person’s perspective. you cancelled plans with her at the last minute. Responsible The ability to make positive choices in regard to social interactions and personal behavior. Making one’s best attempt to complete homework even if it is boring or difficult. Relationship skills The ability to develop and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals or groups. Building mutually satisfying friendships with other students at a new school. making
5.2 Examples of Evidence-Based Universal SEL Programs for Use in Schools Program Name/Available At Age/Grade Level SMH Tier of Service Stated Program Goals Details About Program CBT Components Organizations Recognizing the Program as I Can Problem Solve: Raising a Thinking Child (ICPS: Shure, 2001)/Available through Amazon and other on-line book sellers. Preschool, K-2nd, Universal Violence prevention Helps youth develop nonviolent ways to solve issues through the development of cognitive skills and awareness. The preschool version has 59 lessons, Grades K-2 has 83, and Grades 3-5 has 77. Recommended to provide lessons at least 2-3 times per Cognitive restructuring, testing thoughts, problem solving ESMH CASEL (Select Program) emotional 5th
week beginning with 5-10 minute lessons and building to 10 or 20 minutes over a 3-5 month period. Also has a parent component (book). MindUP Curriculum (The Hawn Foundation, 2011) Pre-K to 8 Universal Learn to behavior and mindfully engage in focused concentration required for academic success. Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies Available from: Pre-K to 5 Universal Build social and competencies, reduce aggression and other behavioral problems, and enhance the classroom Taught 3 times/week for 20-30 minutes/day by teachers. Intended to be a multi-year universal program. Primary focus is on school and classroom Emotional recognition and regulation, problem solving, connection between ESMH & CASEL behaviors
learning environment setting. Also includes information for parents. PATHS to PAX (an integration of PATHS and the PAX version of the Good Behavior Game; Domitrovich et al., 2010) Pre-K to Universal Reduce behavior problems and future drug use, enhance academics, and skills Lessons are taught weekly for minutes. There is also an opportunity to use the Good Behavior Game for three daily short periods of time beginning at 2 to 3 minutes with the goal of getting to 30 to 45 minutes. Emotional recognition and regulation, cognitive restructuring ESMH Positive Action (Allred, 2007)/Manuals for each grade from K-12 available at Ages 5 to 18 Universal Academics, behavior, character The whole program is taught around the circle. There are curricula for grades K-12 as well as a climate development component. Materials are ESMH SAMSHA emotional wide
available for counselors, family, and the community. Lessons are 15 minutes each. Project ACHIEVE (Knoff, 2001)/Various materials available at Ages 3 to 14 Universal Social competencies, academics, and reducing behavioral problems Focus is on consultation with school personnel to improve student achievement; positive school and classroom climates; effective teaching and instruction; and parent and community outreach/ involvement. Scaled up across 3 years, each program is tailored to needs of the particular school. Includes the Stop and Think Social Skills Program. Highly focused on behavioral components of CBT. Included because the program has a strong evidence base in promoting social and emotional competencies. ESMH, CASEL, SAMHSA
Second Step (Committee for Children, 2011)/Available at PreK-8 Universal Social competence and For younger children, the daily activities only take 5-10 minutes. In middle school, units are taught once/week for 50 minutes or twice/week for 25 minutes. Example of units for younger children include: Skills for Learning, Empathy, Emotion Management, Friendship Skills and and Transitioning to Kindergarten. Lessons for older children include Communication, Bully Prevention, and Substance How thoughts impact behavior, emotion regulation skills, problem solving ESMH, CASEL, SAMHSA
Abuse Prevention, and Goal Setting. SkillStreaming (McGinnis, 2009)/Programs for early childhood, elementary, and adolescence available at . Early childhood, elementary, adolescence Universal Train social skills; teach concepts and related to emotional functioning Consists of groups of six to eight students, two sessions per week for one school year, and is considered to be low cost. In early childhood, forty skill lessons are introduced, while elementary level is trained in sixty skill lessons, and adolescents fifty. The main skill areas are listed as social or classroom skills, skills, friendship skills, ways to deal with feelings, alternatives to aggression, and Cognitive distortions, restructuring, modeling, role playing, performance feedback Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) includes Skillstreaming on their list of Evidence Based Social Skill Instruction Program