Navigate the complex field of social and emotional learning.
Researchers, educators, employers, and parents agree that social and emotional learning (SEL) and non-academic skills matter for success in school and life, but it can be difficult to decide which skills to focus on – let alone how best to promote and measure them. Learn More.
Explore Domain Focus
See how much each framework focuses on six common areas of SEL.
Discover Framework Connections
See where skills in one framework are related to skills in another.
Identify Related Skills
See where similar SEL skills appear across frameworks.
Look Inside Frameworks
Learn more about widely-used non-academic frameworks, and compare skills and features
across them. View All
More Resources from the EASEL Lab
Looking for programs and strategies?
Use our guide, Navigating SEL from the Inside Out, to explore and compare the different skills, strategies, and features offered by 25 leading SEL programs and select a curriculum that works best for you.
Making sense of SEL: Why words matter
This paper by Stephanie Jones and the EASEL Lab highlights how clear and precise language leads to better research and practice in the field of SEL.
Learn about what works in the field of SEL
This recent issue of the Future of Children, organized and edited by Dr. Stephanie Jones of the EASEL Lab, examines the latest research on social-emotional development and interventions.
What is a framework and why are they important?
This brief by Stephanie Jones and the EASEL Lab describes what frameworks are, how they influence the field, and why it’s important to look across them.