Table 3.
Core components present in evidence-based SEL programs
| Practice Element |
Second Step |
Incredible Years |
PATHS | I Can Prob. Solve |
Social Decision Making/ Social Problem Solving |
Mind Up |
Michigan Model for Health |
4Rs | Open Circle * |
Positive Action |
Raising Healthy Children * |
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program |
Steps to Respect * |
Too Good for Violence * |
Percent of SEL Progra ms With This Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying Own Feelings | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | X | 92.31% | |
| Interplay of Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | X | ? | X | ? | X | 81.80% | ||
| Behavioral Coping Skills/Relaxation | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | X | ? | X | 91.67% | |
| Cognitive Coping/Self-Talk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | ? | X | 75% | |||
| Goal Setting and Planning | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | X | ? | X | 75% | |||
| Mindfulness | X | X | ? | ? | ? | ? | 20% | ||||||||
| Identifying Others’ Feelings | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| Perspective Taking | X | X | X | X | X | X | ? | X | ? | X | X | X | 83.33% | ||
| Valuing Diversity | X | X | X | X | X | ? | ? | X | ? | X | 63.64% | ||||
| Problem Solving | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 85.71% | ||
| Assertive-ness | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 78.57% | |||
| Social Social Skills | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
*
Full manual not available; program was coded based on available materials. If evidence was found for a practice, it was coded as unknown, indicated by “?”Unknown codes are not counted in the calculation of the percent of SEL programs including this practice.