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A call for greater integration of SEL into daily educational practices

This article, published in 2012, proposes that new perspectives in the teaching of SEL, and a deeper integration of SEL …

A video on the five core competencies in Social and Emotional Learning

An engaging and well-made, 6-minute video from Edutopia that provides an overview of SEL, and helps viewers understand the five …

A program to help older elementary school children resolve conflicts safely: the WITS LEADS program

WITS LEADS is a literature-based program that was developed in Victoria, BC, Canada, as an upward extension of the WITS

A touching video message about Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

This short, 2-minute video created by the Dalai Lama Center in Vancouver makes the case for ‘educating the heart’. Narrated …

A bullying and peer victimization prevention program for young children: The WITS Primary Program

The WITS Primary Program was developed in Victoria, BC, Canada, to teach children in Kindergarten to Grade 3 strategies for …

Creating caring school communities: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)

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The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP), co-founded by Morningside Center and the New York City Department of Education in 1985, …

A Canadian Red Cross program to promote healthy adolescent romantic relationships

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Healthy Youth Relationships (HYR) is a program developed by the Canadian Red Cross to help youth avoid violent relationships by …

A Canadian Red Cross program for bullying prevention: Beyond the Hurt

A Canadian Red Cross program for bullying prevention: Beyond the Hurt

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Beyond the Hurt is a bullying prevention program developed by the Canadian Red Cross. Through lessons, activities and videos, this …

Teaching children how to think through social problems: The PATHS Program

Teaching children how to think through social problems: The PATHS Program

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The Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) program, developed in Seattle in 2000, promotes social competence, emotion literacy and regulation, …

The Open Circle approach for social and emotional learning

The Open Circle approach for social and emotional learning

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The Open Circle approach was developed over thirty years ago in Wellesley College, MA, USA. The program pivots on 15-minute …