Social-emotional skills are crucial for preschool children’s mental health and later school success. Most school-based SEL programs originate in the United States, reflecting a robust interest in SEL curricula from preschool through secondary school. While EU Member States are increasingly integrating social and emotional skills programs into school curricula, there is a lack of uniform terminologies, frameworks, and assessment criteria, necessitating the introduction of standardized practices. This study aims to offer an overview of US and European preschool SEL programs, utilizing content analysis to showcase the diversity of these programs. The analysis focuses on programs from the “EU-Self Programs for Social and Emotional Skills Development for Early and Preschool Children Applied in European Countries" by Koltcheva et al. (2022), including impact evaluations of nine programs in total. The study analysed the programs in relation to goals and outcomes, and findings reveal that there are no remarkable differences between US and European preschool SEL programs, although certain trends highlight distinctions among programs of different origins. The study will be useful for practitioners who are interested in introducing a preschool SEL program in their institution.

Zsófia Winkler

Borbála Bacsa-Károlyi

Anikó Zsolnai

International Journal of Emotional Education

It is a peer-reviewed, international, electronic journal providing space for high quality, empirically based papers on effective intervention and evaluation in the area of emotional education. The journal has special issues dedicated to specific topics in emotional education, and a book review section.     Some of the areas related covered by the journal include amongst others emotional intelligence, social and emotional development, educational resilience, social and emotional health, social and emotional literacy, social and emotional competence, social, emotional and behaviour difficulties, health promotion in schools, mental health in children and young people, mental health in schools, behaviour management and behaviour modification, teaching and learning.

The International Journal of Emotional Education is a peer-reviewed, international electronic journal that provides a platform for high-quality, empirically based papers on effective interventions and evaluations in the field of emotional education. The journal features special issues dedicated to specific topics within emotional education and includes a book review section. Areas covered by the journal include, but are not limited to, emotional intelligence, social and emotional development, educational resilience, social and emotional health, social and emotional literacy, social and emotional competence, social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, health promotion in schools, mental health in children and young people, mental health in schools, behavior management and modification, as well as teaching and learning.

《International Journal of Emotional Education》是一本经过同行评审的国际电子期刊，专注于高质量、基于实证的情感教育干预与评估研究。期刊设有专门针对情感教育特定主题的特刊，并包含书评部分。期刊涵盖的相关领域包括情感智力、社会与情感发展、教育韧性、社会与情感健康、社会与情感素养、社会与情感能力、社会、情感和行为困难、学校健康促进、儿童和青少年的心理健康、学校心理健康、行为管理与行为修正，以及教学与学习等。

Comparative analysis of US and European preschool social and emotional learning programs

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