Scale SEL
A positive trend for communities to follow.
Scale Social Emotional Learning Corporation
At Scale SEL, we blend empirical knowledge with evidence-based frameworks to integrate social and emotional learning supports across the K-12 Education Tier I & II Multi-tier Support System. Our system change practice builds service-delivery capacity for the clinical practice of diagnosis and treatment delivered in community schools.
Our mission is to systematically improve childhood experiences and income security by reinforcing positive social behavior and emotional intelligence amongst children, youth, and transition-age youth.
Creating System Change
Community partners help shape and expand the community-led Social Work Apprentice Program (SWAP). SWAP is an innovative training program designed to develop a future Behavioral Healthcare Workforce.
SWAP strengthens intergenerational social connections to reduce social isolation among children, youth, and transition-age youth as they mature through PK-12 Education.
Our intent is to assist local government health and human services and education agencies with navigating the systemic integration of SWAP in ways that demonstrate meaningful whole community engagement.
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Social Work Apprentice Program
The Social Work Apprentice Program brings together essential community partners to share in the coordinated responsibilities implementing the systemic change practice.
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Community-Defined Evidence
We support non-traditional community-based providers in identifying program evidence and their theory of change to scale effective practices across a continuum of learning support systems.
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Whole Community Engagement
Essential to addressing income insecurity and trauma exposure in underserved communities is implementing community-defined systemic practices that simultaneously provide jobs for transition-age youth and deliver learning supports to children and youth
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Research & Development
Our research and evaluation reports on the cultural attitudes and belief systems of children and families interacting within the continuum of learning supports
Why Scale SEL?
At Scale SEL, changing the narrative requires changing the process.
Wealth Disparities
BLS reported youth (16–24) unemployment at 10.8% in July 2025, with higher rates for Black (14.3%) and Hispanic (12.6%) youth in that period
Trauma Exposure
School shootings and suicidal ideation are serving as compounding stressors for children and youth—driving trauma symptoms.
K-12 Teachers overwhelmed by excessive student behavior. An Education Week 2024 report found growing fear: 24% of teachers said they were afraid they would be victims of an attack (up from 17% the prior year), and 47% said they were afraid for their students (up from 34% in 2022)
Social Workers manage excessive client case profiles. A frequently cited child protective services study (Meyers & Cornille, 2002) found that large caseloads were among the factors correlated with higher secondary traumatic stress, alongside low peer support and low administrative support.