Acknowledgements

Promoting Core Social and Emotional Competencies

These guidelines were written by the Center for Social and Emotional Education. They were reviewed by:

• Lorelei Christensen, Training Specialist, New York State Center for School Safety
• John Devine, Ph.D- Co-Chair, President Clinton's National Campaign Against Youth Violence
• Maurice Elias, Ph.D- Professor in Child, Family and Community Psychology, Rutgers University; Vice-Chair, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• Mary Grenz Jalloh, Executive Director, New York State Center for School Safety
• William Johnson, Ed.D- Superintendent of Schools, Rockville Centre Union Free School District, NY
• Elizabeth Mastro, Coordinator, Hudson Valley Center for Coordinated Health, New York
• Kim McLaughlin, Coordinator, Midwest Coordinated School Health Center
• Ramon Murphy, MD-Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
• Stuart Twemlow, MD- Professor and Director of the Peaceful School Program, Menninger Foundation, Baylor College Of Medicine, Houston, TX.

In an expanded form, these guidelines were published (Fuchs-Nadeau, D. LaRue, C.M., Allen, J., Cohen, J., Hyman, L., (2002). The New York State Interpersonal Violence Prevention Resource Guide: Stopping Youth Violence Before it Begins. New York State Center for School Safety, The New York State Office of the Governor and the New York State Education Department, Albany, New York) and sent to every New York State public school.