{"id":1205,"date":"2021-03-18T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:35:06","slug":"what-is-social-emotional-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"What is Social Emotional Learning?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;SEL programming is based on the understanding that the best learning emerges in the context of supportive relationships that make learning challenging, engaging, and meaningful.&nbsp;Social and emotional skills are critical to being a good student, citizen, and worker. Many risky behaviors (e.g., drug use, violence, bullying, and dropping out) can be prevented or reduced when multiyear, integrated efforts are used to develop students&#8217; social and emotional skills. &nbsp;This is best done through effective classroom instruction, student engagement in positive activities in and out of the classroom, and broad parent and community involvement in program planning, implementation, and evaluation.&nbsp;Effective SEL programming begins in preschool and continues through high school.&nbsp;<strong><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The<strong>&nbsp;four<\/strong>&nbsp;competencies that are the focus of LAUSD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s SEL program are:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ol><li><em><strong>GROWTH MINDSET:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;The belief that one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s abilities can grow with effort.<\/li><li><em><strong>SELF-EFFICACY:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;The belief in one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own ability to succeed in achieving an outcome or reaching a goal.<\/li><li><em><strong>SELF-MANAGEMENT:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;The ability to regulate one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations.&nbsp;<\/li><li><em><strong>SOCIAL AWARENESS:<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;The ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures, to understand social and ethical norms for behavior, and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.<\/li><\/ol>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;SEL programming is based on the understanding that&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/?p=1205\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Social Emotional Learning?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highlandscouncilpta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}