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Why should we as parents and educators in the 21st Century care about our own Social Emotional Learning (SEL)? Because raising mentally fit, emotionally intelligent, creative problems solvers capable of deep collaboration starts with developing our own embodied SEL skills to model for our kids. Watch this 3-minute video to learn more.
This on demand 7-minute video from a Tedx Asheville Red Rug Roundtable event is a teaching story about Stacey’s initiation to acute trauma and the insights she was gifted during her post-traumatic growth period. Click here to watch the 7-minute video.
This on demand 15-minute video from the International Institute of Restorative Practices conference introduces a multisensory communication tool to increase access to restorative practices for people have attention deficits and/or learning disabilities. Click here to watch the 15-minute video.
Drawing on the science of emotional intelligence, and restorative practices, this session invites SLPs and educators to hone prosocial communication strategies that are at the heart of healthy relationships. The skills can be used as IEPs goals and as a complement to the continuum of Social Emotional Learning and Restorative Practices already in place. Learn more about this training.
The proven role of narrative development in a student’s overall academic achievement provides a compelling argument for SLPs and educators to incorporate storytelling into restorative practices, language instruction, and therapeutic treatment plans. Learn more about this training.
This session creates time and space for SLPs and educators to experience mindfulness and communication practices that are essential for leading our lives, teams and classrooms. The session prioritizes adult emotional intelligence by offering practices to expand the learners’ communication and relational competence as well as their capacity to teach and model the practices for students and colleagues. Learn more about this training.
This highly experiential session for SLPs and educators combines neuroscience and mindfulness with emotional intelligence to offer participants foundational practices that promote self-care and build self-awareness, empathy and communication for deep collaboration and conflict resolution. Learn more about this training.
Peaceful problem solving is the name of the game. Stronger relationships are the goal. Customized for your family’s unique needs, our six-week parent course shares practices and tools to help you decode behavior, strengthen relationships and transform conflicts into connection. Learn more about this 6-session course.
Build leadership capacity. Customizable for the unique needs of your school or organization, this training from the nonprofit Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute is an adult SEL program originally developed at Google by a team of engineers, neuroscientists, and experts in organizational psychology. Learn more about Search Inside Yourself.
Fast-track the path to a high-performing team. Customizable for the unique needs of your school or organization, this training from the nonprofit Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute optimizes team performance by building skills to increase psychological safety, collaboration, trust, and inclusion. Learn more about Effective Teaming.
“This workshop reminded me to breathe, pause, and find that space to create a more thoughtful response to a situation. I loved the FAB word bank and cards - the multiple choice approach to communicating about feelings.”
“I wish I had known this decades ago. I would have been a different spouse, parent, and educator! I used to think it was too late for me to learn skills in social emotional development, but now I think I can change at any age. THANK YOU!”