Social and Emotional Education in Primary School - Integrating Theory and Research Into Practice (Book)

eaThis book synthesizes concepts, findings, and best practices for a complete guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional education (SEE) programs. Emphasizing 'caught' as well as taught lessons, it offers a whole-school framework for SEE, with content, rationales, assessment tools, and age-appropriate strategies. Interventions are also included for use across subjects, to engage learners and assist students with behavioral and emotional difficulties. And the lessons travel beyond the classroom, involving the whole school, families and communities. eaKey areas of coverage include: eaHow SEE can be taught and assessed as a core competence.Classroom and whole school frameworks to enhance SEE.Examples of targeted interventions for at-risk students.Techniques for enlisting parents and communities in supporting SEE.A complete online set of SEE class and homework activities.eaSocial and Emotional Education in Primary School is an essential resource for scientist-practitioners, educators, and other professionals as well as researchers and graduate students in special and general education, child and school psychology, educational psychology, social work, positive psychology, and family-related fields.ea---eaThis book cogently summarizes the latest advances in research, theory, and practice for educators who promote the social, emotional, and academic learning of primary-school students. It provides practical tools and strategies that teachers, administrators, and student support staff can apply in daily instruction and programming to enhance students' optimal development and academic performance.Roger P. Weissberg, President and CEO, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)eaThis extraordinarily compact and valuable book integrates the best available theory, research, and practice internationally and services as an essential resource for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.ea It is rare indeed that one book, in relatively few pages, can accomplish all of these goals.ea But Carmel Cefai has done so. Maurice Elias, Director Rutgers Social-Emotional Learning Lab, Rutgers University, NJ, .eaThis book breathes life and vitalityea into theea journey for researchers, teachers, and anyone undertaking the challenge ofea helping young people flourish in academically andea sociallyea competent and resilient ways in this modern world.Phillip Slee, Professor in Human Development, Flinders University, South Australia.eaeaea"