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Posted on February 6, 2014 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Mask of Anger
Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It’s like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice. – Jim Butcher, White Night Yesterday, the teachers at E’s school decided to have …
Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Assertive skills, Communication, Complex emotions, Emotional vocabulary, Hot chocolate breathing, Logical consequences, Managing anger, Model calming down, Power struggles, Relationship skills, Revenge behaviors, Self awareness, Teach ways to deal with anger
Posted on October 24, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Hidden Halloween Treat
THE GHOST OF A FLOWER “You’re what?” asked the common or garden spook Of a stranger at midnight’s hour. And the shade replied with a graceful glide, “Why, I’m the ghost of a flower.” “The ghost of a flower?” said the old-time spook; “That’s a brand-new one on me; I never supposed a flower had …
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Cognitive flexibility, Communication, Executive function, Halloween, Motivation, Multi-cultural understanding, Perspective taking skills, Problem solving, Relational Frame Theory, Self-regulation, Social awareness, Theory of Mind, Trick-or-treating
Posted on May 16, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Let the Games Begin!
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative. – Author Unknown A few weeks ago, a reader wrote in that she was hoping to find resources for quick social skills games that she could teach her kids to play. Thanks Shannon for the inspiration for …
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