Continuum of Interventions

5. Social Emotional Learning

SEL (Social Emotional Learning): 

Social Emotional Learning is an important part of the intervention continuum that can promote a positive school climate and culture.

Social emotional learning is the process of acquiring and effectively applying the knowledge, attitude and skills necessary to recognize and manage one's own emotions.  It involves developing care and concern for others, making responsible decisions, establishing positive relationships and handling challenging situations. There is over 20 years of research in the area of Social Emotional Learning (SEL). The research agrees on the same five domains of SEL. CASEL  is an agency that focuses on SEL and has collected large amounts of research on SEL.  Additionally, CASEL will assess any SEL curriculum submitted looking for the five different SEL domains. This is the link to the CASEL.org website: CASEL’S SEL Framework - CASEL

The five domains of social emotional learning are:

1. Self-awareness, which is the ability to identify one's own emotions
2. Social awareness, which is empathy, and respect for others
3. Responsible decision making
4. Self- Management which is impulse control, stress management, and persistence, or not giving up
5. Relationship skills such as cooperation and communication.

PBIS and SEL: 

PBIS has influenced SEL by adding that individual instructions are not enough. SEL needs to be taught at the classroom level, schoolwide level and introduced into the home and community environments.