Social & Emotional Learning Social-emotional Learning is designed to support students in developing skills like self-control, perseverance, mindfulness, and self-motivation. Practices such as welcoming and inclusion activities, engagement, optimistic messages, and end of learning closures help create a safe, equity-centered, and productive learning environment for all students (Ferlazzo, 2017). Social & Emotional Parent Toolkit RI Social & Emotional Standards Collaborative for Academic, Social & Emotional Learning (CASEL)