The authors’ analyses of innovations in social and socio-emotional education contribute to systematizing distance learning to represent children’s and young people’s socio-emotional competences and to model how they can be developed. Low social capital and poor mental health, a key feature of the COVID-19 pandemic, are leading to an increasing number of suicides among youth and adolescents. These factors, reflecting the changing social-emotional feelings of children, adolescents and teachers in schools during COVID-19, require a new vision and support for learning practices. Modelling a SEEP in the authors’ vision would integrate family support, support for every teacher and child, success stories in the development of emotion therapy, and integrated practice in social pedagogical institutions, private initiatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Gerd-Bodo von Carlsburg is Professor of Educational Science in Heidelberg. He received honorary doctorates from the Vilnius Academy of Educational Sciences at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) and from the University of Tallinn (Estonia). He has published several books on general education, schooling, teacher training, teaching profession and history of education. Giedr? Kvieskien? is Professor of Educational and Social Science and Director of the Vilnius Professional Development Institute at Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). She published more than 260 articles and widely known monographs about socialization and child well-being, positive socialization and social partnership.