, written by Linda Lantieri (Senior Program Advisor for CASEL) and Vicki Zarzewski (Education Director at the …
An engaging video presentation by Dr. Roger Weissberg, president and CEO of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning …
This groundbreaking 2015 report from the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, requested by the …
This engaging report presents findings from a US survey of teachers conducted in December of 2012, commissioned by the Collaborative …
This report, published by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), presents findings from three large-scale reviews …
This article, published in the January 2011 issue of the academic journal, Child Development, presents a review of 213 …
As part of the Education and Social Progress project conducted by the international Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) …
This issue brief, published on the University of Minnesota extension website in March of 2014, is written by Megan Olivia …
This 6-page online article by Jill Suttie, published in September of 2011 on the Greater Good website (from the University …
This 11-page report, published in 2013, is unique for its focus on the current status of social and emotional learning …
This issue brief, published on the University of Minnesota extension website in February 2015, highlights the importance of intentionality …
The McCreary Centre Society, in collaboration with the provincial government and public health system, and school districts in British Columbia …
This issue brief, published on the University of Minnesota extension website, proposes a “Ways of Being” model as a …
This article, published on the nprEd website in May 2015, is a fun and easy read about the complexity of …
A math teacher in Anchorage, Alaska, named Chris Orpitz, explains how he integrates the teaching of social and emotional skills …
The Greater Good Science Center is based at the University of California, in Berkeley, Califorina, USA, with a mission …
The social and emotional learning section in the University of Minnesota’s Extension website, is a curated collection of up-to-date …
“Inside the Collaborative Classroom” is the resource section of the Center for the Collaborative Classroom in the United States. …
Edutopia.org, founded by George Lucas, is a dynamic website with an abundance of informational resources for educators to browse and …
The Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet), led by Dr. Debra Pepler of York University and Dr. Wendy Craig …
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is the leading SEL organization in the United States, and widely …
This report, published in January 2014 by the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at American Institutes for Research, provides …
This article, published in 2012, proposes that new perspectives in the teaching of SEL, and a deeper integration of SEL …
An engaging and well-made, 6-minute video from Edutopia that provides an overview of SEL, and helps viewers understand the five …
This short, 2-minute video created by the Dalai Lama Center in Vancouver makes the case for ‘educating the heart’. Narrated …
This 2008 research synthesis, developed by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning at Vanderbilt University …
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