We maintain a growing collection of research, policy briefs, videos, and downloadable resources on strategies for promoting the social-emotional well-being of infants, children, and youth.
We curated a list of books to inspire discussions about what it means to be present and compassionate.
This list helps strengthen emotional literacy in adults and children alike; it includes synonyms for feelings, physical sensations, and sources of stress.
Dr. Gonzales examines how contextual and cultural experiences of Latinx youth provide unique challenges and opportunities for positive development.
Dr. Christopher Willard provides an overview of mindfulness concepts and multiple examples of practices and strategies for parents and professionals to share with children and teens.
Dr. Sam Himelstein offers perspectives on defining and sharing mindfulness in an innovative and relevant way for providers working with youth, including teaching formal meditation.
Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses the critical role parents play in raising resilient children, particularly in families facing limited income and poverty.
This brief is a result of a CCFW Research to Real World Forum. It addresses the need for practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to have a state-of-the-art understanding of SEL skills that can be translated into practice and policy across a variety of settings spanning early childhood through adolescence.
Dr. Jessica Sommerville investigates the development of thinking about people from infancy through the school years using both behavioral and brain-based methods.
Dr. Phil Fisher, from the University of Oregon, builds on Dr. Lengua’s video to expand on how adversity impacts child development and strategies for promoting resilience.
This brief is a result of a CCFW Research to Real World Forum. After more than 30 years of research on social emotional learning (SEL) in classrooms, scientists and practitioners, recognizing that social emotional learning is…