TOPIC: Social and Emotional Development and Social Skills

The following reflects our most recent response for technical assistance related to this topic. This list represents a sample of information to get you started and is not meant to be exhaustive.
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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Guides to Practice

• What Schools Can Do to Welcome and Meet the Needs of All Students and Families

Introductory Packet

• Early Development and Learning from the Perspectives of Addressing Barriers
• Social and Interpersonal Problems Related to School Aged Youth
• Transitions: Turning Risks into Opportunities for Student Support

Newsletter

• Easing the Impact of Student Mobility: Welcoming & Social Support
• Engaging the Strengths of Families, Youth, and Communities in Rebuilding Learning Supports
• Natural Opportunities to Promote Social-Emotional Learning and MH
• Promoting Youth Development and Addressing Barriers
• Re-engaging Students in Learning at School

Quick Training Aid

• Bullying Prevention

Resource Aid Packet

• Addressing Barriers to Learning: A Set of Surveys to Map What a School Has and What It Needs
• Improving Teaching and Learning Supports by Addressing the Rhythm of a Year

Technical Aid Packet

• School-Based Mutual Support Groups (For Parents, Staff, Older Students)
• After-School Programs and Addressing Barriers to Learning
• Welcoming and Involving New Students and Families

Technical Assistance Sampler

• Protective Factors (Resiliency)

Training Tutorial

• Support for Transitions to Address Barriers to Learning

Practice Notes

• Common Behavior Problems at School: A Natural Opportunity for Social and Emotional Learning
• Natural Opportunities to Promote Social-Emotional Learning and MH
• Welcoming Strategies for Newly Arrived Students and Their Families

• Standards & Benchmarks
  • Sample Draft SEL Standards for Illinois—August 2003
  • Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) SEL learning standards
  • Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) SEL learning standards - Resources
  • Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards and Benchmarks for the Anchorage School District

• Policies, Practices & Programs
  • Building Services & Systems to Support the Health Emotional Development of Young Children - An Action Guide for Policymakers
  • Character Education Project Evaluation Findings
  • Children's Mental Health Plan (New York State Office of Mental Health)
  • Early Intervention for Children at Risk for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: Implications for Policy and Practice (PDF)
  • Emotional, developmental, behavioral health of American children and their families: a report from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health (2006) L. Blanchard, et al, Pediatrics, 117(6) e1202-e1212
  • Guidance for Program Design: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children and Their Families in Early Childhood Education Settings
  • A Review of Illinois School District Policies for Incorporating Social and Emotional Development into District Educational Programs
  • Social and Emotional Learning Practices in Illinois Schools
  • Social Skills Instruction for Student with Learning Disabilities
  • SSS: Social Skill Strategies (Book A & B).  By, Nancy Gajewski and Patty Mayo.
  • Socially and Emotionally Informed Disciplinary Practice: An Interview with Alan M. Blankstein
  • Sustainable schoolwide social and emotional learning implementation guide and toolkit
  • Transformative leadership for social-emotional learning. (From CASEL)

• Fact Sheets (general Information)
  • CHILDREN WITHOUT FRIENDS, PART 4:IMPROVING SOCIAL SKILLS
  • Building young minds: the importance of social and emotional development
  • CLIMBERS: Social Skills
  • Knowledge Path on Child and Adolescent Social and Emotional Development
  • Lessons for life: how smart schools boost academic, social and emotional intelligence
  • Social Skills

• Curriculum Guides (teaching material)
  • Concrete ways to improve social skills
  • The connections between academics and social-emotional learning. (From CASEL)
  • Developing Social Skills
  • Developmental Therapy - Teaching Programs: Skills for helping troubled or troubling children
  • Exploring Stereotypes (grades 4-6)
  • Ready-To-Use Social Skills: Lessons and Activities for Grades PreK-K.  Edited by: Ruth Welmann Begun (1995). The Center for Applied Research in Education
  • Safe and Sound: An Education Leader's Guide to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning Programs. Center for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
  • Working with Shy or Withdrawn Students
  • Young Children's Social Development: A Checklist

• Research Reports
  • Character Education (from the What Works Clearinghouse)
  • Early Childhood Programs: The Use of Impact Evaluations to Assess Program Effects (PDF)
  • Family Resiliency: Building Strengths to Meet Life's Challenges
  • Fostering Resilience in Children
  • A Good Beginning: Sending America's Children to School with the Social and Emotional Competence They need to Succeed (PDF)
  • Having Friends, Making Friends, and Keeping Friends: Relationships as Educational
  • The impact of after-school programs that promote personal and social skills. - Executive Summary (From CASEL)
  • Implementation, sustainability, and scaling up of social-emotional and academic innovations in public schools (From CASEL)
  • Laboratory for Student Success Partnership Series: nos. 109-111 focused on social and emotional aspects of adolescent identity, and how schools and parents can support teens
  • Lessons from the Field: Head Start Mental Health Strategies to Meet Changing Needs
  • Loneliness in Young Children
  • Long-Term Outcomes of Early Childhood Programs : Analysis and Recommendations
  • Making the Case for Social and Emotional Learning and Service-Learning
  • Mobilizing for Evidence-based Character Education
  • Perceived Professional Development Needs for Implementing Social and Emotional Learning
  • POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs
  • Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform (2000)
  • Promoting Social and Emotional Learning
  • Ready to Enter: What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
  • Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders During the First Five Years of Life: A Review of Preventive Interventions (PDF)
  • Resilience: Status of the Research and Research-Based Programs
  • School Involvement in Early Childhood, D. Hinkle, National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
  • The scientific base linking social and emotional learning to school success (From CASEL)
  • Set for Success: Building a Strong Foundation for School Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children
  • Targeted Early Intervention Programs and Their Benefits (PDF)
  • Understanding and Facilitating Preschool Children's Peer Acceptance
  • What is Early Intervention
  • What We Know About Early Childhood Intervention
  • "What works in school-based social and emotional learning programs for positive youth development" (2004) R. Weissberg & M. Utne O'Brien, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (PDF)

Clearinghouse Archived Material

• Best Practices in Social Skills Training in Best Practices in School Psychology- III
• Building Social Skills in the Classroom
• Cognitive Problem-Solving Skills Training and Parent Management Training in the Treatment of Antisocial Behavior in Children
• Life Skills Education In Schools
• Resolving Conflict Successfully: Needed Knowledge and Skills
• The Rethink Method for Managing Anger Document Title
• School-Based Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents
• Why We Should Care About Caring

Related Agencies and Websites

• Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University Child Development Center
• Center for Social & Emotional Education
• Center on Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center
• Children First: The Website of the National PTA
• Code of Ethics for Educators. Character Development Foundation
• The Collaboration for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
• Committee on Psychological Aspects of Child and Family Health, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Finance Project
• Girls and Boys Town, USA
• Journal of Research in Character Education
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
• Pediatric Development and Behavior
• Pep Club
• Project Resilience
• Resiliency in Action
• Search Institute
• The Shyness Homepage
• Social Development Research Group

Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained Through Libraries

• Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does the Research Say.  By, J.E. Zins. Teachers College Press. 2004.
• Building Social Problem-Solving Skills: Guidelines From a School-Based Program.  By, M.J. Elias &    J.F. Clabby. Jossey-Bass Inc, Publishers; San Francisco, CA, US, 1992.
• Caring Classrooms/Intelligent Schools: The Social Emotional Education of Young Children.   By, J.P Comer. Teachers College Press, 2001.
• The Culture and Lifestyle-Appropriate Social Skills Intervention Curriculum (CLASSIC): A Program for Socially Valid Social Skills Training.  By, J.A. Dygdon. Clinical Psychology Publishing Co, Inc; Brandon, VT, US, 1993.
• Curriculum Strategies for Teaching Social Skills to the Disabled: Dealing with Inappropriate Behaviors.  By, G.R. Taylor. Charles C Thomas Publisher, Springfield, IL, US, 1998.
• The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom.  By, M.J. Elias & H. Arnold. (2006). Corwin Press.
• Fostering Emotional Intelligence in K-8 Students: Simple Strategies and Ready-To-Use Activities.  By, G. Doty. (2001). Corwin Press.
• Games to Enhance Social and Emotional Skills: Sixty-Six Games That Teach Children, Adolescents, and Adults Skills Crucial to Success in Life.  By, J.M. Malouff & N.S. Schutte. Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, IL, US, 1998.
• Group Exercises for Enhancing Social Skills and Self-Esteem.  By, S.S. Khalsa. Professional Resource Press/Professional Resource Exchange, Inc; Sarasota, FL, US, 1996.
• Helping Young Children Develop Social Skills: The Social Growth Program. By, C.A. Polewach King & D.S. Kirschenbaum. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co; Pacific Grove, CA, US, 1992.
• The Kindness Curriculum: Introducing Young Children to Loving Values.  By, J. A. Rice.  Redleaf Press, a division of Resources for Child Caring.
• Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators.  By, M.J. Elias (1997). Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
• Promoting Social Skills Training in Classrooms: Issues for School Counselors.  By, J.W. Maag (1994). School Counselor, Vol. 42 (2): pp.100-113.
• The School-Based Promotion of Social Competence: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.  Edited by: R.J. Haggerty, L.R. Sherrod, N. Garmezy, & M. Rutter, Eds. In: Stress, Risk, and Resilience in Children and Adolescents: Processes, Mechanisms, and Interventions. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, US 1994.
• Social Skills and Personal Problem Solving: A Handbook of Methods.  By, P. Priestley and others. New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, 1979.
• Social Skills for Mental Health: A Structured Learning Approach.  By, R.P. Sprafkin, J.N. Gershaw & A.P. Goldstein. Allyn & Bacon, Inc; Boston, MA, US, 1993.
• Social Skills of Children and Adolescents: Conceptualization, Assessment, Treatment.  By, K.W. Merrell & G.A. Gimpel. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, Mahwah, NJ, US, 1998.
• Support for School-Based Social Competence Promotion.  By, R.P. Weissberg (1990). American Psychologist, Vol. 45 (8): pp.986-988.
• Teaching Children Self-Discipline... At Home and At School: New Ways For Parents and Teachers to Build Self-Control, Self-Esteem, and Self-Reliance.  By, G. Thomas. Times Books/Random House, Inc; New York, 1989.
• Teaching Social Competence: A Practical Approach for Improving Social Skills in Students At-Risk. D.R. Knapczyk & P.G. Rodes. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co; Pacific Grove, CA, US, 1996.
• Teaching Social-Emotional Skills at School and Home. By L. Elksnin. Love Publishing Company. 2006., US, 1996.

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