Skills for success: developing social and emotional competencies in out-of-school-time programs

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The Wallace Foundation

Summary

“Out-of-school-time (OST) programs have long focused on social and emotional development as part of their mission to build a sense of belonging among young people and positive relationships between youth and adults. Research demonstrates that high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs for young people are associated with positive outcomes, including improved behavior, attitudes, and academic performance.

This report provides tips and recommendations to help OST providers and OST intermediaries—organizations that provide support services to individual providers in a community— incorporate high-quality SEL instruction and practices into their programs. The authors drew on an extensive set of data, including surveys, interviews, observations, and document reviews from more than 100 OST programs (primarily afterschool programs) in six communities—Boston; Dallas; Denver; Palm Beach County, Fla.; Tacoma; and Tulsa—participating in Wallace’s Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative.”
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