PO371: Evaluating the Evidence Base for Social–Emotional Learning Interventions: Guidance for Practitioners

  • PMD: 4,9
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. understand the different classification criteria of several federally funded K–12 intervention clearinghouses;
  2. understand the challenges K–12 social–emotional learning interventions face in reaching “evidence-based" status; and
  3. know how to select appropriate K–12 social–emotional learning interventions with limited peer-reviewed empirical support by evaluating program attributes and qualities.

Description

This presentation compares the classification criteria of several social–emotional learning intervention clearinghouses. Challenges in reaching “evidence-based” status and guidance for selecting appropriate interventions with limited empirical evidence will be described.

Presenter(s)

Abril Rangel-Pacheco, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Amanda L. Witte, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contributor(s)

Rebecca Overfield, Linnea R. Swanson

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