What is SEL?

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) “is the process through which children, youth, and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.” The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has identified Five Core SEL Competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible DecisionMaking.

Advancing Social and emotional learning. CASEL. (2021, September 15). Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://casel.org/. Social-Emotional Learning. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2021, from http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/sel.