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This book is recommended for teachers who are practicing SEL in their classroom. It outlines the idea of teaching mindfulness and why it is so effective.

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Practicing Mindfulness with Children Those wishing to plant seeds of peace, relaxation, and awareness in children will find this book and CD helpful. It is full of wisdom on how to simply be with children and nourish their compassion for themselves and others.

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The basics of SEL, why it is so effective for students and how it effects them for the rest of their life.

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Social-Emotional Learning: What Is SEL and Why SEL Matters

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Kids are going through unprecedented times right now and SEL can help them navigate these difficult moments.  This video shows how important it is to teach SEL now.

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Four Reasons Why SEL Is So Important Right Now

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CASEL is "a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning".

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At the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, we envision all children and adults as self-aware, caring, responsible, engaged, and lifelong learners who work together to achieve their goals and create a more inclusive, just world. How? Through a commitment to SEL.

What We Do

The "C" in CASEL stands for "Collaborative": It's both who we are and how we work. We've formed a community-spanning classrooms to statehouses-to make social and emotional learning (SEL) part of a high-quality and equitable education for all.

Learn more about our mission and work

The "Together for SEL" pledge

How We Started

From the seed of an idea in 1994, we have brought together a multidisciplinary network that includes researchers, educators, practitioners, and child advocates across the country who are passionately committed to SEL for all students.

Learn more about our history

Join the Team

Are you driven by CASEL's mission to make SEL part of all students' education? We're always looking for talented people to join our team.

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At the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, we envision all children and adults as self-aware, caring, responsible, engaged, and lifelong learners who work together to achieve their goals and create a more inclusive, just world. How? Through a commitment to SEL.

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Why do Kids Lose Control of Their Emotions?

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Why do Kids Lose Control of Their Emotions?

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Kids should be able to understand how their brain works in order to help them manage their emotions.

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Kids need to realize that things come and go and learn to have self control.  There's no need to cry for the little things.

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Showing kids how to resist will help them do better in and out of the classroom.

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Sesame Street: Ian McKellen Teaches Cookie Monster to Resist

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Everyone will always have a bad day, no matter who they are. Kids just need to learn how to handle these emotions so they can feel better.

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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker

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Kids will feel many different emotions, so it's good to recognize how they feel.

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Kids should realize that they can overcome these feelings of anger. They are stronger than these negative emotions.

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I am Stronger than Anger | Read Aloud by Reading Pioneers Academy

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This is episode 1 of a 5 episode series which shows how students can improve their growth mindset in the classroom.

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Growth Mindset (1 of 5) | Social Emotional Learning for kids

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Change Your Future by Changing Your Attitude!

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Change Your Future by Changing Your Attitude!

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This animation shows how if students were to change the way they think, they will have better results in anything they do.

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This is a study that was done in a park to see how positive and negative reinforcement affected the players. When students get positive reinforcement they will do better.

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This video shows how when you put your mind to something, you will be able to achieve it even when there are obstacles in the way.

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This book outlines the best practices used and how to integrate SEL into elementary schools. Recommended by casel.org

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Integrating Theory and Research into Practice

Authors: Cefai, Carmel, Cavioni, Valeria

​Explores social-emotional education (SEE) as a key competence in primary schools

Provides practicable guidance on incorporating SEE within the classroom and throughout the entire school ecology

Explores SEE as a multidimensional, multistage, multi-intervention, multitarget program for school children

Discusses the emotional and social benefits not only for students but for school professionals and parents as well​

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Buy this book

ISBN 978-1-4614-8752-4

Digitally watermarked, DRM-free

Included format: PDF, EPUB

ebooks can be used on all reading devices

Immediate eBook download after purchase

About this book

This book synthesizes concepts, findings, and best practices for a complete guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional education (SEE) programs. Emphasizing "caught" as well as taught lessons, it offers a whole-school framework for SEE, with content, rationales, assessment tools, and age-appropriate strategies. Interventions are also included for use across subjects, to engage learners and assist students with behavioral and emotional difficulties. And the lessons travel beyond the classroom, involving the whole school, families and communities.

Key areas of coverage include:

How SEE can be taught and assessed as a core competence.

Classroom and whole school frameworks to enhance SEE.

Examples of targeted interventions for at-risk students.

Techniques for enlisting parents and communities in supporting SEE.

A complete online set of SEE class and homework activities.

Social and Emotional Education in Primary School is an essential resource for scientist-practitioners, educators, and other professionals as well as researchers and graduate students in special and general education, child and school psychology, educational psychology, social work, positive psychology, and family-related fields.

About the authors

Carmel Cefai, Ph.D., CPsychol., is the Director of the European Centre for Resilience and Health, and Head of the Department of Psychology, at the University of Malta, Malta. He is founding Honoury co-Chair of the European Network for Social and Emotional Competence (ENSEC) and joint editor of the International Journal of Emotional Education. For a number of years he also worked as a school teacher and educational psychologist. He leads a number of international projects on social and emotional education, mental health and resilience in schools, and has numerous publications in the area, including the popular Promoting Resilience in the Classroom: A Guide to Developing Pupils Emotional and Cognitive Skills (2008).

Valeria Cavioni, Ph.D., is an educational psychologist in Italy, and she's currently collaborating in research and teaching with the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Pavia in Italy. She is also involved in research projects on wellbeing with the European Centre for Resilience and Health at the University of Malta. Her field of research is social and emotional learning and emotional wellbeing in nursery and primary schools, and she is presently working on evidence-based programs in this area. She has published various scientific papers, book chapters and participated in numerous conferences on social and emotional development in childhood.

"This book cogently summarizes the latest advances in research, theory, and practice for educators who promote the social, emotional, and academic learning of primary-school students. It provides practical tools and strategies that teachers, administrators, and student support staff can apply in daily instruction and programming to enhance students' optimal development and academic performance. This book is a valuable resource for teacher preparation and for professional learning communities of educators."
Roger P. Weissberg, President and CEO, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
"This extraordinarily compact and valuable book integrates the best available theory, research, and practice internationally and services as an essential resource for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers. It is rare indeed that one book, in relatively few pages, can accomplish all of these goals. But Carmel Cefai has done so."
Maurice Elias, Director Rutgers Social-Emotional Learning Lab, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. Phillip Slee, Professor in Human Development, Flinders University, South Australia.
"This book breathes life and vitality into the journey for researchers, teachers, and anyone undertaking the challenge of helping young people flourish in academically and socially competent and resilient ways in this modern world."
Charmaine Agius Ferrante, Malta Review of Educational Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2014
"This book is a fascinating read because it supports educationalists engaged in teaching, planning and curriculum development. The educationists are informed of the social and emotional processes in education as well as in the formation of socially, emotionally and academically competent and resilient students. The book adopts a comprehensive whole school approach to the teaching of SEE, integrating it into the curriculum and teaching at an individual, classroom and school level. This sits well in our inclusive school climate. Innovatively this book includes SEE interventions with students experiencing difficulties together with an awareness of the emotional life and well-being of teachers and parents in their child's education. The use of educational checklists enhances and supports self-development of the individual within a whole school community."
Joan Pritchard, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, Vol 20, Issue 2, 2014
"The book's topic - social and emotional education (SEE) - will not be new to readers. The book seeks to demonstrate that the proposed practice is firmly based on well-established theory. The book offers a number of strategies, frameworks, and assessment methods which provide a possible curriculum for SEE. They are based on a range of theories and methods that are used with success across several countries. These methods are acknowledged and evidence is given from work carried out. The presentation and style used makes the book accessible to those working in the field."
Paul A. Bartolo, The International Journal of Emotional Eduation, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2014
"Increasing importance is being given by psychologists and educators to the promotion of what has been termed as Social Emotional Learning or Emotional Literacy, or as Cefai and Cavioni calls it, Social and Emotional Education (SEE). Cefai and Cavioni's book is a most useful gift for educators who would like to get to grips with this new important area of education. This book should be in the hands of every primary school teacher and head of school. This book is the best tool for accessing current expertise on the education of the 'heart' in the most compact way."

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Social and Emotional Education in Primary School - Integrating Theory and Research into Practice | Carmel Cefai | Springer

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This book synthesizes concepts, findings, and best practices for a complete guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional education (SEE) programs. Emphasizing "caught" as well as taught lessons, it offers a whole-school framework for SEE, with content, rationales, assessment...

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This book can help educators who are starting to implement SEL into their classrooms. It gives case studies and feedback on SEL. Recommended by casel.org

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The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and policy. The prominent editors and contributors describe state-of-the-art intervention and prevention programs designed to build students' skills for managing emotions, showing concern for others, making responsible decisions, and forming positive relationships. Conceptual and scientific underpinnings of SEL are explored and its relationship to children's and adolescents' academic success and mental health examined. Issues in implementing and assessing SEL programs in diverse educational settings are analyzed in depth, including the roles of school- and district-level leadership, teacher training, and school-family partnerships.

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Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning: Research and Practice

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The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and policy. The prominent editors and contributors describe state-of-the-art intervention and prevention programs designed to build students' skills for managing emotions, showing concern for others, making responsible decisions, and forming positive relationships.

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This Ted Talk discusses how SEL can apply to everyone, not only students. When we learn how to apply SEL to our day to day lives, we will have more control of our emotions. As a teacher, we can better understand our students and help them succeed.

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How Social-Emotional Learning Benefits Everyone | Caige Jambor | TEDxBemidji

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This teacher explains how in order to teach her students self-regulation, she gives examples about her own life and how she's feeling so the students can better understand. This will help students realize their own emotions and how it is effecting themselves.