City of Hamilton Early Learning and Childcare Professionals
Feedback on training and implementation of Tools for Life to support children’s social and emotional growth
Research
The following articles and research papers have informed the development of Tools for Life, and contain some of the most recent studies and recommendations in the fields of social emotional learning and child development.
Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years, 2014
Addresses important questions educators in the early years program might be having
Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years, 2014
A resource about learning through relationships for those who work with young children and their families
Ontario Ministry of Education, 2016
Specific Expectation 6.4 here replaces Expectation 6.4 in The Kindergarten Program (2016)
Ontario Ministry of Education, 2016
By: Colleen Gainham, B.A. E.C.E., B.Ed, Certified Ontario Teacher
Early Intervention Consultant
KidsLINK
An Educator’s Guide to Promoting Students’ Mental Health and Well-being
Ontario Ministry of Education, 2013
Online SM/ART Series Tutorial #1
Ontario Ministry of Education
A framework for Ontario early childhood settings
Best Start Expert Panel on Early Learning, December, 2006
Ontario Ministry of Education, April 2014
On Transforming Wonder into Knowledge
Ontario Ministry of Education, May 2013
Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools
2016
Implementing Early Learning in Ontario
Report to the Premier by the Special Advisor on Early Learning
Charles E. Pascal
Principal Investigator: Sara Nickerson White, PhD
Grade Levels Investigated: Kindergarten to Grade 3
Participating School Districts: Waterloo Region District School Board, Waterloo Ontario Waterloo,
Catholic District School Board, Waterloo Ontario
Funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation
A National Principal Survey on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Prepare Children and Transform Schools
Civic Enterprises with Hart Research Associates
A Report for CASEL By Jennifer L. DePaoli, Matthew N. Atwell, and John Bridgeland
The Costly Consequences of Not Being Socially and Behaviorally Ready by Kindergarten: Associations with Grade Retention, Receipt of Academic Support Services, and Suspensions/Expulsions
Amie Bettencourt, Deborah Gross, & Grace Ho
Baltimore Education Research Consortium
March 2016
Canada Education, Summer 2014, Volume 54, Issue 3
Author: Stuart Shanker is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology and Director of the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative at York University.
See also: Shanker, Stuart, Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation, Pearson, Toronto, 2013.
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