You Can Do It! Education

Evidence for Learning* recently produced a guidance report containing valuable recommendations for improving student social and emotional learning, Improving social and emotional learning in primary school. Below is how YOU CAN DO IT! EDUCATION helps schools improve student social-emotional learning by meeting these recommendations. COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING Programs explicitly teach social-emotional skills (resilience, confidence, persistence, […]

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Peer pressure can begin early, take many forms and impact kids negatively. Standing up to peer pressure is often one of the greatest challenges any kid can face. As kids become more independent, they connect with others with similar interests and experiences. No child wants to feel excluded, and no child wants to feel ‘different’.

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Self-Belief. Your child's passport by Michael Bernard

Do you have a child or adolescent who has self-doubts when it comes to friends or schoolwork?

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You Can Do It! is an energising force that helps you to have a go

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The strength that helps protect us when faced with stressful events at home and work is RESILIENCE – a combination of thinking and social-emotional skills that help people of all ages manage their feelings and behaviour. A resilient MINDSET towards stress can change the impact of stress. The degree to which someone holds the mindset

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In these stressful days, there is a strength you can call on to help you cope – it’s your RESILIENCE. Resilience protects us from the negative and painful feelings we can experience at these times, much like an umbrella protects us from the rain. The good news is that everyone can be resilient, even if

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Past research has found that the time parents and children spend in joint activity is an important aspect of the parent-child relationship. Until recently, researchers had not investigated this time spent together in relation to children’s emotional intelligence. As part of a more comprehensive study of children’s emotional intelligence and parenting styles and practices,

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We know that our resilience is sometimes not strong enough to allow us to stay calm and deal with all the problems that life throws our way. Resilience is not a fixed commodity; it waxes and wanes for different reasons. Nonetheless, a strong level of resilience does protect us in times of stress – and

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It’s not just mums who can suffer from pre and post-natal depression, dads are also at risk. Researchers have mainly studied pre and post-natal depression in Mums in recent years. But new research findings show that dads’ mental health can also suffer in the transition to parenthood*. For many men, the transition to fatherhood is

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Here’s some vital news for parents who are stressed Everyone knows that healthy self-esteem is crucial to a child’s sense of value and self-worth. What is less well known is the fact that high stress in parents is associated with lower levels of their kid’s self-esteem. This finding is not surprising as research around the

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self-acceptance is psychological armour for young people

SELF-ACCEPTANCE inoculates and protects young people to deal with stressful situations, such as poor achievement, negative peer comments, issues with body image, identity and other developmental challenges and difficulties.

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