Fostering More Successful Kids

The American Psychological Association's Monitor featured SEL as their cover story for April 2010. The article discusses the basic tenets of SEL, research into the impacts of SEL on school performance, including the upcoming meta-analysis, the long-term effects of SEL, CASEL's national policy strategy and the future of SEL.

SEL in Better: Evidence-Based Education

Practical, evidence-based advice from experts in the field of SEL is featured in the current issue of Better: Evidence-based Education, from Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Research and Reform in Education and features research into the impacts of SEL, the long-term effects of SEL in elementary school, action research about the implementation and practice of SEL, the use of specific SEL programs in the US and UK, policy impacts, and more.

Social and Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention

This brief illustrates the relationship between social and emotional factors and bullying; explains how an SEL framework can be extended to include bullying prevention; and provides suggested resources for doing so.

This report summarizes results from three large-scale reviews of research on the impact of SEL programs in school and after-school settings. More »

Executive Summary (pdf)
Full report (pdf)
California Addendum (pdf)

This step-by-step guide and 40 tools take school leaders and planning teams through the process of implementing sustainable SEL. more »

Newly revised and updated Tool 2 PowerPoint Introduction to SEL. Download Presentation.