General Information
Illinois State Fire Marshal -- Youth Firesetting Intervention Program
CASEL's SEL Framework - What are the core competence areas and where are they promoted?
TRAUMA-INFORMED:
Attendance Works - Reducing Chronic Absence with a Trauma Informed Approach
Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Instruction (from Hanover Research)
CASEL's SEL Framework - What are the core competence areas and where are they promoted?
TRAUMA-INFORMED:
Attendance Works - Reducing Chronic Absence with a Trauma Informed Approach
Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Instruction (from Hanover Research)
Classroom Resources
ISBE SEL Standards - Official Illinois standards with age-appropriate benchmarks. These are the originals, and the standards are being reworked (as of 2025). | One-pager Summary | Classroom Examples/Non-examples
Grades 1 - 5 SEL Checklists [Google Folder]- Based on the IL standards, we created these checklists for elementary grades. Illinois does not (yet) have standards for Kindergarten.
Read-aloud books by SEL Standard - 5 book titles and authors for each of the 10 SEL sub-goals.
EARLY CHILDHOOD:
Pyramid Model Consortium - Supports early childhood PBIS and provides training and implementation for anyone wanting to use the classroom practices or fully implement the system.
National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) - Supports Pyramid, and there are many wonderful, free resources in their Resource Library
Grades 1 - 5 SEL Checklists [Google Folder]- Based on the IL standards, we created these checklists for elementary grades. Illinois does not (yet) have standards for Kindergarten.
Read-aloud books by SEL Standard - 5 book titles and authors for each of the 10 SEL sub-goals.
EARLY CHILDHOOD:
Pyramid Model Consortium - Supports early childhood PBIS and provides training and implementation for anyone wanting to use the classroom practices or fully implement the system.
National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) - Supports Pyramid, and there are many wonderful, free resources in their Resource Library