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Social and Emotional Skills for Life and Career: Policy Levers That Focus on the Whole Child

This policy snapshot summarizes existing research about the effects of education on students’ social and emotional skills, identifies important state and district policy considerations for initiating and integrating social and emotional learning into classroom instruction, and presents considerations for preparing and developing teachers and leaders to focus on the whole child.

High-Leverage Practices in Special Education: Social/Emotional/Behavioral Practices Research Syntheses

This brief highlights the following four high-leverage practices for K-12 teachers of students with disabilities: establish a consistent, organized, and respectful learning environment; provide positive and constructive feedback to guide students’ learning and behavior; teach social behaviors; and conduct functional behavioral assessments to develop individual student behavior support plans.