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Social-Emotional Learning for Development Practice

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Module 1. Module 1: What is Social-Emotional Learning?

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D. and Schellinger, K.B. (2011). The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405-432.Publisher pageSubscription

Module 2. Module 2: Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy

  1. World Health Organization, Division of Mental Health (1994). Life Skills Education for Children and Adolescents in Schools: Introduction and Guidelines to Facilitate the Development and Implementation of Life Skills Programmes. WHO/MNH/PSF/93.7A.Rev.2. WHO, Geneva.Read it free
  2. Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Bantam Books.Publisher pageBook
  3. Brackett, M. (2019). Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive. Celadon Books (UK edition: Quercus).Publisher pageBook
  4. Dweck, C.S. (2006). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Random House.Publisher pageBook

Module 3. Module 3: Self-Management & Emotional Regulation

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Baumeister, R.F. and Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. Penguin Press.Publisher pageBook
  3. Gross, J.J. (ed.) (2014). Handbook of Emotion Regulation, 2nd edition. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook
  4. Baumeister, R.F. and Vohs, K.D. (eds.) (2004). Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook
  5. Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Scribner (UK edition: Vermilion).Publisher pageBook

Module 4. Module 4: Social Awareness, Empathy & Perspective-Taking

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Bloom, P. (2016). Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. Ecco (UK edition: Bodley Head/Vintage).Publisher pageBook
  3. Batson, C.D. (2011). Altruism in Humans. Oxford University Press.Publisher pageBook
  4. Hoffman, M.L. (2000). Empathy and Moral Development: Implications for Caring and Justice. Cambridge University Press.Publisher pageBook
  5. Nussbaum, M.C. (2001). Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions. Cambridge University Press.Publisher pageBook

Module 5. Module 5: Relationship Skills & Communication

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Rosenberg, M.B. (2003). Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 2nd edition. PuddleDancer Press.Publisher pageBook
  3. Stone, D., Patton, B. and Heen, S. (2010). Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, 10th anniversary edition. Penguin Books.Publisher pageBook
  4. Durlak, J.A., Domitrovich, C.E., Weissberg, R.P. and Gullotta, T.P. (eds.) (2015). Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning: Research and Practice. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook
  5. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2013). 2013 CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs, Preschool and Elementary School Edition. CASEL.Read it free

Module 6. Module 6: Responsible Decision-Making in Complex Systems

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Publisher pageBook
  3. Thaler, R.H. and Sunstein, C.R. (2008). Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Yale University Press.Publisher pageBook
  4. Bazerman, M.H. and Moore, D.A. (2013). Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, 8th edition. Wiley.Publisher pageBook

Module 7. Module 7: SEL in Indian Education Policy

  1. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (2020). National Education Policy 2020.Read it free
  2. National Council of Educational Research and Training (2005). National Curriculum Framework 2005. NCERT, New Delhi.Read it free
  3. Maslach, C. and Leiter, M.P. (2016). Burnout. In Fink, G. (ed.), Stress: Concepts, Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior (Handbook of Stress, Volume 1), pp. 351-357. Academic Press.Publisher pageSubscription
  4. Masten, A.S. (2014). Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook

Module 8. Module 8: Facilitation Skills for Development Practitioners

  1. World Health Organization, Division of Mental Health (1994). Life Skills Education for Children and Adolescents in Schools: Introduction and Guidelines to Facilitate the Development and Implementation of Life Skills Programmes. WHO/MNH/PSF/93.7A.Rev.2. WHO, Geneva.Read it free
  2. Hogan, C. (2002). Understanding Facilitation: Theory and Principles. Kogan Page.Publisher pageBook

Module 9. Module 9: Trauma-Informed Development Practice

  1. World Health Organization, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International (2011). Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers. WHO, Geneva.Read it free
  2. Herman, J.L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence, from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books.Publisher pageBook
  3. van der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Viking.Publisher pageBook
  4. Fisher, R., Ury, W. and Patton, B. (2011). Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, 3rd edition. Penguin Books.Publisher pageBook
  5. Lederach, J.P. (2003). The Little Book of Conflict Transformation. Good Books.Publisher pageBook

Module 10. Module 10: Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding

  1. UNESCO (1945). Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Preamble. UNESCO.Read it free
  2. Fisher, R. and Ury, W. (1981). Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. Houghton Mifflin.Publisher pageBook
  3. Lederach, J.P. (2003). The Little Book of Conflict Transformation. Good Books.Publisher pageBook
  4. Herman, J.L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence, from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books.Publisher pageBook
  5. van der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Viking.Publisher pageBook

Module 11. Module 11: Practitioner Wellbeing & Burnout Prevention

  1. World Health Organization (2019). Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases. WHO news release, 28 May 2019.Read it free
  2. Maslach, C. and Leiter, M.P. (2016). Burnout. In Fink, G. (ed.), Stress: Concepts, Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior (Handbook of Stress, Volume 1), pp. 351-357. Academic Press.Publisher pageSubscription
  3. Pearlman, L.A. and McKay, L. (n.d.). Understanding and Addressing Vicarious Trauma, Online Training Module Four. Headington Institute.Read it free
  4. World Health Organization, Division of Mental Health (1994). Life Skills Education for Children and Adolescents in Schools: Introduction and Guidelines to Facilitate the Development and Implementation of Life Skills Programmes. WHO/MNH/PSF/93.7A.Rev.2. WHO, Geneva.Read it free

Module 12. Module 12: Measuring SEL Outcomes

  1. OECD (2021). OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills: Technical Report. OECD, Paris.Read it free
  2. McKown, C. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities in the Applied Assessment of Student Social and Emotional Learning. Educational Psychologist, 54(3), 205-221.Publisher pageSubscription
  3. Duckworth, A.L. and Yeager, D.S. (2015). Measurement Matters: Assessing Personal Qualities Other Than Cognitive Ability for Educational Purposes. Educational Researcher, 44(4), 237-251.Read it free
  4. Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Dymnicki, A.B., Taylor, R.D. and Schellinger, K.B. (2011). The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405-432.Publisher pageSubscription
  5. Durlak, J.A., Domitrovich, C.E., Weissberg, R.P. and Gullotta, T.P. (eds.) (2015). Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning: Research and Practice. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook

Module 13. Module 13: Capstone: Designing an SEL-Integrated Program

  1. Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2020). CASEL's SEL Framework: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where Are They Promoted? CASEL.Read it free
  2. Masten, A.S. (2014). Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development. Guilford Press.Publisher pageBook

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