I am nearly 80 years old...you say we are on the threshold of understanding this way of being teachers. I thought so in the '70s when I was involved in such an exciting project called Confluent Education. We taught using all of the "little pieces of the quilt" you speak of and taught others; the majority of teachers bought in. As I say, that was in the '70s...what happened? One of the problems was getting administrators on board. They felt they were losing "control" of the classroom and no amount of showing them that discipline was in taking responsiblity could assuage the fear. We teachers and trainers loved the classrooms we were part of. So a conservative government declared the program not useful after 5 years in all the schools in Manitoba. We taught teachers in Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia in Canada. Check out the program's history in Santa Barbara and the Manitoba Project. You will find lots of material and what we learned in the process of developing strategies. Good, good luck in what you are trying to do. Maybe you will find the secret to longevity of these wonderful and absolutely necessary idea.

It's beautiful that SEL is considering in the Educational process.
In Mexico there is a lack in this item and there is an abyssm between Teacher's and students about the emotional field. Far beyond is better they think.
But after all we are more than flesh and bone, specially in these massive societies we're living in where persons lose their faces.
Now is more easy get involved in virtual relationships or lifes behind an avatar. What about the face to face contact? What about feeling in touch with other humans?
Thank you for sharing.
René

In Arkansas and nationwide, Project ACHIEVE has been (www.projectachieve.info) implemented as a schoolwide SEL or Positive Behavior Support (PBS) approach in hundreds of schools--from preschool through high school. Project ACHIEVE has been designated an evidence-based model (through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-- SAMHSA), and its research and practice have demonstrated its ability to increase positive school climates, students' social skills (through the Stop & Think Social Skills Program for both home and school), academic achievement, and school safety.

The Project ACHIEVE website provides a number of free technical assistance papers that describe its very specific step-by-step implementation blueprint and components. Begun in 1990, a number of schools are implementing Project ACHIEVE through various federal grants-- for example, the Character Education grant, the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling grant, and the Safe Schools/Safe Communities grant. Project ACHIEVE also has partnered with the Core Knowledge Foundation and with the Strategic Alliance for Education (SAFE).

It seems ironic that the education curriculum for children and youth does not include knowledge about the self and the emotional functioning, nature and developmental stages of the human self. How can we expect children to function in a socially acceptable way if they are unaware of how their own body-mind functions?