Date: 27-03-2024

Interview with Zsuzsa Laszlo: the ISSA Network’s Persona Doll learning community

Zsuzsa Laszlo an experienced Persona Doll Certified Trainer, shares her valuable insights, providing a deeper understanding of this approach.

Date: 08-01-2024

Teaching young children socio-emotional skills through a program for practitioners

ISSA Member Ensemble for Early Childhood Education created a three-year teacher training program to support socio-emotional learning (SEL) in early childhood.

Date: 20-12-2023

Complementing primary education with practical and Social-Emotional Learning activities in Kosovo

ISSA Member Balkan Sunflowers Kosova’s complementary year-round curriculum encourages practical and Socio-Emotional Learning activities.

Date: 23-10-2023

Meet new ISSA Member, Think Equal — a global initiative focused on Social and Emotional Learning

Think Equal is a global non-profit charity that aims to achieve a global system change in education through Social and Emotional Learning.

Date: 08-02-2023

ISSA welcomes a new Member: Metropolia University, Finland

In November 2022, ISSA welcomed the School of Wellbeing and Social Services at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Finland as a new Member.

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Online Education for Children of Ukraine



Children’s education must go on! A new online platform is supporting families and children affected by the war in Ukraine to easily access distance learning.

Multilingual early childhood education and care for young refugee children



This is the Toolbox of the Erasmus+ project Multilingual early childhood education and care for young refugee children.

"Tell me"



A combilation of videos addressed to families and ECD professionals, that aim at explaining the developmental stages of the child and how we can support children's holistic development and autonomy.

Aflatot: Early Childhood Education for Sustainable Development



Aflatot: Early childhood education for sustainable development. This study took place in the following countries: Albania, Serbia, Slovakia, Kenya, Zambia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, India and the Philippines to document the effects of the Aflatot programs on social emotional outcomes for young children. The program is implemented in 45 countries by NGOs that are partners of Aflatoun International as well as on governmental level, for example in Ukraine and Indonesia.

Social and emotional well being of young children in ECEC settings. A study conducted in five European countries



Children’s long term success at school is influenced as much by social, emotional and self-regulation skills as by academic skills and knowledge.

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