Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

Social-emotional learning (SEL), as defined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.”1

Social-emotional learning is vital for students because understanding emotions, knowing how to manage their emotions, as well as communicate with others, will allow to be productive children, adolescents, and adults. I am using a social-emotional learning curriculum with small group counseling as well as monthly guidance lessons called The Zones of Regulation. For more information about social-emotional learning and the curriculum that your students are being exposed to, you may click the picture, and it will take you to the site.