Description
This course is designed to provide you with essential knowledge and skills to understand the benefits of social and emotional learning for both young people and adults. Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to explore various resources designed to help you implement SEL within your community.
Learning Objectives
Real-World Application
Learners integrate SEL practices into classrooms, youth programs, and everyday interactions to strengthen emotional awareness, communication skills, and relationship-building.
Developers
Kimberley Williams, Prevention Content Development Specialist, Penn State EPIS
Continuing Education
- Earn a certificate upon completion and submit it to your employer for continuing education credit.
- Pennsylvania educators earn Act 48 credits by completing this course.
- The PLP team is currently exploring additional opportunities to expand continuing education credit eligibility within Pennsylvania and to other states in the future.
What Learners are Saying
Learners most appreciated the course’s interactive, user-friendly format and flexible accessibility features, including audio, visuals, and self-paced learning. Many valued the practical resources, external links, and clear breakdown of key social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts, especially the connection to real-world application and improving school and child outcomes.
