A Progress Model for Developing Culturally Focused Social Emotional Learning Program

• In Event: Comprehensive Overview of Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness

Abstract

Social-emotional learning has proven to be effective not only at providing students with important social and emotional skills but mastering these skills has also shown to be a better predictor of high school academic success. Few studies have been conducted about social-emotional learning tailored to meet the unique needs of culturally and linguistically diverse adolescents. Simultaneously, developing an innovative intervention can be costly and time-consuming, involving enormous validation process. This paper aims to suggest a guideline used to develop culturally focused social-emotional learning, which considers both fitness to target population and fidelity of implementation.

Author

• Danbi Choe, Louisiana State University