Responsible Decision Making

Helping families and educators promote social and emotional wellbeing in children

The Heart-Mind Online website, developed by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in Vancouver, Canada, is a collection …

A school-wide bullying prevention program: Steps to Respect

Steps to Respect is a program developed by the Committee for Children in Seattle, WA, USA, to decrease bullying in …

The importance of helping children feel empowered

This TED talk features Kiran Bir Sethi, the founder of the Riverside School in India, a school focused on nurturing …

The importance of love and leadership in schools

This TED talk by Linda Cliatt, a principal at a school listed as ‘low performing’ and ‘potentially dangerous’ in Philadelphia, …

Teaching children to take responsibility through Restitution

The Restitution Self-discipline approach, developed by Diane Gossen in Saskatoon, SK, Canada, focuses on relationships, responsibility and respect as a …

Non-cognitive skills that shape academic performance

This report, created in June 2012 by The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research in partnership with the …

How SEL can help to develop resilience in children in contexts of conflict and crisis

This report, published in 2013 by the World Bank in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee, draws connections between Social …

An overview of the research on resilience in children

This article, published in Education Canada in 2010, is a short and easy read summarizing the research on resilience in …

Empowering teen leaders in bully prevention

Empowering teen leaders in bully prevention

bully busters

This book, published in 2012, outlines the Bully Busters Program for High School, a schoolwide program that focuses on empowering …

A comprehensive, school-based approach to bullying prevention and intervention

A comprehensive, school-based approach to bullying prevention and intervention

anti-bullying

The Anti-Bullying Handbook, written by Dr. Keith Sullivan in New Zealand, provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues …