Teachers are trained to manage misbehavior in the classroom, but receive
little guidance about how to cultivate positive, prosocial behavior.
With this book in hand, elementary teachers will be ready to launch the
school year with confidence, using the concrete strategies in each
chapter for improving students' SEL skills in the five categories
defined by CASEL (the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional
Learning): communication skills, emotion management, emotional
awareness, social awareness, and decision-making skills. This handy
guide breaks down instruction of these skills into small, sequenced
steps, making it easy to foster students' skills from the start of
school and build on them as the year progresses.