URAP

Valerie Shapiro - Professor, Social Welfare

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

A statewide effort was launched in 2020 to respond to pandemic-accelerated social and emotional needs of young people in schools. This project aims to build capacity at County Offices of Education around California to become regional hubs to support the delivery of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in schools...

Valerie Shapiro - Professor, Social Welfare

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Behavioral health problems like depression, substance misuse, academic disengagement, and anxiety are common in young people, but many of these problems are preventable! Research has demonstrated how social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools can greatly improve the wellbeing and achievement of young people, but this research isn’t easily accessed...

Valerie Shapiro - Professor, Social Welfare

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Behavioral health problems like depression, substance misuse, academic disengagement, and anxiety are common in young people, but many of these problems are preventable! Research has demonstrated how social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools can greatly improve the wellbeing and achievement of young people, but this research isn’t easily accessed...

Valerie Shapiro - Professor, Social Welfare

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: Off Campus

Research has demonstrated how social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools can improve the wellbeing and achievement of young people, but this research doesn’t always involve the youth themselves. This project will train and support undergraduate students to create SEL tools for a statewide youth program: Friday Night Live. Specific...