Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom, Second Edition: Promoting Mental Health and Academic Success

About Barbara A. GueldnerKenneth W. MerrellLaura L. Feuerborn

Barbara A. Gueldner PhD NCSP IMH-E® Infant Mental Health Specialist is a licensed psychologist in Steamboat Springs Colorado. She has worked for over 20 years with children and families educators medical and mental health professionals community agencies and postsecondary students across a range of settings including private practice schools a university-based clinic pediatric primary care clinics and a large childrens hospital and served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon. Dr. Gueldners research publications program development workshops and community service focus on social and emotional learning childhood mental health and prevention internalizing problems and solutions supporting adults to facilitate childrens social and emotional development and facilitating excellence in early childhood programs. She is a coauthor of Kenneth W. Merrells Strong Kids and Strong Teens social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. Laura L. Feuerborn PhD NCSP is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma. As a core member of the faculty since 2006 she has founded masters degree study options and graduate-level coursework in social and emotional learning (SEL) and systems change. Dr. Feuerborns school and community partnerships national and international presentations and teaching expertise are grounded in the field of social emotional and behavioral supports. Her research and peer-reviewed publications focus on implementation science SEL and supporting school staff in the implementation of schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports. She is a coauthor of Kenneth W. Merrells Strong Kids and Strong Teens SEL programs. Kenneth W. Merrell PhD until his death in 2011 was Professor of School Psychology and Director of the Oregon Resilience Project at the University of Oregon in Eugene. For 25 years Dr. Merrells influential teaching and research focused on social-emotional assessment and intervention for children and adolescents and social-emotional learning in schools. He published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles; several books and nationally normed assessment instruments; and the Strong Kids programs a comprehensive social and emotional learning curriculum. Dr. Merrell was a Fellow of the Division of School Psychology (Division 16) and the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of the American Psychological Association. He received the Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 the Divisions highest honor for excellence in science.