The Other Side of the Report Card: Assessing Students Social, Emotional, and Character Development

About Dominic C. MoceriJoseph J. FerritoMaurice J. Elias

Maurice J. Elias PhD is Professor Psychology Department Rutgers University Director Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab (www.secdlab.org) Co-Director of the Rutgers-based Academy for SEL in Schools which offers online certificates in SEL Instruction and School Leadership (SELinSchools.org) and a member of the Leadership Team for SEL4NJ and SEL4US (www.SEL4US.org). He received the Joseph E. Zins Memorial Senior Scholar Award for Social-Emotional Learning from CASEL the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education and the Jane Bostrum Service to School Psychology Award. Dr. Elias is a past winner of the Lela Rowland Prevention Award the Ernest McMahon Class of 1930 Award for service to New Jersey and the American Psychological Association/Society for Community Research and Actions Distinguished Contribution to Practice and Ethnic Minority Mentoring awards. His books include Emotionally Intelligent Parenting The Educators Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom and The Other Side of the Report Card: Assessing Students Social Emotional and Character Development (how schools and districts can integrate social-emotional and character development systematically into their ongoing student report cards). Most recently he is the coauthor of The Joys & Oys of Parenting: Insights and Wisdom From the Jewish Tradition Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students: 30 Flexible Research-Based Lessons to Build EQ Skills Nurturing Students Character: Everyday Teaching Activities for Social-Emotional Learning and Social-Emotional Learning Lab: A Comprehensive SEL Resource Kit (with Victoria Poedubicky). He writes a blog on SECD for Edutopia (www.edutopia.org/profile/mauricej-elias) and can be reached at secdlab@gmail.com. His Twitter handles are @SELinSchools and @SECDLab. Take a look at a review on The Other Side of the Report Card from the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists at https://us.corwin.com/sites/default/files/review_of_the_other_side_njasp_0.pdf.   Joseph J. Ferrito recently earned his doctoral degree from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He is a native of Monroe Township New Jersey and a graduate of Marist College where he majored in psychology. Clinically J.J. trained and worked across levels of care ranging from public schools and in-home services to residential and inpatient treatment facilities. His clinical work has focused on children adolescents and families particularly those who have been exposed to various traumatic experiences. He completed an APA-accredited internship at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego California and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Audrey Hepburn Childrens House at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Throughout his graduate training J.J. taught several undergraduate courses and conducted research under the mentorship of Dr. Maurice J. Elias through the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Lab at Rutgers University. Developing feasible methods for assessing SEL and related skills in schools has been a focus of this research and this work has generated several publications in various forms. J.J. hopes to continue this work and combine it with his interest in trauma and resiliency to enhance evidence-based methods of prevention and promotion on a national and international level. Take a look at a review on The Other Side of the Report Card published by the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists here.  Dominic C. Moceri graduated with his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. While at Rutgers Dominics research focused on quantifying the dissemination implementation sustainability and scalability of evidence-based practices in schools and other settings. Dominic was co-principal investigator of the initial SEL Report Card Indicator studies the foundation for this book. Additionally he was the lead creator of the Schools Implementing Towards Sustainability (SITS) scale a user-friendly and scalable measure of the system of sustainable implementation framework (Moceri et al. 2012). He received his M.S. in clinical psychology from Rutgers and his B.A. with honors in psychology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Moceri currently practices cognitive-behavioral therapy and conducts psychological assessments with children adolescents and adults in his home state of Michigan. He assesses and treats a wide variety of presenting problems including anxiety depression inattention hyperactivity oppositionality and rage attacks. He specializes in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder anxiety disorders and tic disorders using exposure and response prevention and habit reversal training. Take a look at a review on The Other Side of the Report Card published by the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists here.