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Keepin it REAL

Keepin’ it REAL, offered by REAL Prevention, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 7-8. Translated materials for Keepin’ it REAL are available in Spanish and French.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Home
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior

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Kindness in the Classroom

Kindness in the Classroom, offered by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 4-5. Translated materials for Kindness in the Classroom are available in 100+ languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

Grades
Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior
  • Improved Prosocial Behavior

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Leader in Me

Leader in Me, offered by Franklin Covey Education, provides lesson-based, teaching practices, and organizational strategies approaches to SEL. Leader in Me offers programming for grades K-12. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-5. Resources are accessed via an online portal that offers structured lessons, extension activities, and professional development modules.

Grades
Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior

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Learning to Breathe

Learning to Breathe provides a lesson-based approach to SEL with a focus on intrapersonal competence through mindfulness. It includes programming at grades 9-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 10-12. Translated materials for Learning to Breathe are available in Chinese.

Grades
High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes

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Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence

Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 5-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 5-7. Programming for grades K-4 are available in the companion program, Lions Quest: Skills for Growing. Translated materials for Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Improved Identity Development/ Agency
  • Reduced Problem Behavior
  • Improved School Connectedness

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Lions Quest: Skills for Growing

Lions Quest: Skills for Growing, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-4 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 1-4. Programming for grades 5-8 are available in the companion program, Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence. Translated materials for Lions Quest: Skills for Growing are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

Grades
Elementary (K-5)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior
  • Improved Prosocial Behavior

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Manners of the Heart

Manners of the Heart provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-5. Family/Home connection letters are available in Spanish.

Grades
Elementary (K-5)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved Academic Performance

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Merrells’s Strong Kids

Merrell’s Strong Kids provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 1-6. Translated materials for Merrell’s Strong Kids are available in Korean.

Grades
Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Emotional Distress

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Michigan Model for Health: Elementary

Michigan Model for Health: Elementary, offered by the Michigan Department for Health and Human Services, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 4-5. Programming for grades 6-8 are available through its companion program, Michigan Model for Health: Middle School.

Grades
Elementary (K-5)
Settings
Classroom Home
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior
  • Improved Prosocial Behavior

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Michigan Model for Health: Middle School

Michigan Model for Health: Middle School, offered by the Michigan Department for Health and Human Services, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 6 and 7. Programming for grades K-5 are available through its companion program, Michigan Model for Health: Elementary School.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Home
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior