Education Week

Explicitly teaching students social-emotional skills, like social awareness and goal-setting, can lead to stronger relationships, academic gains, and a greater sense of well-being, research shows. Experts say that may be especially true for students with disabilities—but they’re not always considered when schools are designing or implementing SEL curricula. That’s a missed opportunity, given that most students with learning differences spend the majority of their time in general education classrooms. It’s also a critical disconnect because SEL instruction often targets skills that these learners might especially need help with, like self-regulation, remaining resilient in the face of mistakes, and advocating for themselves.

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