Responsible Decision Making

An online resource for teaching students with limited formal schooling

The Teaching Refugees with Limited Formal Schooling (LFS) Website was developed by the Calgary Board of Education in Alberta, Canada, …

Brochure for educators receiving refugee students into their classrooms

This 6-page brochure, developed by the US Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (BRIA), is designed for educators who are …

A children’s book about the school-day challenges of an immigrant child: From Far Away

A children’s book about the school-day challenges of an immigrant child: From Far Away

from far away

From Far Away is a children’s book by Canadian author, Robert Munsch, based on the real life experiences of Saoussan, …

A Primary Lesson Plan about Helping Newcomers with their Challenges

The Welcoming a Newcomer lesson plan from the Critical Thinking Consortium, based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is designed to help …

Using the lives and words of historical figures to inspire character building: The Wise Skills program

The Wise Skills program is designed to develop character, resilience, and grit, and to strengthen social and emotional skills in …

Teaching responsible decision making for students K-8: The Social Decision Making/Problem Solving (SDM/PS) Program

The Social Decision Making/Problem Solving (SDM/PS) Program, developed by the Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare Research and Training Institute in the …

A PreK–3 program for developing self-regulatory and social-emotional skills: The SECURe Program

The SECURe program was created by the EASEL lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in collaboration with the …

A preK-12 program that combines SEL with education about dog behaviors, and pet shelters: The Mutt-i-grees program

The Mutt-i-grees Curriculum, developed by the Pet Savers Foundation and the Yale University School of the 21st Century (US), builds …

Highly adaptable K-12 curriculum for Character Education: The Character First Program

The Character First program was developed by Character First Education, a division of Strata Leadership based in Oklahoma, USA. This …

A detailed guide to 25 widely-used SEL programs in the US: Navigating SEL from the Inside Out

This report was commissioned in 2017 by The Wallace Foundation, a New York based philanthropy, to educate school personnel and …