Reference List

"Relationships over Everything. Connection before Content. Maslow before Bloom."


  • CASEL CARES is a new initiative that connects each of you in our global community with experts to address how SEL can be most helpful in response to today’s circumstances.


  • Wide Open School Project is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for students curated by the editors at Common Sense. The site was built in a matter of 25 days on a shared vision. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help and many more are joining on a daily basis.


  • Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to encourage children to thrive. More than just a classroom curriculum, Second Step’s holistic approach helps create a more empathetic society by providing education professionals, families, and the larger community with tools to enable them to take an active role in the social-emotional growth and safety of today’s children.


  • All Things E.Q. is an easy to implement, Social Emotional Program that does NOT give your staff more to do but does create a positive school-wide culture that can be seen, felt, and heard on campus.