Boosting mental health skill building
Adults and Irrational Fears Previously, I wrote about phearnik!® and how to use it with kids. In addition, the little plush also helps adults overcome irrational fears and anxiety. In the US, nearly 20% of adults deal with irrational fears and anxiety. Treatment often involves exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) which helps individuals gradually confront their …
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Free Resource for Effective Classroom Management Without a doubt, high school classrooms today are more diverse than ever—culturally, emotionally, and socially. As educators, you likely face students with varying communication preferences, personalities and “social styles”, making it challenging to foster meaningful relationships and manage your classroom effectively. Importantly, one-size-fits-all approaches to classroom management don’t work …
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Art and Mental Health. No Brainer! This new tagline I created from a Wendy MacNaughton quote should help readers (and Google!) better understand aws Studios. In her “Pencil Skills Part 1” post about drawing with healthcare professionals, MacNaughton declares, “Art and health. No. Brainer.” (Which I understand to mean how ones’ involvement in art or …
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What is their Mental Health Skills Building Status? Teen girls’ mental health Importantly, whenever I see news or articles about the decline of mental health or the increase in mental health issues, I always want to ask, “but how are their mental health skills building? Do they have the skills needed to strengthen their social …
Managing Fear with Mindfullness With a Mental Health Skill Building Toy I’m trying to get a toy that helps with managing fear with mindfulness licensed. The toy, or plush – a small stuffed doll – helps kids strengthen mindfulness, a social and emotional skill kids and adults need to be healthy. Don’t Let Your Fear …
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A New Social Emotional Learning Bundle My Christmas gift to you – a bundle of goal setting and planning resources (20% off)–perfect for helping students get a fresh start in the new year while boosting their mental health and social and emotional skill building! Three Resources In One This social and emotional skill building bundle …
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Handmade Gifts and Cards I have always liked making Christmas gifts. Not only that, I have made my own Christmas cards to send to family and friends almost every year for over the past 40 years! When I worked as a mental health educator, I would use my handmade cards to give to staff at …
During the Thanksgiving holiday season, there’s talk, of course, about giving thanks and gratitude. But this aws Studios freebie gives you the opportunity to “gift” the people in your life “permission” to do things they want but often feel like they shouldn’t or don’t deserve to do, a mental health, social and emotional best practice. …
Transform Student Feelings of Overwhelm to Confidence Do you find your students feeling overwhelmed? Students want to do a lot. Furthermore, they deal with expectations from their relationships with family, school and friends. It can feel like it’s all too much. And, giving up might be right around the corner. Roles and Goals™, a social …
MESH + Toy Industry + aws Studios While perusing an issue of “The Toy Book,” a toy industry trade magazine, I came across a mention by Editor in Chief James Zahn in his editorial about “MESH,” a new acronym for “mental, emotional, and social health.” For me, this was a ‘needle in the haystack’ discovery. …
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