Student Consent Process & Forms

For the 2024-25 school year, each school is asked to choose one of two approaches for securing parent permission and student assent: active/opt-in consent or passive/opt-out consent. Please see below for an overview of each approach, along with the related documentation. Each school should choose a consent process based on their district's policies and practices.

For a teacher/classroom is an active/opt-in consent school to be included in the study, at least 80% of students in the classroom must have permission/assent for video recording.

For a teacher in a passive/opt-out consent school to be included in the study, no more than 20% of students can be opted out of video recording.

To support SLs and your partner teachers in requesting permission for video recording, we will mail paper copies to your school for each of the forms listed below. Note that the guardian permission form and letter also ask whether the teacher can complete a survey for the study to report on their child’s SEL skills.

Active/Opt-In Consent Schools:

SLs help their teachers send home and collect the SELOC-E Guardian Permission Forms and track returned forms on the Student Active Consent Tracking Form.
SLs also help their teachers use the Student Assent Script to explain the project to students, distribute and collect Student Assent Forms from students, and track returned forms on the Student Active Consent Tracking Form.
Once you have collected all forms, SLs use the Genius Scan and Upload apps to share an electronic copy of each Student Active Consent Tracking Form. (Refer to the Recording, Scanning, and Upload Instructions document provided on the Technology Info & Instructions page.)
Email us at yaleseloc@yale.edu to request a prepaid mailing label to return your paper Guardian Permission Forms and Student Assent Forms. Please use subject line "Return Shipping Label", and tell us approximately how many forms you will be mailing.

Passive/Opt-Out Consent Schools:

SLs help their teachers send home and collect the SELOC-E Guardian Letter and Opt-Out Forms and track any returned forms on the Student Passive Consent Tracking Form.
SLs also help their teachers use the Student Passive Assent Script to explain the project to students.
Once you have collected all forms, SLs use the Genius Scan and Upload apps to share an electronic copy of each Student Passive Consent Tracking Form. (Refer to the Recording, Scanning, and Upload Instructions document provided on the Technology Info & Instructions page.)
Email us at yaleseloc@yale.edu to request a prepaid mailing label to return your paper Guardian Opt-Out Forms. Please use subject line "Return Shipping Label", and tell us approximately how many forms you will be mailing.

Active/Opt-In Consent Materials:

Student Active Consent Tracking Form (printable PDF)
Guardian Permission Form (printable PDFs)
- English
- Spanish
Student Active Assent Script (printable PDF)
Student Assent Form (printable PDF)

Passive/Opt-Out Consent Materials:

Student Passive Consent Tracking Form (printable PDF)
Guardian Letter and Opt-Out Form (printable PDFs)
- English
- Spanish
Student Passive Consent Script (printable PDF)

Note: we will attempt to mail an adequate number of copies to your school for each of these documents; the links above are provided in case you need to print additional copies or forms in additional languages.

Please email yaleseloc@yale.edu with any questions or concerns about the student consent process.