
This handout provides an overview of the Preparing Youth to Thrive Social Emotional Learning domains.
The SEL Challenge identified six domains of social emotional learning:
Empathy: Abilities to be aware of and constructively handle both positive and challenging emotions.
Emotion Management: Relating to others with acceptance, understanding, and sensitivity to their diverse perspectives and experiences.
Teamwork: Abilities to collaborate and coordinate action with others.
Responsibility: Dispositions and abilities to reliably meet commitments and fulfill obligations of challenging roles.
Initiative: Capacities to take action, sustain motivation, and perservere through challenge toward an identified goal.
Problem Solving: Abilities to plan, strategize and implement complex tasks.
Download this one-pager that provides an overview of the Key Youth Experiences and Staff practices that contribute to growth in each domain.
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