What We Do

Supporting Educators with Emotional Intelligence Tools Beyond the Basics

Our begin to ECSEL program supports everyone involved in early childhood education—both at school and at home—helping children develop emotional intelligence during their most formative years.

Key Benefits

  • Our training, curricula, and tools address the top cause of teacher burnout: classroom behavior challenges.
  • We go beyond “behavior management,” equipping educators and students with skills for self-regulation and unlocking learning.

Proven Results

  • Peer-reviewed studies show begin to ECSEL improves self-regulation, empathy, and other essential early learning skills.
  • Housman Institute offers synchronous and asynchronous training for educators and caregivers, with proven tools that build emotional intelligence from birth.
  • Begin to ECSEL is proven to support all students across socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and urban/rural divides.