Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy最新文献

{"title":"An integrative model for culturally sustaining SEL in the classroom","authors":"Emily A. Meland ,&nbsp;Gretchen Brion-Meisels","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent decades, social and emotional learning (SEL) has become widespread in classrooms across the United States and around the globe, as an ever-growing body of research links the development of social emotional skills to positive outcomes in school, work, and life. In practice, SEL in schools has also encountered challenges related to definition, implementation, and equity. In this paper, we present a model that integrates the core principles of successful SEL practice from developmental and prevention science with culturally sustaining and asset-based pedagogies. We propose that culturally sustaining SEL in the classroom rests on three core adult competencies: 1) engaging in critical reflection; 2) building caring, authentic, and reciprocal relationships; and 3) shifting the balance of power toward the developing students. These competencies are both strengthened by and enacted through the facilitative processes of co-regulation and co-construction, and are the foundation upon which culturally sustaining classroom norms, structures, and SEL practices are built. As SEL arrives at a crossroads of practice, policy, and politics, a flexible, adaptable, responsive, and co-constructed model of culturally sustaining SEL in the classroom offers a path forward that honors and sustains the diversity of our classrooms and deepens our commitment to equity in practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000160/pdfft?md5=97196739c3a6106090405407dd9e7d81&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000160-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140761717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A statewide multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) and mental health","authors":"James B. Vetter ,&nbsp;Shai Fuxman ,&nbsp;Yuxuan Eleanor Dong","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Amidst growing concerns about the prolonged youth mental health crisis, many schools across the United States provide social and emotional supports for students through both universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs and practices and through more targeted and intensive mental health supports. However, all too often, these supports are implemented in a way that is not coordinated to ensure that students benefit in a systematic and equitable manner. This article provides a case study example from a statewide initiative to address this issue: the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Academy (SEB Academy) operated by Education Development Center (EDC) as part of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Academies funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The SEB Academy supports schools in assessing and improving their MTSS for SEL and mental health. Schools improve their systems for identifying students needing SEL and mental health support at each tier, providing appropriate support, monitoring student progress, and adjusting supports as appropriate while ensuring cultural responsiveness and equity. Key strategies, tools, and approaches in implementing this MTSS approach to SEL and mental health in schools and districts are described. Implications for the field of SEL and mental health are discussed, including how states and other education stakeholders can support an MTSS approach to SEL and mental health at scale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000202/pdfft?md5=5b151410103ed102ecaa8a82a3bf48b0&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000202-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141144621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adapting SEL interventions to meet student needs: A research-practice partnership supporting students with emotional disabilities","authors":"Blair Cox ,&nbsp;Michelle Flemen-Tung ,&nbsp;Natalie May ,&nbsp;Elise Cappella ,&nbsp;Erum Nadeem ,&nbsp;Christine Park ,&nbsp;Anil Chacko","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100047","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Implementing school-based social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions requires consideration of both evidence-based practices as well as contextual fit based on student needs. One key approach to adapting SEL interventions is through research-practice partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and school district leaders. The current paper explores the ways a research-practice partnership supports an inclusive education intervention, called the Path Program, designed to support elementary students with emotional disabilities through both structural elements and evidence-based practices. Using the research-practice exchange in the Path Program to support a continuous improvement approach to adaptation, the Path Program uses a Plan Do Study Act cycle to continually infuse SEL activities with a trauma-informed approach to meet student needs. The paper offers crucial information for SEL interventions on the strengths of leveraging research-practice partnerships for program adaptation as well as implementation.</p></div><div><h3>Impact statement</h3><p>The current paper importantly sheds light on ways to leverage a research-practice partnership to support intervention adaptation and implementation to better meet student needs while maintaining evidence-based practices. Specifically, the paper details the importance of infusing SEL activities with trauma-informed practices to meet students with emotional disabilities’ needs and the ways a research-practice partnership supports that process. The paper informs researchers, practitioners, and school leaders on ways to use partnerships to develop stronger SEL interventions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000214/pdfft?md5=427fdfb15de4529d800674499f9bb527&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000214-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141302503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring teacher beliefs about factors that promote Classroom Social and Emotional Learning (CSEL)","authors":"Mayank Sharma,&nbsp;Anya Chakraborty,&nbsp;Nandini Chatterjee Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The success of social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom hinges on the buy-in of teachers, as they serve as the principal implementers of SEL initiatives. This is particularly relevant in contexts where SEL is nascent and emerging. In response to this need, we developed a scale to measure teachers’ beliefs about factors that promote classroom social and emotional learning (CSEL). We validated the scale in India, where SEL has recently gained attention, on a large sample of teachers (N = 2097). Factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure comprising beliefs about healthy classroom management, inclusive classroom culture and supportive student relationships. The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties: strong internal consistency, predictive validity (with mental well-being), convergent validity (with emotional intelligence), discriminant validity (with perceived stress) and measurement invariance across males and females. We hope that understanding teachers' beliefs on these factors can help inform successful program implementation, and thus offer crucial insights for mainstreaming SEL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000238/pdfft?md5=0e763652df4e19be42c13156d00c763d&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000238-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141324752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting adolescent well-being at school: Integrating transformative social and emotional learning and trauma-informed education","authors":"Jacqueline E. Maloney ,&nbsp;Jenna Whitehead ,&nbsp;David Long ,&nbsp;Julia Kaufmann ,&nbsp;Eva Oberle ,&nbsp;Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl ,&nbsp;Michelle Cianfrone ,&nbsp;Alexander Gist ,&nbsp;Hasina Samji","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is an urgent need to support the social and emotional well-being of adolescents with experiences of adversity and trauma. Adolescence is a critical period of development for promoting social and emotional competencies, which can prevent poor mental health and problematic substance use and promote thriving during challenging teenage years and beyond. Both transformative social and emotional learning (TSEL) and trauma-informed programs for schools (TIPS) have been identified as promising practices for supporting social and emotional well-being among young people with experiences of adversity. We propose a pragmatic theory of action for schools for implementing and evaluating initiatives that integrate TSEL and TIPS made up of three iterative components: awareness, assessment, and action. The TSEL + TIPS Theory of Action is illustrated by a case study of a cross-sectoral collaboration of government, schools, researchers, healthcare, and adolescents to implement TSEL and TIPS initiatives in British Columbia, Canada. The case study provides evidence for the feasibility of TSEL + TIPS Theory of Action and may serve as an example for other regions as experiences of adversity and poor mental health continue to rise among adolescents globally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000184/pdfft?md5=9718af8e9aa706ce835e1bc95242dacb&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000184-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141034511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The future is inclusive: An invitation for interdisciplinary collaboration between social emotional learning and special education researchers","authors":"Kristabel Stark ,&nbsp;Jessica B. Koslouski ,&nbsp;Julie Vadhan ,&nbsp;Madison Vega","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this conceptual article, we envision a future in which collaboration among social emotional learning (SEL) researchers and special education researchers strengthens inclusive policies and practices within our schools, fostering the meaningful participation of all students with respect to their academic, social, and emotional strengths and needs. We make a case for the value and urgency of interdisciplinary research among SEL scholars and special education scholars, explaining how scholarship within each field would benefit from greater integration of the evidence and scholarly discourse of the other. Then, to catalyze our vision for increased collaboration, we present four assertions about inclusion that we believe are foundational to future, collaborative efforts toward more inclusive schools and educational systems. We assert that inclusion 1) is an active stance against exclusion, 2) requires clarity in roles and responsibilities, 3) benefits everyone, and 4) is a long-term investment. In presenting these assertions, we surface both current barriers to inclusion and the potential of interdisciplinary research to productively address these challenges. We conclude with an invitation for researchers to engage in increased interdisciplinary collaboration in service of advancing a vision of inclusive schools.</p></div><div><h3>Impact Statement</h3><p>We argue that through increased collaboration, special education researchers and social and emotional learning researchers have opportunities to increase inclusion and meaningful belonging within schools. We offer four action steps to move both fields forward in their research and promotion of meaningful participation of all students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000172/pdfft?md5=10badb2b85ffdec1b19a1b889d7f4a8f&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000172-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140948855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between self-efficacy and anxiety symptoms in adolescents: Secondary analysis of a preventive program","authors":"Eliane Saint-Pierre Mousset ,&nbsp;Julie Lane ,&nbsp;Danyka Therriault ,&nbsp;Pasquale Roberge","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100040","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100040","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anxiety disorders are common among adolescents. To avert long-term adverse consequences, several school-based prevention programs have been created, yet few have explored the influence of emotional and social self-efficacy as a psychosocial competence on anxiety symptoms. In the context of the implementation of a school-situated anxiety prevention program named HORS-PISTE, the present study examines descriptions of anxiety symptoms associated with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety and panic anxiety, and two domains of self-efficacy (social and emotional), as well as an exploration of the association between these two elements, and the predictive effect of self-efficacy on anxiety symptoms. The present study included 1705 adolescents from 15 different schools in 4 different regions of Québec, Canada. Participants completed questionnaires assessing their anxiety symptoms and self-efficacy levels before and after completing the HORS-PISTE program. Our findings suggest that: emotional/social self-efficacy and anxiety symptoms differ according to certain characteristics in adolescents; self-efficacy and anxiety symptoms present a strong association in the context of the implementation of a school-based anxiety prevention program; self-efficacy has a predictive effect on anxiety symptoms; and self-efficacy presents a moderate interaction effect on anxiety symptoms change over time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000147/pdfft?md5=a732e8c0944fbc29ef41f51cc5c683b8&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000147-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141054200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Translating research into action: Leveraging educator expertise to adapt and improve SEL programming","authors":"Michelle McMahon,&nbsp;Christa Hegenauer,&nbsp;Lucy R. Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>School staff implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) programs continue to face significant barriers, one of which includes limited confidence in delivering SEL. This paper describes how schools and school systems can mitigate some of these barriers by actively incorporating educator expertise into SEL programming. Elevating educator expertise in SEL can increase confidence, wellbeing, and willingness to flexibly utilize programming, factors that improve effective SEL implementation and impact students, staff, and learning environments. Using the example of TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) Tier 1 SEL, a school- and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based SEL program that offers K-12 programming, this paper describes how leveraging educator expertise before, during, and after content delivery through programmatic features and adaptations can increase educators’ confidence, reduce salient barriers, and enhance positive impacts for students. This paper also offers several practical strategies for schools and school systems for prioritizing and elevating teacher voice in SEL programming.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000135/pdfft?md5=05b6b6ed737116efac18a0c9c8bf32ab&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000135-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140650837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Facilitating trauma-informed SEL with refugee youth in Uganda via an international research-practice partnership: Lessons learned from The Wellbeing Club","authors":"Amy Vatne Bintliff ,&nbsp;Rebecca S. Levine ,&nbsp;Beinomugisha Peninah ,&nbsp;Zaharah Namanda ,&nbsp;Rita M. Ewaz ,&nbsp;Wendy Wei Cheung ,&nbsp;Nalutaaya Norah ,&nbsp;Jessica E. Choi ,&nbsp;Joshua Lin ,&nbsp;Ainsley Gibson ,&nbsp;Ashley Yung Batchelor ,&nbsp;Jenee Love","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, we introduce a research-practice partnership (RPP) between the University of California San Diego and the non-governmental organization (NGO), Africa Education and Leadership Initiative (Africa ELI), and we share the lessons we learned as we adapted and facilitated <em>The Wellbeing Club</em>, a trauma-informed social and emotional learning (TI-SEL) curriculum, for refugee youth in Uganda. First, we describe our RPP and the goals of our work together. Then, we describe <em>The Wellbeing Club</em>, including its theoretical foundations and curriculum. In the sections that follow, we reflect on lessons learned for effective TI-SEL implementation from the facilitation of <em>The Wellbeing Club</em> with 48 primarily South Sudanese refugee youth: adapting the curriculum to the cultural context, sharing stories of resilience, developing environmental and contextual awareness, developing self-awareness, modeling caring practice, involving youth in changemaking processes, identifying and addressing underlying trauma, and supporting one another in research and practice. In each section, we provide specific examples from practice to illustrate the themes. We conclude with key takeaways and next steps.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000159/pdfft?md5=ee0f73dc1cae7703d419bd8d757a7b5e&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000159-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140767305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“No changes, but I become more positive mentally”: A mixed-methods study of the impact of a combined SEL and MBP on behavior change and academic achievement among Chinese adolescents","authors":"Wanying Zhou ,&nbsp;Ros McLellan","doi":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sel.2024.100038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This mixed-methods study aimed to investigate students' perspectives regarding their behavioral and academic changes following an 8-week combined intervention of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness-Based Program (MBP). A total of 552 teenagers (mean age = 13.03, SD = 0.50, 47.5% females) from an urban Chinese private school participated, with 184 participants randomly assigned to each condition (taught, self-help, and active control groups). Paired-sample t-tests were employed to examine changes within groups, while General Linear Models compared academic achievement changes among the three groups. Despite finding no significant improvement statistically on academic achievement, some students attributed their improved academic performance to the course. Thematic analysis was conducted on 115 written responses and 4 focus group interviews from the taught group. The analysis revealed several key themes among the Chinese population, including no changes, state change, attitude change, and behavior change. These themes were consistent with the theoretical foundations of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and aligned with previous qualitative research on Western adolescents. The study highlights the benefits of techniques and cognitive change in facilitating behavioral change and offers practical suggestions for supporting students in behaviour regulation. It also underscores qualitative research's role in detailing these practices' effects on behavior and academic performance. Furthermore, a proposed model aligns with established behavioral change theories, providing a practical visual aid for teachers. This study offers a comprehensive framework for future research on the theoretical constructs of MBPs and provides practical suggestions for supporting students in behavior regulation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101165,"journal":{"name":"Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233924000123/pdfft?md5=74d523406426d6d8aed904feaf9d1d71&pid=1-s2.0-S2773233924000123-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140794917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}