This book reviews evidence-based, multi-tiered practices for promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) with typically developing students as well as those with special needs. Leading authority Frank M. Gresham, codeveloper of the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales, describes how to systematically assess K-12 students' social skills and plan and implement universal, selected, and intensive interventions. His approach is grounded in cutting-edge research on social-emotional competencies and their role in adjustment and academic achievement. Emphasizing what works, the book showcases programs and strategies that are sequenced, active, focused, and explicit.

Frank M. Gresham, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of APA Divisions 16 (School Psychology), 5 (Quantitative and Qualitative Methods), and 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology). He is a recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award and the Senior Scientist Award from APA Division 16. Dr. Gresham is one of the few psychologists to be awarded Fellow status in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research and more than 260 publications address topics including social skills assessment and intervention, response to intervention, and assessment and interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. He is codeveloper of the Social Skills Improvement System--Rating Scales.

1. Definitional and Conceptual Issues in Social-Emotional Learning
2. Evidence Base for Social-Emotional Learning Interventions
3. Assessment of Social-Emotional Learning Skills
4. Universal Social-Emotional Learning Interventions
5. Selected Social-Emotional Learning Interventions
6. Intensive Social-Emotional Learning Interventions
7. Social-Emotional Interventions for Special Populations, with Paula Rodriguez
8. Practical Considerations in Social-Emotional Learning Assessment and Intervention
9. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions in Social-Emotional Learning
10. Case Studies in Social-Emotional Learning Assessment and Intervention, Rachel M. Olinger Steeves, Kelsey Hartman, and Sarah Metallo
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