Presenter(s)

• Emalise Mitchell, Examining the Efficacy and Feasibility of an SEL Intervention Course, University of Washington

Abstract

Decades of research have established the impact of learning about and developing lasting positive social-emotional skills and their critical role in students’ overall social, emotional, behavioral, and academic well-being. Results from this study revealed that students enrolled in a university-based SEL course were more likely to experience a decrease in their anxiety score after taking the course. This change in anxiety suggests that the course may act as a universal Tier I prevention strategy as well as a first-line intervention approach for college students. Results further revealed that course format did not have a significant interaction effect between pretest anxiety and pretest-posttest change in anxiety, indicating that perhaps students are learning and benefiting from the course similarly with no significant difference whether they take the class remotely or in-person.