Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
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Check out Iowa ASCD's webpage on resources for dealing with bullying and harassment.
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The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is helping make evidence-based social and emotional learning an integral part of education from preschool through high school.
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Find resources to help students manage their emotions, resolve conflicts, and make responsible decisions—creating the healthiest school culture possible.
Researchers, educators, employers, and parents agree that social and emotional learning (SEL) and non-academic skills matter for success in school and life, but it can be difficult to decide which skills to focus on – let alone how best to promote and measure them. Learn More.
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Social and emotional learning, often known as SEL, is the process that helps kids learn critical skills, attitudes, and mindsets for social and emotional success. These skills cover five major areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, and responsible decision-making. It’s actually difficult to describe in just one sentence because SEL covers everything from building confidence and managing emotions to making friends and understanding ethical decision-making skills. These are truly the foundational skills that help kids to be successful in and out of school.
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Social and emotional learning (SEL) is key to advancing equity and excellence in education. It can help students experience greater agency and well-being; achieve academic, career and lifelong successes; and implement collaborative solutions that lead to a just, thriving society.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) involves the processes through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
A growing body of research indicates that school-based efforts to promote students' social and emotional learning represent an effective approach to enhance children's success in school and life.
Access: Social Emotional Learning - National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
Check out Iowa ASCD's webpage on Trauma-Responsive Schools
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Download their free guide to learn how to foster social and emotional learning based on research and experience:
- Background information on SEL and its benefits
- Recommendations for adapting the programs to out-of-school-time settings
- Summary tables that allow users to compare unique features, components, instructional methods, and the skills each program targets
- Worksheets to help decision makers choose a program that best fits the needs of their students
Access: Wallace Foundation - Find Out How to Build Social and Emotional Learning Skills
See Iowa ASCD's webpage on supports for the whole-child approach in learning.
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