Social Emotional Learning

DID YOU KNOW?

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING HELPS ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND YOUTH BENEFIT:  

Research shows that social-emotional learning and resiliency skills can have a positive impact on home climate and promote a host of social, and emotional benefits. Durlak, Weissberg et al.'s recent meta-analysis of 213 rigorous studies of SEL in schools indicates that students receiving quality SEL instruction demonstrated:

• Reduced emotional distress: fewer reports of student depression, anxiety, stress, and social withdrawal

• Better academic performance and motivation to do well online: achievement scores an average of 11 percentile points higher than students who did not receive SEL instruction

• Improved attitudes and behaviors: greater motivation to learn, deeper commitment to school, increased time devoted to schoolwork, and better classroom behavior

• Fewer negative behaviors: decreased disruptive class behavior, noncompliance, aggression, delinquent acts, and disciplinary referrals

Here are some helpful links regarding Social and Emotional Learning, Research and Statistics:

• CASEL.ORG

• Panorama for SEL

• The Neuropsychology of Social-Emotional Learning Disabilities, Martha Bridge Denckla, MD

• Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does the …edited by Joseph E. Zins

• Caring Classrooms/Intelligent Schools: The Social Emotional Education of Young Children. Series on Social Emotional Learning.   Cohen, Jonathan, Ed.

• The effects of a multiyear universal social–emotional learning program: The role of student and school characteristics. 

Here are links for parents and students to get support for depression, suicide, bullying, drug abuse and LGBTQ issues:

• South Bay Families Connected

• Wall Street Journal: Social and Emotional Learning Has Never Been More Important...

• Addiction Resources for LGBTQIA

• Why Substance Abuse is Worse in the LGBTQ Community