Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence is recognized by CASEL (the global authority on SEL) at its highest evidence level — a SELect designation — indicating it demonstrates effectiveness across all five core SEL competencies and supports multi-year programming. Key outcomes from evaluations include improved identity development, reduced problem behaviors, improved school connectedness, and lower rates of substance use. CASEL Program Guide
Skills for Growing has similarly been found effective in independent evaluations, with students showing more positive cooperative behaviors and less belittling behavior compared to peers not in the program. CASEL Program Guide
SEL research continues to demonstrate that the development of SEL competencies in school predicts a variety of later outcomes, such as participation in postsecondary education, success in the workforce, civic engagement, and personal well-being.
SEL research indicate that on average, every penny invested in SEL programming yields 11% in long-term benefits. These benefits include reduced juvenile crime, higher lifetime earnings. SEL research also shows SEL is associated with a positive impact on important mental health variables that increase children’s attachment to school and motivation to learn and reduce risky behaviours.
- Measuring ROI of SEL
- CASEL Research Brief for Schools
- CASEL The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal and Social Skills
- CASEL Social and Emotional Learning: A Framework for Success in School and Life
- The New Improved Self Esteem, O, The Oprah Magazine
- Lancaster HS (OH) Intervention Success
- Lancaster HS (OH) Service to Address Bullying