Social-Emotional & Behavior
Child Mind Institute
The Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming mental health care for children everywhere. Founded by Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, Brooke Garber Neidich, and Debra G. Perelman, our organization is…
Child Trends
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that provides valuable information and insights on the well-being of children and youth. For more than 35 years, policymakers, funders, educators and…
Children with Challenging Behavior
This book for ECE professionals, teachers, and parents offers tools, ideas, strategies, and new ways of thinking to help readers become reflective thinkers who act with wisdom rather than react…
Children’s Safety Network Bullying Prevention Guide
Bullying during childhood and adolescence is painful when it happens and can have long-lasting effects, both for the bully and the victim. Despite efforts to decrease bullying, the percentage of…
Cognitive Development: Thinking and Learning
Cognitive development begins at birth when infants start to make sense of the world. Everything is new to them. They’re smelling aromas, tasting foods, hearing sounds, and feeling textures for…
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Program Guide
The CASEL Program Guide is designed to help educators and school administrators select an evidence-based SEL program that best meets the needs of their community.
Coping with Trauma: A Collection of Resources (MAP)
The tragedy that took the lives of very young children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012 elicited strong feelings and emotions from the entire nation…
DEC Position Statement on Challenging Behavior and Young Children
The Position Statement on Challenging Behavior and Young Children was approved by the Executive Board! This work includes 8 statements of beliefs around challenging behavior.
Early Childcare Provider’s Guide to Managing Challenging Behaviors
Autism Speaks has published this toolkit to assist early childcare providers to improve their management of challenging behaviors in the classroom. Although the focus is on children with Autism Spectrum…
Early Start Neighborhood: Tip Sheets on Social and Emotional Development in Multiple Languages
On this page, you can find resources developed specifically for the California State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) by DDS, CDE, the ICC, and/or WestEd. This includes materials for both parents…
Edutopia: Social and Emotional Learning
Working to improve public schools with resources, tools, and solutions for teachers, administrators, and parents. Find and share resources for creating a healthy school culture by helping students develop skills…
Empathy and Resilience, Responsibility and Self-Care: Resources for Social and Emotional Learning
Do you deliberately devote classroom time to social-emotional learning, or SEL? Does your school address it building-wide? How? Because we know more and more schools are incorporating strategies to bolster…
