The RULER Approach, offered by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, provides an organizational approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in Pre-K and grades 5 and 6. Staff development resources, RULER tools, and high school curricular content is available in Spanish. All early childhood training, staff development, and classroom instruction content is available in Mandarin.

School-Connect provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grade 9. Translated materials for School-Connect are available in Spanish. School-Connect is used in dedicated SEL classes, school-wide advisory, special education, alternative education, and vocational ed. School-Connect’s SEL Integration Guide includes “SEL Essentials” for school administrators, counselors, teachers, coaches, community members, and parents.

Second Step: Middle School Curriculum, offered by the Committee for Children, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grade 6. Programming for Pre-K-5 are also available from Second Step. Translated materials for Second Step: Middle School Curriculum are available in Spanish and Portuguese.

SEE Learning, offered by Emory University, provides a lesson-based and teaching practices approach to SEL and offers programming for grades Pre-K-12. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effective in grades 4-5. Key features of SEE Learning include cultivating attention skills, emphasizing compassion, and integrating trauma research for effective stress management. SEE Learning is translated into 23 languages.

SOS Signs of Suicide is an evidence-based youth suicide prevention program that teaches middle and high school students how to identify warning signs of suicide and depression. Trusted by thousands of schools across the country and listed on the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Best Practices Registry, SOS can be delivered in a single class period and encourages students to ACT® (Acknowledge, Care, Tell) if they are worried about themselves or a friend.

Additional outcomes:

Fewer suicide attempts, greater knowledge of depression and suicide, more adaptive attitudes towards depression and suicide.

Sky Schools, offered by the International Association for Human Values, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL, with a focus on mindfulness. It includes programming for grades 6-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 7-10. Translated materials for Sky Schools are available in Spanish and Portuguese

Smart Brain Wise Heart, offered by the Heart Math Institute, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 4-10 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grade 10. Translated materials for Smart Brain Wise Heart are available in Spanish and Mandarin, with resources for parents available in Spanish, German, Indonesian, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Dutch, among others.

The Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program, offered by Rutgers University, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness when implemented in grades 4-5. Translated materials are available in Spanish.The Social Decision Making/Problem Solving Program uses a skills-based framework with robust embedded practices across school, home, and community settings to promote students’ skills development. Multiple, ongoing opportunities to practice helps students internalize the skills, thus making them more likely to use these skills in real-world scenarios.

The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Classroom Intervention Program, offered by SSIS CoLab, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 1 and 2. Translated materials for SSIS Classroom Intervention Program are available in Spanish.

Sources of Strength is a strength-based prevention curriculum. Students and staff are invited into creating communities where belonging, wellness, and connection are the norm, leading to increased purpose and agency, therefore diminishing downstream negative outcomes. Our model creates a cultural shift and moves to increase health and wellness through empowering individuals and communities of belonging and connection to Empower a Well World.