Professor Carmel Cefai was invited to address a regional meeting on mainstreaming innovations in social and emotional learning in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey held recently in Jordan. The meeting brought together experts in SEL from across the formal and non-formal education sectors in the region and looked at global and regional best practice in social and emotional learning in order to develop and enhance understanding and practice across the region.
The meeting paid particular attention of the social and emotional wellbeing of refugee children in the region. During the meeting Prof Cefai also made a presentation on the recently published report on the integration of social and emotional education in the curriculum across Europe.