Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners

Introduce a new process to your school that accelerates learning and improves student outcomes.

In Essentials of Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The Complete Guide for Schools and Practitioners, expert educator and SEL trainer Donna Black delivers a comprehensive guide to implementing vital SEL components in the education and development of children and adolescents. This book walks you through every step of understanding, designing, implementing, and measuring an SEL program that creates impactful and sustainable change. 

The distinguished author offers real-world insights based on extensive experience and the latest emprical research. You'll also benefit from:

• A robust analysis of the typical challenges faced by those integrating SEL into existing curricula and how to address them.
• Descriptions of strategies for engaging students through relationships and instructing them in core skills.
• A roadmap to facilitating social acceptance among different groups of students.
• Explanations of how SEL can address disciplinary challenges and teach social responsibility.

Perfect for educators and school administrators. Essentials of Social Emotional Learning provides an opportunity to reshape your learning environment into a positive, accepting, and just environment where students feel safe, confident, and valued.

Table of Contents

Preface/Forward

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section I: Emergence of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) as a World Phenomenon

1. Defining SEL and the Critical Areas of Competence
2. Historical Influences on the Emergence of SEL
3. Emotional Intelligence and its Role in SEL

Section II: SEL – The Missing Link in Education

4. Current Challenges in Education
5. Evidenced Support for SEL
6. Making the Case for SEL

Section III: SEL as a Sustainable Framework for Success

7. Getting Started: A Multi-phased Approach to Whole School Implementation of SEL
8. Tools, Templates and Checklists
9. Aligning SEL Assessment with Instruction and Curriculum
10. SEL: A Roadmap for a World at Hope