Measuring Social Reasoning in Children: Be Part of a National Norming Study!
ConnectBy: Nicole Russo-Ponsaran and Ashley Karls, Rush University Wouldn’t it be great if educators had a standardized set of measures to evaluate students’ social-emotional learning skills? We know that millions of children in the United States have social-emotional challenges that are related to behavioral and academic difficulties. To address this, many states have adopted social-emotional learning standards, and schools are implementing programs that teach children how to interact positively with others. However, teachers often report not having any tools to effectively measure social-emotional skills in their students. How does social information processing relate to social emotional learning? Social information processing skills encompass the cognitive and emotional steps an individual takes to navigate challenging social situations. We enlist skills such…
