Links and Resources...
National Organizations
American Psychological Association (APA)
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization. It is the largest association of psychologists in the world with more than 155,000 members.
http://www.apa.org
American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
ASCA focuses on providing professional development, enhancing school counseling programs, and researching effective school counseling practices. ASCA's mission is to promote excellence in professional school counseling and the development of all students.
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
CASEL's mission is to advance the science of social and emotional learning, establishing it as an integral educational component from preschool through high school. CASEL is an international leader in advancing scientifically grounded SEL work in a variety of extraordinarily important ways. www.casel.org
Developmental Studies Center
The Developmental Studies Center (DSC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help children develop intellectually, ethically, and socially. The DSC has developed a series of books/resources to infuse SEL/character education principles and practices into language arts.
http://www.devstu.org/
EQ.ORG
A clearinghouse for information and organizations related to Emotional Intelligence.
http://www.eq.org/
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
NASP's mission of the is to promote educationally and psychologically healthy environments for all children and youth by implementing research-based, effective programs that prevent problems, enhance independence, and promote optimal learning.
http://www.nasponline.org/
National Coalition of Parental Involvement in Education
NCPIE presents its objectives and agenda for encouraging parental and community participation in youth education. Includes related links.
http://www.ncpie.org/
National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children
This site provides "schools, crisis teams, child and family counselors, private practitioners, hospice workers, nurses, doctors, bereavement counselors, and clergy with the training, consultation and trauma specific resource materials and programs needed to help children, adolescents and adults find relief from the terror of violent or non-violent trauma inducing incidents "
http://www.tlcinst.org/
National Mental Health Association
The country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. The website features information on upcoming events, annual meetings, local mental health services, and education and prevention initiatives.
www.nmha.org
National PTA
The mission of the National PTA is three-fold: to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and, to encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
http://www.pta.org/
National Service Learning Clearinghouse
The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives and tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening schools and communities using service-learning techniques and methodologies. The Clearinghouse stands ready to assist with materials, references, referrals, and information. The Clearinghouse also maintains this website and an ever-growing library collection that is available to Learn and Serve America grantees.
www.servicelearning.org/
National Service Learning Partnership
The National Service Learning Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person¹s education. Service-learning (SL) is a teaching method that engages young people in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies or other type of intentional learning activity. And, SL provides extraordinary opportunities to further social emotional education. The network consists of more than 8,500 members in all 50 states. This site has a wealth of information that is relevant to practitioners as well as policy makers and researchers.
www.service-learningpartnership.org
The Ophelia Project is a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Erie, Pa. Recognized as a leader in assessing social conditions and advocating healthy, safe relationships, the organization partners with educational, civic and community leaders to educate and empower kids and adults across North America.
Visit www.OpheliaProject.org
Partnership for Results: Working for Safe Schools and Healthy Communities
Partnership for Results is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to promoting community-wide collaborations that foster the healthy development of children from infancy through secondary school. Its program design is to involve public education, mental health, human services, health, and local law enforcement agencies, who act in close consultation with community stakeholders, including parents, students, and community-based organizations. www.partnershipforresults.org/
Teachers Network
Teachers Network is a non-profit organization–by teachers, for teachers–with a 25-year track record of success, dedicated to improving student learning in public schools. Using the power of an award-winning website, video, and print resources, Teachers Network leverages the creativity and expertise of a national and international community of outstanding educators. Teachers Network is unique in its focus on the teacher as key to improving student achievement in public schools. Through its leadership, Teachers Network empowers teachers to transform public schools into creative learning communities so every student will succeed and contribute to the public good. Over the years, Teachers Network has directly impacted over 1.5 million teachers and nearly 40 million students.
www.teachersnetwork.org
For information about Teachers Network’s P credit on-line courses for New York City teachers, check out http://teachersnetwork.org/pcc/
The Responsive Classroom
The Responsive Classroom and North East Foundation for Children (NEFC) is a private, non-profit, educational foundation working to improve elementary and middle schools by helping educators integrate the teaching of social and academic skills. This web site has a host of ideas, articles and an archive of newsletters that offer practical suggestions for the classroom teacher.
www.responsiveclassroom.org/
Search Institute
Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children by generating knowledge and promoting its application. To accomplish this mission, the institute generates, synthesizes, and communicates new knowledge, convenes organizational and community leaders, and works with state and national organizations. At the heart of the institute's work is the framework of 40 developmental assets, which are positive experiences, relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities that young people need to grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.
www.search-institute.org/
Six Seconds
6seconds is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing emotional intelligence into practice in schools, families, organizations, and communities. It teaches emotional intelligence skills so that children and adults can lead more healthy, productive, and complete lives. These skills, which include emotional literacy, optimism, empathy, impulse management, and resiliency, create self-awareness, self-management, and self-direction.
http://www.6seconds.org
Studies in Moral Development and Education
This center is sponsored by the Office for Studies in Moral Development and Education, College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There is a range of educationally relevant information about theory, classroom practice, assessment, featured articles and books of interest
http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/index.html
Teaching Tolerance
Tolerance.org is a destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. There is a range of excellent resournces here.
www.tolerance.org/
The After-School Corporation
The After-School Corporation (TASC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality and availability of in-school after-school programs in New York City, New York State and, eventually, across the nation.
http://www.tascorp.org/
The Center for the Development of Peace and Well-Being
This Center is committed to promoting peace between individuals, within families, and across communities by conducting and disseminating scientific research into the nature of peaceful human interactions. Our goal is to connect researchers and practitioners who are interested in helping people get along across differences. The Center sponsors research fellowships, hosts public events, publishes a semi-annual magazine, Greater Good, and compiles some of the latest research on peace and well-being on its website,
Greater Good magazine highlights ground-breaking research and community-based programs dedicated to understanding the roots of human compassion and altruism. Every issue includes essays, articles, interviews, first-person narratives, and book reviews--all serving to foster dialogue between social scientists and parents, teachers, and community leaders.
http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu
The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV)
NCCEV has been established by the U.S. Department of Justice at the Yale Child Study Center as part of the Children Exposed to Violence Initiative. The staff and faculty at the NCCEV will apply knowledge and expertise gained through the activities of the CD-CP program to their work with Safe Start sites.
http://www.nccev.org/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities
The mission of this organization is to increase the opportunity for all individuals with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. NCLD accomplishes its missions by increasing public awareness and understanding of learning disabilities, conducting educational programs and services that promote research-based knowledge, and providing national leadership in shaping public policy.
www.ncld.org
The New York State Center for School Safety (NYCSS)
The primary purpose of NYCSS is to help make New York State schools safe. It is funded through grants from the Governor's Office, New York State Education Department, Office of the Attorney General and New York State Department of Health. CSEE and NYCSS have developed interpersonal violence prevention education guidelines for the State.
http://int11.mhrcc.org/scss
The Pacella Parent Child Center of The New York Psychoanalytic
Institute and Society
The Pacella Parent Child Center is a division of the New York
Psychoanalytic Institute and Society. It is devoted to promoting
optimal emotional growth and development for families and children
(from pregnancy through age twelve).
www.theparentchildcenter.org
The Small Schools Workshop at University of Illinois, Chicago
The Small Schools Workshop collaborates with teachers, principals, parents, and district leaders to create new, small, innovative learning communities in public schools. In addition to providing direct assistance through partnerships with schools, the Small Schools Workshop actively participates in many initiatives to broaden and deepen recognition of the importance of school size to student learning and the role of small schools in furthering positive whole-school and systemic change. Creating small schools can powerfully promote safer, more caring, responsive and participatory schools.
http://www.smallschools.com
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA)
The Federal Government's premiere source of information about mental health services, substance abuse prevention, and addiction treatment. A new service will provide all SAMHSA news releases, fact sheets, and media advisories via email to subscribers.
http://sims.health.org/Admins/
International Organizations
There are a growing number of social emotional educational centers around the world. Here is a list of organizations outside of the United States.
Center for Social and Emotional Learning (CESEL), Denmark
Founded in April of 1999, CESEL is comprised of a Danish network of educators, scientists, policy makers, and concerned citizens to increase people's awareness regarding the need for, and the positive effects of, systematic educational efforts to promote the social and emotional learning of children and young people. CESEL's primary goals are to facilitate the implementation, evaluation, and improvement of comprehensive social and emotional education, beginning in preschool and continuing through high school. CESEL recently published Trin for Trin ("step by step"), the first Danish program for structured implementation of SEL in schools. CESEL will develop field information requests from interested schools, provide implementation advice and support, and host teacher training sessions. CESEL initiates systematic reports from implementation in schools and kindergartens. http://www.cesel.dk/
International Association for Applied Psychoanalytic Studies (IAAPS)
The IAAPS is an organization dedicated to the application of psychodynamic principles to everyday social problems and their practical solution. Their mission is to build peaceful communities through interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to violence prevention and social services, and through a scholarly and creative examination of community and socio-cultural issues. The IAAPS is devoted to creating a platform for psychoanalytic and other mental health professionals being teachers and learners with educators, after-school professionals and parents. www.iaaps.org
Promoting Social Competence Project, Scotland
Keith Topping, Project Director
The Scottish Executive (formerly the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department) appointed the project team to help promote social competence in education. Promoting social competence includes identifying and delivering effective curriculum-based approaches to enhance the personal, social, and emotional competencies and development of all pupils in primary and secondary schools. The two-year initiative considered specific educational interventions, but also adaptation and enhancement of curriculum content and delivery across all subject areas, together with relevant whole school experiences. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/prosoc.html
Youth Education Service (YES) of the New Zealand Police, New Zealand
Developed by the Youth Education Service (YES) of the New Zealand Police, working in close association with Specialist Education Services, "Kia Kaha" is a whole school approach to eliminate bullying. It aims to help schools create environments where everyone feels safe, respected and valued, and where bullying cannot flourish. This intervention consists of an Implementation Book Kia Kaha in Your School - a working booklet, which gives a step-by-step guide to putting the whole school approach in place, and five curriculum programmes, one for each level of primary and secondary schools. http://www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/
The HOPE Foundation (Harnessing Optimism and Potential through Education)
The HOPE Foundation helps to develop and support educational leaders
over time at district- and state-wide levels to create school cultures that
sustain all students¹ achievement, especially low-performing students. Their
web site includes case studies of schools that have created high-performing
learning communities; a Professional Learning Communities self-assessment;
tips on how to build sustainable leadership capacity at all levels; and a
variety of additional resources.
www.communitiesofhope.org/