Enriched Environments to Support Social and Emotional Learning
an evidence-based visual design guide
Over the past year and a half, we’ve investigated how to improve the well-being of schoolchildren through the intersection of social and emotional learning and the built environment.
The culmination of our research project is a visual design guide — a library of evidence-based design (EBD) strategies formatted as a tool for designers of learning environments to quickly reference during the design process. Whether the intention is to create an enriched environment, understand the impact design strategies have on students and teachers, or both — the EBD strategy cards are a tool to help create enriched environments that support social and emotional learning.
This visual design guide contains 18 evidence-based design strategies, to be used when designing enriched learning environments to support social and emotional learning.
Meet Our Team
Interior Designer
Carleigh Henderson
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Senior Design Researcher
Renae Mantooth, PhD
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Global Practice Director
Leonardo Gonzalez Sangri
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Project Manager
Megan White
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STudio Practice Leader
O. Wayne Reynaud
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Download the guide
Enriched Environments to Support Social & Emotional Learning Outcomes: An Evidence-Based Design Guide
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Friday, October 13th
12:30 – 1:30 PM CDT
Salon C 1 & 2, Lower Level
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How Design can
Support Social and Emotional Learning
what we learned +
Space to Belong: Fueling Education Design with an Equity-Centered Approach
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Advancing Mental Health Care Through Design
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SEL Design Strategies in Action: C. B. Berry Elementary
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