Emotional Intelligence Division

The overarching goal of the programs is to cultivate knowledge pertaining to five emotion-related skills, including the recognition, understanding, labeling, expression, and regulation of emotion (RULER). The programs for teachers and administrators provide resources to enhance the ability to employ these emotion-related skills at work and in daily life with an emphasis on improving relationships with students and all the various stakeholders in the school community. The programs for students teach social and emotional skills that are vital to healthy development, quality social interactions, and academic success. Specifically, the student programs are designed to enhance vocabulary, comprehension, abstract reasoning, creative writing, critical thinking, self and social awareness, empathy, and problem-solving skills.
The projects undertaken in the Emotional Intelligence Division of the Zigler Center focus on scientific investigations of the effectiveness of the intervention programs as well as the dissemination of program-related information to researchers and school administrators. During the past year, the division has implemented these programs in dozens of schools in the US as well as in England and has begun filming a documentary on the programs, which will serve to inform schools and the community about the research.