Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a critical component to the healthy development of children. It impacts how children understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, show empathy for others, maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. For more on these key SEL competencies, visit the CASEL website.
Decades of research shows that social emotional learning leads to improvements in students’ social and emotional skills, attitudes, relationships, prosocial behaviour, and academic performance. School communities and professionals play a critical role in helping support children’s social and emotional development. In this section, you will find key tools and resources to support social emotional learning in your school community.
Tools to Support Social Emotional Learning in Schools
Social Emotional Learning with a Cultural Lens Webinar Series
Join the BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre, in partnership with SEL BC, for a free two-part webinar series for current and future teachers, counsellors, and other educators exploring ways to bring a cultural lens to our SEL practice.
Well-Being BC
Well-Being BC was created for all schools, as part of a school-based mental health initiative to support social-emotional learning, mental health literacy, and trauma-informed approaches.
Heart-Mind Online Resources for Educators
Heart-Mind Online provides evidence-informed knowledge, insight and resources that support educators in responding to the social and emotional learning needs of students. As a portal to both research and emerging practices, this tool aligns with the broader, pro-active initiatives across school systems.
Discover MDI: A Field Guide to Well-being in Middle Childhood
Discover MDI is your Field Guide to understanding and supporting the middle-years children in your schools and communities.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL).
Additional Social Emotional Learning Resources
Social & Emotional Learning Resource Finder
The Resource Finder provides a variety of resources to help school professionals learn about social and emotional learning, apply teaching methods and asses their efforts.
Social and Emotional Learning: Supporting Kids at Home and School
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a hot topic in schools and parent communities right now. In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, Gail Markin (parent, school counsellor and District SEL Lead) and Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl (Psychologist, Professor and world renowned SEL expert) unpack what parents and caregivers can do to support SEL at home, as well as learn about the role of schools in promoting SEL.
Everyday Mental Health Classroom Resource
This resource is designed to support elementary educators (K-8) in this role by offering a repository of high-quality everyday mental health practices that can be easily incorporated into classroom routines.
Stronger Together: Promoting Mental Wellness in Rural and Remote schools
This special Kelty Centre Where You Are podcast episode is for school professionals. We bring together the voices and ideas of educators in rural and remote schools to share their learnings on how to support student and staff mental health and well-being.