Publications
BOOKS FOR PARENTS
Elias, M. J., Gootman, M., Schwartz, H. (2016). The Joys and Oys of Parenting: Insight and Wisdom from the Jewish Tradition. Springfield, NJ: Behrman House.
Elias, M.J., Tobias, S. E., & Friedlander, B., S. (2002). Raising emotionally intelligent teenagers: Guiding the way to compassionate, committed, courageous adults. New York: Random House/Three Rivers Press. (Also published in Spanish and Hebrew.)
Elias, M.J., Tobias, S. E., & Friedlander, B., S. (2000). Emotionally intelligent parenting: How to raise a self-disciplined, responsible, and socially skilled child. New York: Random House/Three Rivers Press. (Since publication, there have been 10 International Editions of this book)- USE AMAZON
Hankin, V., Omer, D., Elias, M. J., & Raviv, A. (2012). Talking treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
BOOKS FOR EDUCATORS
Elias, M. J., & Tobias, S. E. (2018). Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students: 30 Flexible, Research-Based Activities to Build EQ Skills. St. Paul, MN: Free Spirit.
Elias, M. J., Ferrito, J. J., & Moceri, D. C. (2016). The other side of the report card: Assessing students’ social, emotional, and character development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Elias, M. J., and Berkowitz, M. W. (2016). Schools of social-emotional competence and character: Actions for school leaders, teachers, and school support professionals. Naples, FL: National Professional Resources. www.nprinc.com
Cohen, J., & Elias, M. J. (2011). School climate: Building safe, supportive and engaging classrooms and schools. Port Chester, NY: National Professional Resources Laminated Reference Card. www.nprinc.com
Zins, J., Elias, M. J., & Maher, C.A. (Eds.). (2007). Bullying, victimization, and peer harassment: A handbook of prevention and Intervention. Binghamton, NY: Haworth. USE AMAZON
Elias, M. J., & Arnold, H. A. (Eds.) (2006). The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Elias, M. J., Arnold, H. A., Hussey, C. S. (Eds.) (2003). EQ + IQ = Best leadership practices for caring and successful schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Novick, B., Kress, J. S., Elias, M. J. (2002) Building learning communities with character: How to integrate academic, social, and emotional learning.. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Elias, M. J., Zins, J. E., Weissberg, R. P., Frey, K., Greenberg, M., Haynes, N., Kessler, R., Schwab-Stone, M., & Shriver, T. (1997). Promoting social and emotional learning: Guidelines for educators. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Elias, M. J., & Tobias, S. (1996). Social problem solving interventions in the schools. New York: Guilford.- USE AMAZON
Elias, M. J., & Clabby, J. F. (1992). Building social problem solving skills: Guidelines from a school-based program. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.- USE AMAZON
Kloos, B., Hill, J., Thomas, E., Wandersman, A., Elias, M. J., & Dalton, J. (2011). Community psychology: Linking individuals and communities (3nd Ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Elias, M.J., Ogburn-Thompson, G., Lewis, C., & Neft, D.I. (Eds.) (2008). Urban dreams: Stories of hope, resilience, and character. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. USE AMAZON
THE SOCIAL DECISION MAKING/SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING CURRICULUM
Bruene, L., Romasz-McDonald, T., & Elias, M. J. (2011). Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Curriculum for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, Grades K-1. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
Elias, M. J., & Bruene, L. (2005). Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Curriculum for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, Grades 2-3. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
Elias, M. J., & Bruene, L. (2005). Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Curriculum for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, Grades 4-5. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
Elias, M. J., & Bruene, L. (2005). Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving for Middle School Students: Skills and Activities for Academic, Social, and Emotional Success. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Elias, M.J. (2018). Guiding Research-Based Practices into the SEL 2.0 Era. In T. Fyke (Ed.), Building People: Social Emotional Learning for Kids, Families Schools & Communities (pp.9-22). Nashville: Abingdon Press. (PDF)
Schwab, Y., & Elias, M. J. (2015). From compliance to responsibility: Social-emotional learning and classroom management . In E.T. Emmer, E. J, & Sabornie, (Eds.) Handbook of Classroom Management (2nd Edition) (pp.94-115). Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis. (PDF)
Bernard, M.E., Elias, M.J., Bell, P. J., Ferrito, J. J. & Langione, K. (2015). Social and Emotional Learning: Role of Psychologists in Australia. In M. Thielking & M. Terjesen (Eds.), Handbook of Australian School Psychology International Research, Practice and Policy. New York: Springer. (PDF)
Bear, G. G., Whitcomb, S. A., & Elias, M. J. (2015). SEL and Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. In J.A. Durlak, C. Domitrovich, R. P. Weissberg, & T. P. Gullotta (Eds.), Handbook of social and emotional learning (SEL): Research and practice (pp. 453-467). New York: Guilford. (PDF)
Elias, M. J., Leverett, L., Duffell, J., Humphrey, N., Stepney, C.T., &Ferrito, J. J. (2015). Integrating social-emotional learning with related prevention and youth-development approaches. In J. A. Durlak, C. Domitrovich, R. P. Weissberg, & T. P. Gullotta (Eds.), Handbook of social and emotional learning (SEL): Research and practice (pp. 33-49). New York: Guilford. (PDF)
Stepney, C. T., White, G. W., Far, K., Elias, M. J. (2014). Girls Leading Outward (GLO): A school-based leadership intervention to promote resilience for at-risk middle school girls. In S. Prince-Embury & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.), Resilience Interventions for Youth in Diverse Populations, Springer Science+Business Media: New York. (PDF)
Reyes-Portillo, J.A., White, G., Elias, M.J., & Moceri, D.C. (2014). Resiliency during adolescence: Considering the role of schools and culture. In Gullotta, T. P., & Bloom, M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion, Second Edition (pp. 1434-1445). New York: Springer. (PDF)
Elias, M. J. (2008). From model implementation to sustainability: A multisite study of pathways to excellence in social-emotional learning and related school programs. In A. M. Blankstein, Paul D. Houston, & Robert W. Cole (Eds.), The soul of educational leadership series (Volume 5): Sustainable leadership capacity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. (PDF)
Zins, J. E., & Elias, M. J. (2006). Social and emotional learning: Promoting the development of all students. In G. G. Bear, K. M. Minke, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Children's needs III: Development, problems, and Alternatives (pp. 1-13). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. (PDF)
Elias, M. J. (2004). Strategies to infuse social and emotional learning into academics. In J.E. Zins, R. P. Weissberg, M. C., Wang, & H. J. Walberg (Eds.), Building academic success on social and emotional learning: What does the research say? (pp. 113-134). New York: Teachers College Press. (PDF)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Linsky, A.V., Hatchimonji, D.R., Kruzik, C.L., Kifer, S., Franza, N., McClain, K., Nayman, S.J., & Elias, M.J. (2018). Students taking action together: Social action in urban middle schools. Middle School Journal, 49(4), 4-14. (PDF)
Hatchimonji, D.R., Linsky, A.V., DeMarchena, S., Nayman, S.J., Kim, S., & Elias, M.J. (2017). Building a Culture of Engagement through Participatory Feedback Processes. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 91(2), 59-65. (PDF)
Hatchimonji, D.R., Linsky, A.V., & Elias, M.J. (2017). Cultivating Noble Purpose in urban middle schools: A missing piece in school transformation. Education, 138 (2) 1-17. (PDF)
White, G. W., Stepney, C. T., Hatchimonji, D.R., Linsky, A. V., Moceri, D. C., Reyes-Portillo, J. A., & Elias, M. J. (2016). The increasing impact of socioeconomics and race on standardized academic test scores across elementary, middle, and high school. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(1), 10-23. (PDF)
Elias, M. J., & Ryan (Hatchimonji), D. P. (2015). La convergencia esencial del aprendizaje socio-emocional, el carácter y el clima y cultura escolar para el éxito de nuestros estudiantes. (The essential convergence of social-emotional learning, character, and school culture and climate for our students’ success.) TIPICA: Boletín Electrónico de Salud Escolar, 11 (1). http://www.tipica.org. (PDF)
Aksoy, D., DeMarchena, S., White, G., Stepney, C., & Elias, M. J. (2015). Mentoring underserved students: Student/teacher connections foster academic achievement. Principal Leadership, 16(3), 44-47.
Elias, M. J. (2014). Let’s put caring into the Common Core. NJEA Review, 87 (6), 10-13. (PDF)
Elias, M. J. (2014). The future of character education and social-emotional learning: The need for whole-school and community linked approaches. Journal of Character Education, 10 (1), 37-42. (PDF)
Wangaard, D., Elias, M. J., & Fink, K. (2014). Educating the head, heart, and hand for the 21st century. SEEN: Southeast Education Network, 16 (2), 16-19. (PDF)
Elias, M. J., White, G., & Stepney, C. (2014). Surmounting the challenges of improving academic performance: Closing the achievement gap through social-emotional and character development. Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 10, 14-24. (PDF)
Kress, J. S., & Elias, M. J. (2013). Consultation to support sustainability of Social and Emotional Learning initiatives in schools. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65 (2), 149-163. (PDF)
Ferrito, J. J., & Elias, M. J. (2013). The other side of the report card: Making comments relevant and feasible for educational progress. Advances in SEL Research, 7(1), 8-9.
Moceri, D. C., Elias, M. J., Fishman, D. B., Pandina, R., & Reyes-Portillo, J. A. (2012). The urgency of doing: Assessing the system of sustainable implementation model via the Schools Implementing Towards Sustainability (SITS) scale. Journal of Community Psychology, 40, 501-519. doi: 10.1002/jcop.21477 (PDF)
Hamed, H., Reyes, J., Moceri, D. C., Morana, L., & Elias, M. J. (2011). Girls Leading Outward. Educational Leadership, 68 (7), 40-43. (PDF)
Elias, M. J., & Leverett, L. (2011). Consultation to urban schools for improvements in academics and behavior: No alibis. No excuses. No exceptions. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 21, 1-17. (PDF)
Reyes, J.A., & Elias, M.J. (2011). Fostering social-emotional resilience among Latino youth. Psychology in the Schools, 48, 723-737. (PDF)
Elias, M. J. (2009). Social-emotional and character development and academics as a dual focus of educational policy. Educational Policy, 23, 831-846. (PDF)
Elias, M. J., & Haynes, N. M. (2008). Social competence, social support, and academic achievement in minority, low-income, urban elementary school children. School Psychology Quarterly, 23 (4), 474-495. (PDF)
Elias, M. J. (2008). Laws of Life: A literacy-based intervention for social-emotional and character development and resilience. Perspectives in Education (South Africa), 26 (1), 75-79. (PDF)
Other Publications
Taylor, S.F., Wang, A.W., Yuan, M., & Elias, M.J. (2018). The Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab at Rutgers University: Update. ENSEC (European Network for Social-Emotional Competence) Newsletter, 17, 6-8. (PDF)
Elias, M.J., Nayman, S.J., Linsky, A.V., Rose, A., Molyneaux, C., & Maier, W. (2018) Students Taking Action Together (STAT)- Promoting Civility and Empathic Discourse in Schools. ENSEC (European Network for Social-Emotional Competence) Newsletter, 16, 18-19. (PDF)