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Social and Emotional Learning

Social and emotional learning is the field that analyzes the ways in which children process and develop social and emotional competencies. The premise being that children learn best within a context that involves supportive relationships, challenging and innovative learning environments, and settings that promote good citizenship and work habits. SEL programming is used across age groups to help prevent, disrupt and dissuade youth from engaging in many risk behaviors while at the same time promoting skill sets that focus on positive activities, planning and relationship building. Although SEL programming is often times used as a broad, inclusive umbrella for youth programs, it’s outcomes are often associated with youth self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.

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From A Nation At Risk: To A Nation At Hope
March 12, 2019
A growing movement dedicated to the social, emotional, and academic well-being of children is reshaping learning and changing lives across America. On the strength of its remarkable consensus, a nation at risk is finally a nation at hope. Find out more and get involved.
Source: National Commision on Social, Emotional, & Academic Development
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional Learning
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Responding to Trauma through Policies that Create Supportive Learning Environments
January 31, 2019
This brief introduces a Trauma-Informed Policy Framework to Create Supportive Learning Environments to help state officials create supportive learning environments that meet the needs of students ...
Source: Child Trends
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional Learning
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State laws promoting social, emotional, and academic development leave room for improvement
January 15, 2019
Policymakers increasingly recognize that social and emotional development plays a critical role in students’ ability to learn, and are enacting policies to encourage the integration of social and emotional learning (SEL) into school curricula.
Source: Child Trends
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional Learning
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Edutopia - How Learning Happens Video Series
November 16, 2018
This video series, featuring Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of Learning Policy Institute, and Pamela Cantor, MD, founder and senior science advisor of Turnaround for Children, pairs research insights with a variety of illustrative strategies from schools, all grounded in the science of human learning and development. 
Source: Edutopia
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional Learning
Creating Policies to Support Healthy School
Creating Policies to Support Healthy Schools: Policymaker, Educator, and Student Perspectives
October 23, 2018
Initiatives focused on improving aspects of students’ well-being in schools—such as addressing childhood obesity, preventing bullying, and restricting schools’ use of exclusionary discipline—are gaining momentum. However, such efforts are often implemented in silos, without recognition of their interconnections. To advance the common goal of improving social, health, and academic outcomes for all students, coordinated efforts that integrate multiple components of healthy school environments are needed.
Source: Child Trends
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional LearningHealth and Wellness
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The Promise of Comprehensive Community Initiatives
January 24, 2018
Comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) are a potentially promising way to organize supports throughout a community and have attracted interest from philanthropy and public policymakers. Sometimes referred to as cradle-to-career initiatives or collective impact, CCIs are locally organized, multi-sector collaborations that build local capacity and coordinate resources towards a common, population-level goal. Many CCIs facilitate collaboration among health, education, business, and community-based organizations to improve the overall health and wellbeing of people in the community.
Source: Weiss InstitueCenter for Promise
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional Learning
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