Social and emotional learning (SEL) refers to the accumulation of a range of knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Resources
- May 26, 2015
Foster Care Youth Voices: Caring Adult Mentors
In honor of National Foster Care Month, AYPF is featuring the stories and advice of four young people who were in the foster care system. My name is Taevon…
- May 26, 2015
Foster Care Youth Voices: An Introduction
Garet Fryar, Policy Research Assistant“Policy makers and advocates should understand the struggle that a youth goes through before they exit the system. The c…
- May 18, 2015
How the Illinois 5Essentials Survey Forces Hard Conversations
Loretta Goodwin, Senior DirectorWhile many aspects of survey development and use were discussed on a recent AYPF study tour to Illinois, a few particularly ha…