Using social and emotional data to inform decision making in schools
By Christina Cipriano, Sophie Barnes
If you work in schools in the US, odds are you have heard the phrases social and emotional learning, or SEL, and Mental Health, a lot over the past few school years. Since 2020, schools nationwide have seen increased investments in both SEL and Mental Health supports in schools, through programming (like packaged curriculum), personnel ( such as increased mental health professionals or SEL specialists), policies (such as district SEL standards), and measurement, (including SEL assessments and mental health screeners).