BROWN BAG SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETING VII: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AS INTERVENTION FOR EDUCATORS OF VULNERABLE YOUTH POPULATIONS

Factors that place students at-risk for diminished psychosocial health, achievement, and economic outcomes are often complex and difficult to change. However, targeted, evidence- based social-emotional learning training of educators working with these historically under-served student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners, and youth involved in the juvenile justice systems has potential to optimize developmental trajectories. The purpose of this SIG is to convene like-minded researchers and practitioners to share resources and ideas related to securing funding, executing research-to-practice-to policy trials of programming, and dissemination efforts towards the ends of improving outcomes for our most vulnerable student populations and the teachers who educate them.