affective education, social learning, Education, Social Work, learning, emotions, emotional learning, Mental Health, academic success 

The Guilford practical intervention in the schools series 

"This trusted resource--now in a thoroughly updated second edition reflecting the tremendous growth of the field--provides a best-practice guide to planning and implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) in K-12 classrooms and schools. The authors present a roadmap to help practitioners choose exemplary programs and strategies, integrate SEL with academics and mental health interventions, create culturally affirming programming for diverse students, use assessment to guide data-based decision making, and support educator SEL. In a large-size format with convenient lay-flat binding, the volume includes illustrative vignettes and 25 reproducible worksheets and other practical tools. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. Subject Areas/Key Words: social-emotional learning, teaching empathy, competence, school psychology, SEL programs, strong kids, behavioral problems, bullying, skills, prevention, interventions, school-based, wellness, MTSS, PBIS, curriculums, implementation, resources, elementary, secondary, students, teachers, school psychologists, children, adolescents, assessments, professional development, manuals, curricula, initiatives, prosocial behaviors, antisocial, classroom management, mindfulness, relationships, self-control, conflict resolution, aggression Audience: School psychologists, counselors, and social workers working with children ages 6-17 (grades K-12); school administrators; general and special education teachers"-- Provided by publisher. 

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social and emotional learning : what it is and what it can do for your students -- Strategic planning for social and emotional learning -- Social and emotional learning curricula : a review of programs and guide to selection -- The essentials of using social and emotional learning in the classroom -- Academics and social and emotional learning : an interconnected and integrated relationship -- One size does not fit all : adapting social and emotional learning in our multicultural world with Sara Castro-Olivo, Ana d'Abreu, Jessica Furrer, and Oscar Widales-Benitez -- Assessment and evaluation strategies in social and emotional learning -- Social and emotional learning and mental health interventions : a multi-tiered and ecological approach -- Educators' social and emotional competence.