Best Practices on Effective SEL/Soft Skills Interventions in Distance Learning

During school closures young people’s mental health has been subject to

Best Practices on Effective SEL/Soft Skills Interventions in Distance Learning 
United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative 

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought critical attention to the value and importance of social and emotional learning (SEL) and Soft Skills, in coping with crisis. The purpose of this review is to provide evidence on effective, equitable, and inclusive SEL practices that can be delivered via distance learning modalities in USAID-recipient countries. The scope of this review includes formal and non-formal basic, secondary and higher education programs, as well as workforce development programs, in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and, to a lesser extent, North America and Europe. Researchers analyzed documents and interviewed key informants from 22 programs offering SEL using distance learning modalities to answer the following:

• What are the most effective, equitable, and inclusive types of SEL interventions that can be delivered at a distance?
• Which of these interventions has an evidence base?
• What are the most relevant principles and best practices that should inform the design and delivery of high-quality, equitable, and inclusive distance learning SEL interventions?

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