Kind Mind

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SELect

Indicates that a program demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at improving student outcomes at the highest level, supports students’ social and emotional growth through all five competencies, and offers multi-year programming. For a full list of SELect student outcomes see SELect designation.

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    Program description

    Kind Mind provides a lesson-based and teaching practices approach. Kind Mind offers programming for grades Pre-K-5. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in Pre-K-5. The program has a teacher-facing online component to play guided audios, but Kind Mind is mostly supported by its curriculum guides. Tranlsated materials are available in Spanish.

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        • SEL lessons
        • Instructional practices
        • Relationship building
        • Positive classroom management
        • SEL generalization
        • Shared agreements
        • Systemic support for SEL
        • Adult SEL
        • Peer mentoring
        • Student supports
        • Family Intervention Component
        • Activities and Resources for Home
      • Onsite in-person training
      • Virtual training
      • Offsite training
      • Train the trainer model
      • Administrator support
      • Coaching
      • Technical assistance
      • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
      • Online resource library
      • Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
      • Observational tools
      • Tools for measuring student success

    Evidence of effectiveness

    Results from a quasi-experimental study conducted in the 2021; 2023; 2024-2025 academic years (unpublished report written in 2026) supported the effectiveness of Kind Mind for public school students. This evaluation included 404 students in preK-5th grade from five districts and early learning centers in the U.S. Northeast region (school level demographics reported: 57.45% White, 18.39% Black/African American; 45.81% free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL)). The study found that students who participated in the program had significantly higher positive social behavior, lower problem behavior and emotional distress, and higher non-student reported agency/identity and school connectedness as measured by SDQ, Self-Compassion and Bullying scales relative to students in the comparison group while controlling for outcome pretest, child age, and total curriculum time.

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    • Evidence shown in grades
      Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
      School characteristics
        • Rural
        • Urban
        • Northeast
      Student characteristics
      • Black / African American
      • White
      Percentage Low Income
      • Eligible for FRPL: 46%
      Study design type
      • QE
      Greater than 350 students included in study design type
      • Yes
      Multiple school districts included at study design type
      • Yes
      • Improved academic performance
      • Reduced emotional distress
      • Improved identity development and agency
      • Reduced problem behaviors
      • Improved school climate
      • Improved school connectedness
      • Improved social behaviors
      • Improved teaching practices
      • Improved other SEL skills and attitudes

    How does Kind Mind support SEL implementation across multiple settings?

    “Kind Mind transforms communities by building calm, kind, safe classrooms. We give leaders, educators, students, and families shared language, daily routines, and practical tools to cultivate compassion and resilience. With built-in professional learning, adults and children practice skills side by side at school and home, helping children regulate, connect, and be ready to learn.”

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