Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom Promoting Mental Health and Academic Success

by Merrell, Kenneth W.; Gueldner, Barbara A.

• ISBN13: 9781606235508
• ISBN10: 1606235508
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-29
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This highly engaging, eminently practical book provides essential resources for implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) in any K-12 setting. Numerous vivid examples illustrate the nuts and bolts of this increasingly influential approach to supporting students' mental health, behavior, and academic performance. Helpful reproducibles are included. The authors offer clear-cut guidance on how to:Choose the right SEL program for a particular school Teach SEL concepts to students, teachers, and administrators Weave SEL into the classroom curriculum to boost academic success Adapt interventions for culturally and linguistically diverse students and those with special needs Monitor outcomes and maximize the quality of interventions.This text will be valuable to school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and administrators; also of interest to general and special education teachers. It will also serve as a text in graduate-level courses such as Methods of School-Based Intervention.

Author Biography

Kenneth W. Merrell, PhD, is Professor of School Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he has served as School Psychology Program Director and as head of the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences. His research and clinical interests focus on social and emotional learning in schools and social-emotional assessment and intervention with children and adolescents. He has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on these topics, as well as several books, assessment instruments, and intervention programs. Dr. Merrell has extensive experience in working with children and youth in school settings and in leading academic and research programs.

 

Barbara A. Gueldner, PhD, is a psychologist with Parker Pediatrics and Adolescents in the greater Denver, Colorado, metro area. She has over a decade of experience working as a school psychologist in the public school systems in Wisconsin and Oregon and with children from infancy through young adulthood in pediatric primary care and intensive medical and psychiatric inpatient care. Dr. Gueldner’s research and clinical interests comprise universal prevention of and early intervention into children’s mental health concerns, issues in pediatric psychology, consultation, and training mental health professionals. She has coauthored several articles and book chapters on these topics and a social and emotional learning curriculum for students.

Table of Contents

1. Social and Emotional Learning: What It Is, and What It Can Do for Your Students 2. Social and Emotional Learning Curricula: A Review of Selected Programs 3. The Essentials of Using Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom 4. Using Social and Emotional Learning to Foster Academic Learning 5. One Size Does Not Fit All: Adapting Social and Emotional Learning for Use in Our Multicultural World, with Sara Castro-Olivo 6. When Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom Is Not Enough: Linking Students to Mental Health Services 7. Assessment and Evaluation Strategies in Social and Emotional Learning 8. Using Social and Emotional Learning within School Systems: Organizational Dynamics and Strategic Planning