WHAT IS ECSEL?
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ECSEL is Housman Institute’s emotional, cognitive, and social early learning philosophy. It is based on over 35 years of research, and is the foundation of our unique, evidence-based flagship training program, begin to ECSEL.
Through begin to ECSEL training, educators learn how to begin teaching emotional competence starting from birth, gain a better understanding of their role as key socializers in children’s lives, and are given extensive support in understanding and learning to manage their own emotions and stress.
Begin to ECSEL is designed to be woven seamlessly into any existing curriculum or program, which is why we developed the ECSEL Curriculum Library — to help educators jumpstart this integration, and begin having important conversations with children about emotions during any part of their day.