ABSTRACT
This brief chapter provides an overview of the essence of the entire reference guide. This chapter emphasizes the importance of educating and facilitating knowledge about the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) and the overwhelmingly positive impact SEL has on students’ career, personal/social, and academic success. This chapter also highlights the importance of unity, growing, learning, and improving together as a holistic society. This chapter addresses that although there is not a manual for ending school violence, integrating antibullying programs, SEL, increasing access and normalizing mental health and wellness is crucial. Additionally, this chapter signifies that one of the most important things that we can do as counselors and educators are to believe in our students, to provide support, to listen and validate, to uplift, and to inspire them to reach their fullest potential, as doing so will help to create more peaceful, collaborative, respectful, inclusive, empathic, and healthier present and future generations.
