“Schools that are highly engaged in whole-school emotional and social health promotion are likely to be more effective in providing for the psychosocial and educational needs of their whole student community.” A paper has been published that describes the development of a survey designed for use in research and in educational practice that measures the… Read More »
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort… Read More »
“Mental and emotional well-being is essential to overall health. Positive mental health allows people to realize their full potential, cope with the stresses of life, work productively, and make meaningful contributions to their communities.” – Excerpt from a web page at SurgeonGeneral.gov, a website of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources The web… Read More »
Stop, Breathe, and Think is an app (for iOS, Android, Web) designed to enhance awareness of one’s emotional health. The developer writes, “With this app, you can develop and apply kindness and compassion in your daily life through a process called STOP, BREATHE & THINK… We believe that taking a few minutes each day to… Read More »
Based in the United Kingdom, the Emotional Health Alliance is a learning network comprised of twenty organizations that works to ensure that today’s emotional challenge does not become tomorrow’s problem. James Park, Chair of the Emotional Health Alliance: “The approaches we offer are designed to help children and young people free themselves from emotional confusion… Read More »
In December, in an entry titled, “The Look On Your Face,” we described a program designed to help save children from lifelong emotional problems by helping youngsters ages 3 to 5 to read facial expressions. Children with autism have difficulty recognizing emotions. The number of children diagnosed with autism has increased nearly tenfold in the… Read More »
Dr. Judith Orloff, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, has written a new book, “Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life.” She describes the book as “a guide to staying brave and positive during stressful times.” Dr. Orloff says, “Emotional freedom is being able to transform negative emotions into… Read More »
Two months ago, in an entry titled, “The Look On Your Face,” this blog described a $2.7 million grant for an intervention program designed to help save children from lifelong emotional problems by helping youngsters ages 3-5 to read facial expressions. Just as reading facial expressions is important, so is recognizing and expressing one’s feelings. … Read More »
On November 16, we shared in this blog efforts to make Salinas, California an “emotional-health-friendly city.” We’re now happy to provide an update. The Salinas Adult School held its annual Parent University program on Saturday, January 31. The focus of this year’s Parent University: raising emotionally healthy families. Through more than 50 workshops, parents learned… Read More »
The Belfast Telegraph reports, “More than one in ten of Northern Ireland’s schoolchildren are suffering from serious mental health problems including anorexia, bulimia, self-harming tendencies and depression – and teachers cannot cope.” The Ulster Teachers’ Union says these children “need much more support than they are currently receiving.” All post-primary schools have access to counseling,… Read More »