College of Education and Human Development

On this page you will find social-emotional learning resources vetted by our faculty, graduate students and other content-area experts.

For Educators

• Improving Attendance in a Remote Learning Environment
  From the Center on Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). This brief adapts the suggestions and strategies provided in Improving Attendance and Reducing Chronic Absenteeism to guide practice during remote instruction.
• Creating a PBIS Behavior Teaching Matrix for Remote Instruction
  This practice brief shares tips for maintaining continuity of learning through defining classroom expectations for remote instruction and online learning environments. With a few adaptations, teachers can use a PBIS framework to make remote learning safe, predictable and positive.
• Planning Document for PBIS/MTSS Leadership Teams for Use During COVID-19 Disruption
  State, district or other Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) or PBIS leadership teams can use this action planning template to (1) confirm and re-establish commitment; (2) consider capacity and resource allocation; (3) invest in supporting structures; and (4) promote competency development.
• Returning to School During and After Crisis: A Guide to Supporting States, Districts, Schools, Educators, and Students through a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Framework during the 2020-2021 School Year
  This guide describes a MTSS framework to support students, families and educators during the transitions back to school during and following the global pandemic in a manner that prioritizes their health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth.
• Responding to COVID-19: Simple Strategies Anyone Can Use to Foster an Emotionally Safe School Environment
  Summarizes easy-to-use and low-cost strategies that can be integrated within existing school initiatives and can be adapted to fit different contexts. The report provides examples of what each simple strategy could look like across adult and student populations and provides links to freely accessible resources.
• Engaging a Whole School Approach in Re-opening Schools
  Highlights the critical importance of a comprehensive whole school approach to student success and overall well-being.
• Back to School Resources: Aligning Re-Opening Guidance With the WSCC Model
  This resource is designed to help determine which reopening resources may be best matched to school needs in different communities and over time.
• Search Institute: Developmental Assets and Developmental Relationships
  Since 1958, Search Institute has been doing research on what kids need to succeed. The organization has several free resources available to help you apply what they’ve learned to the children and youth in your life.
• CASEL
  The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning defined SEL more than two decades ago. Today, it supports states, districts and schools nationwide and convenes leading thinkers to ensure SEL is a priority in every school nationwide.
• Rutgers SECD Lab
  The Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab guides school-based efforts on prevention, social-emotional learning, social decision making and social problem solving, violence prevention, and character development.
• Harvard EASEL Lab
  Harvard University’s Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) Laboratory explores the effects of high-quality social-emotional interventions on the development and achievement of children, youth, teachers, parents, and communities.
• Resources and Tips for Supporting Teenagers and Young Adults in Virtual Peer to Peer Engagement
  Information regarding effective practices and resources that promote and enhance communication and engagement of students with disabilities.
• Sesame Street: Emotional Development &  Social Development
  Interactive video lessons that integrate with Google Classroom.

For Families

• Family Plan for Positive Behavior at Home
  Families can use this resource to make a family schedule, choose family expectations, and make a plan to teach, remind, reward and respond to behavior at home.
• Cosmic Kids
  More than a million kids do yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids YouTube channel. Parents and teachers report significant improvements in self-regulation, focus and empathy. Plus, kids love doing them!
• Kids Health
  Advice on children’s health, behavior and growth — from before birth through the teen years. Includes sections for parents, kids, teens and educators.
• Sesame Street: Emotional Development &  Social Development
  Interactive video lessons for young children.