Prososial, a Center for Social and Emotional Learning  

Prososial is a non-profit organisation, built over a set of association rules. The association was formed in February 2007.

Aims
Prososial has set itself the goal to collect, adapt, develop and be instrumental in bringing out knowledge about social competences of children and young ones.

Target groups
Prososial´s target groups are all adults in Norway who are in daily contact with children, primary pedagogues, teachers and parents. Our work is focused towards individuals, institutions, schools and homes.

Steg for steg
The most important target for Prososial will be Steg for steg.
In the early nineties there was a rising demand for a program developing children´s social skills for violence prevention. Second Step  developed by Committee for Children in Seattle, USA, was found and brought to Norway by the to social workers: Laila Roald and Lita Fougner. The program was translated and piloted in schools in Oslo and Asker.

In 1998 Nasjonalforeningen for Folkehelsen was given the option to publish the program.They gave it the name: Steg for steg.

From March 2007  Cesel in Denmark has taken over the licence and are responsible for the further developing and publishing of Steg for steg.

Prososial is sub-licenced by Cesel to promote Steg for steg and organise meetings of information and full-time courses in Norway.

Co-operation with a publishing firm
CESEL is co-operating with a publisher called Special-pædagogisk Forlag (Special Education Publisher). 

The Spreading of Steg for steg
Steg for steg has been very popular in Norway because it is methodically and logically constructed and workable. 65% og Norwegian Primary Schools and 20% of the Kindergartens i Norway has bought the program.

In 2003 The Danish edition named "Trin for Trin" was published in a Swedish edition named "StegVis".

The Danish translation of Second Step is being tested in Greenland (Tulleriit) and has formed the basis of both the Swedish (StegVis) and the Icelandic version (Stig af Stig) of the material.

International co-operation about Second Step
Second Step is widespread in USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, UK and Norway. The program is being tested in Finland, Lithuania and Slovakia.

Prososial takes part in a yearly, international meeting, where the countries mentioned exchange ideas, knowledge  and experience of Second Step.

Please read more about Second Step on Committee for Children´s homepage: www.cfchildren.org