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1-076 - Innovations in Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Head Start
Thu, April 6, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 13BSession Type: Paper Session
Integrative Statement
This symposium presents three innovative strategies--an SEL curriculum, emotional coaching, and mindfulness and compassion training--for promoting social and emotional learning skills among preschoolers attending Head Start programs. Each presentation will describe the strategy and present results from studies testing the impacts of the strategy on promoting positive SEL outcomes for young children. The fourth presentation summarizes the content of numerous SEL programs, and highlights the wide variation in skill focus, teaching strategies, and implementation supports across different SEL strategies.
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The Promotion of Executive Functioning and Social Emotional Skills in Preschool: A Longitudinal Study of School Readiness - Presenting Author: Yeonsoo Yoo, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Carole Upshur, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Melodie Wenz-Gross, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Miriam Heyman, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Self-compassion and Mindfulness Program in a Preschool Setting - Presenting Author: Jillian LeRae Garrison, San Diego State University; Alyson F. Shapiro, San Diego State University; Sarah Garrity, San Diego State University
Benefits of Early Emotional Coaching on At-Risk Head Start Children’s Behaviors - Presenting Author: Tsu-Ming Chiang, Georgia College & State University; Kelsey Leigh Van Boxel, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Amelia Fitch, Georgia State University
SEL Analysis Project: What’s Inside Evidence-Based SEL Programs? - Presenting Author: Katharine Elizabeth Brush, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Bryan Nelson, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Laura Stickle, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Stephanie Jones, Harvard University